Change a bad word in source code

  • Resolved celloblue

    (@celloblue)


    8 years, 11 months ago

    Sweet plugin! Only problem is that on my Shop page it says “Sort by newness”. I want to change that word to “Sort by recently added”, so my customers don’t believe we sell used clothes in addition to the new ones. Where do I go to find the source code? Yes I use a child theme, but still can’t modify it from there.

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  • Peter Lawrenson

    (@lorro)

    8 years, 11 months ago

    Best not to alter source code. Any edits will be over-written by updates.

    To change almost any text, you can “translate” it. “Translate” in this context also means using different words in the same language.

    So try Loco Translate:
    https://wordpress.org/plugins/loco-translate/
    Activate, then:
    Dashboard > Loco Translate > Plugins > WooCommerce > select your language > Edit

    If you have theme override templates, look at
    Dashboard > Loco Translate > Themes > your-theme-name > etc

    In either case, click the Sync button, then filter for the string you want to change.

    I’ve checked and “Sort by newness” is a translatable string.

    Save in the custom location to make your translations update-safe:
    https://localise.biz/wordpress/plugin/manual/msginit#locations

    Any problems, study the Loco Translate documentation.

    Thread Starter celloblue

    (@celloblue)

    8 years, 11 months ago

    Thank you for that. I will check it out as soon as I’m done with my dinner. I’ll update this thread to say whether it worked, and will change the status to “resolved” if it works.

    Thread Starter celloblue

    (@celloblue)

    8 years, 11 months ago

    It worked like charm! Very very good. Thank you very much!
    It took me a lot of time to figure out how to use it though (I left this page on my browser’s tab for over 5 days!) Worth it though! 😀

    • This reply was modified 8 years, 11 months ago by celloblue. Reason: explained that it was a bit difficult to learn
    • This reply was modified 8 years, 11 months ago by celloblue.
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