Add Signature to WordPress Posts without Installing a Plugin

Print View Mobile View

One way to give your WordPress blog a more personal touch is by adding a signature to the posts. So, here are two ways to automatically include a signature graphic to your blog posts, without installing an additional plugin.

WorPress Signature
WorPress Post Signature

Method 1:

Add the below code to your theme’s functions.php file:

function post_signature($sign) {
global $post;
if($post->post_type == 'post') $sign .= '<div class="signature">
<img src="" alt="signature" />
</div>';
return $sign;
}
add_filter('the_content','post_signature');

You can  see that the signature is wrapped in a DIV. This helps in styling it with CSS, if required. For example:

div.signature img {
float: right;
padding: 5px;
}

Method 2:

Another way to add a signature is by directly editing your theme’s template files.

For that, open index.php or single.php file with a text editor, and find a similar code:

<?php the_content(); ?>

Below this, add your signature:

<?php the_content(); ?>
<?php if (is_single())
{
echo '<div class="signature">
<img src="" alt="signature" />
</div>';
} ?>

Finally save the template file, and refresh blog to see result.

It’s recommend that your signature graphic be a transparent GIF or PNG file. Also make sure that it is no wider than the width of the content container of your WordPress Theme.

15 thoughts on “Add Signature to WordPress Posts without Installing a Plugin”

Comments are closed.