Title: Can Default Post Statuses Be Modified?
Last modified: January 30, 2018

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# Can Default Post Statuses Be Modified?

 *  Resolved [nullatmidnight](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leviathyn/)
 * (@leviathyn)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-default-post-statuses-be-modified/)
 * Hey guys, I’m not 100% sure if the default post statuses can be modified (name
   changed) and/or removed via built in functions. I know you can add custom post
   statuses via the **register_post_status** function. I’m not worried about custom
   modifications where someone has changed the core structure, just if there is 
   an out of the box function that does this. Before I work out some code on my 
   own plugin I need to know if this structure can be changed via another plugin
   that maybe installed.
 * If I was to understand the documentation correctly, they can not as well as no
   custom status could have the same name as the default statuses.
 * thanks.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fcan-default-post-statuses-be-modified%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-default-post-statuses-be-modified/#post-9919508)
 * The documentation you saw is correct, they cannot be changed. However, it’s conceivable
   some plugin could act as a sort of translating intermediary that intercepts the
   transmission of statuses and alters them. This would give the appearance that
   the statuses were renamed, but in fact they remain and were merely altered along
   the way. I can’t imagine why a plugin would do this, but it’s remotely conceivable.
   The fact remains that core statuses remain unchanged.
 *  Thread Starter [nullatmidnight](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leviathyn/)
 * (@leviathyn)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-default-post-statuses-be-modified/#post-9919510)
 * Thanks so much!

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 * Last reply from: [nullatmidnight](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leviathyn/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-default-post-statuses-be-modified/#post-9919510)
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