Welcome message in Magento 2 is the message being displayed in the top right corner of the magento site and when you just installed the Magento 2 instance, the default message would be “Default welcome msg!”. Today we will be looking at how to change welcome message in Magento 2 as the default message is not applicable for the live site.
The message “Default welcome msg!” is displayed in the whenever a user who is not logged in, visits the site whereas when a customer logs in their name is also included along with this message. As a store owner or a developer, you might want to change this into something that is sensible and attractive to the end user and hence you would definitely need to change it. Magento 2 offers the configuration in the admin panel to change this message.
Steps to Change Welcome Message in Magento 2:
- Login to the Magento 2 Admin Panel.
- Navigate to Content -> Design -> Configuration.
- Select your current theme by clicking on the Edit link in the action column corresponding to your current theme.
- Click open the Header group and change the value of the Welcome Text field in order to change welcome message of your Magento 2 site.
- Click on the Save Config button and check for the changes in the front-end of the website.