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1. TauriU
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   "Anonymous" is used as the name for comments where such a name was not entered. How can I change "Anonymous" into another word?

2. Grateful2
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Here's a few for you,

   Jane/John Doe, X, incognito, innominate, nameless, pseudo, pseudonymous, secret, so and so, such and such, unacknowledged, unattested, unavowed, uncredited, undesignated, undisclosed, unidentified, unnamed, unsigned, unspecified, what's his/her name, whatchamacallit, you know who,

   for starters.

3. TauriU
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   i just what to translate word "Anonymous" into another language

4. valandil
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   in your comment.php?

5. TauriU
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Nop, There's nothing there to edit.

6. TauriU
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   is it possible?

7. boyevul
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   In /wp-includes/comment-template.php, look for:

   $author = __('Anonymous');

   Change "Anonymous" to: whatever you want it to be. (You'll have to re-edit this when WordPress upgrades as it will re-write the file.)

8. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 1 year ago #

   a:
   if you are using translation files for your wordpress installation, you might be able to find it in there;
   http://codex.wordpress.org/Translating_WordPress

   b:
   you could try and add a filter to functions.php of your theme:

   add_filter('get_comment_author', 'translate_anonymous');
   function translate_anonymous($name) {
   $name = str_replace('Anonymous', 'Other Word', $name);
   return $name;
   }

9. boyevul
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Lol, functions are always more elegant than re-writing the base files ^_^

10. alchymyth
    The Sweeper
    Posted 1 year ago #

    however, locating the code is always a good first step, as it often leads to the right filter hook to use.

11. jesseisrad
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    Never mind, had the wrong functions file! This code works.

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