Title: Change 'post published' text
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Change 'post published' text

 *  Resolved [applegateian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/applegateian/)
 * (@applegateian)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-post-published-text/)
 * Hi
 * Is is possible to change the text after a user has published a post? Instead 
   of saying ‘post published’ I’d like to write something a bit longer.
 * I don’t want to edit the core WP files, is there a way to do this in functions?
 * Thanks,
 * Ian

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 *  [liton1980](https://wordpress.org/support/users/liton1980/)
 * (@liton1980)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-post-published-text/#post-4189741)
 * I don’t suggest editing files o your wordpress but if you insist,i guess you 
   can do this. Please try it and see if it works. You can do it by going to **wp-
   admin/edit-form-advanced.php** and opening this file and editing below line:
   `
   6 => sprintf( __('Post published. <a href="%s">View post</a>'), esc_url( get_permalink(
   $post_ID) ) ),`
 *  Thread Starter [applegateian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/applegateian/)
 * (@applegateian)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-post-published-text/#post-4189744)
 * Thanks for the info, but I said above I don’t want to edit WordPress files, I
   am looking for a solution that can be updated in my theme if possible?
 * Thanks,
 * Ian
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-post-published-text/#post-4189749)
 * You _might_ be able to do something via the `'post_updated_messages'` filter.
   But this is not something I’ve tried myself, so this is totally untested:
 *     ```
       function my_post_published_message( $messages ) {
       	$messages['page'][6] = sprintf( __('Your message here') );
       	return $messages;
       }
       add_filter( 'post_updated_messages', 'my_post_published_message' );
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [applegateian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/applegateian/)
 * (@applegateian)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-post-published-text/#post-4189754)
 * Thanks [@esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/), unfortunately that
   code didn’t work. Still returned the default message.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-post-published-text/#post-4189756)
 * Can you try:
 *     ```
       function my_post_published_message( $messages ) {
       	$messages['page'][6] = sprintf( __('Your message here') );
       echo '<pre>';
       print_r($messages);
       echo '</pre>';
       	return $messages;
       }
       add_filter( 'post_updated_messages', 'my_post_published_message' );
       ```
   
 * to see if anything is output?
 *  Thread Starter [applegateian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/applegateian/)
 * (@applegateian)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-post-published-text/#post-4189766)
 * Yes, the following (before I have published the project:
 * > Array
   >  ( [post] => Array ( [0] => [1] => Project updated. View Project [2] 
   > => Custom field updated. [3] => Custom field deleted. [4] => Project updated.[
   > 5] => [6] => Project published. View Project [7] => Project saved. [8] => Project
   > submitted. Preview Project [9] => Project scheduled for: Oct 4, 2013 @ 12:07.
   > Preview Project [10] => Project draft updated. Preview Project )
   >  [page] => Array
   >  ( [0] => [1] => Page updated. View page [2] => Custom field
   > updated. [3] => Custom field deleted. [4] => Page updated. [5] => [6] => Your
   > message here [7] => Page saved. [8] => Page submitted. Preview page [9] => 
   > Page scheduled for: Oct 4, 2013 @ 12:07. Preview page [10] => Page draft updated.
   > Preview page )
   >  [attachment] => Array
   >  ( [1] => Media attachment updated. [2] => Media attachment
   > updated. [3] => Media attachment updated. [4] => Media attachment updated. [
   > 5] => Media attachment updated. [6] => Media attachment updated. [7] => Media
   > attachment updated. [8] => Media attachment updated. [9] => Media attachment
   > updated. [10] => Media attachment updated. )
   >  [acf] => Array
   >  ( [0] => [1] => Field group updated. [2] => Custom field updated.[
   > 3] => Custom field deleted. [4] => Field group updated. [5] => [6] => Field
   > group published. [7] => Field group saved. [8] => Field group submitted. [9]
   > => Field group scheduled for. [10] => Field group draft updated. )
   > )
   >  Skip to main content
 * And then this, after publishing (note, still says ‘post published’)
 * > Array
   >  ( [post] => Array ( [0] => [1] => Project updated. View Project [2] 
   > => Custom field updated. [3] => Custom field deleted. [4] => Project updated.[
   > 5] => [6] => Project published. View Project [7] => Project saved. [8] => Project
   > submitted. Preview Project [9] => Project scheduled for: Oct 4, 2013 @ 12:08.
   > Preview Project [10] => Project draft updated. Preview Project )
   >  [page] => Array
   >  ( [0] => [1] => Page updated. View page [2] => Custom field
   > updated. [3] => Custom field deleted. [4] => Page updated. [5] => [6] => Your
   > message here [7] => Page saved. [8] => Page submitted. Preview page [9] => 
   > Page scheduled for: Oct 4, 2013 @ 12:08. Preview page [10] => Page draft updated.
   > Preview page )
   >  [attachment] => Array
   >  ( [1] => Media attachment updated. [2] => Media attachment
   > updated. [3] => Media attachment updated. [4] => Media attachment updated. [
   > 5] => Media attachment updated. [6] => Media attachment updated. [7] => Media
   > attachment updated. [8] => Media attachment updated. [9] => Media attachment
   > updated. [10] => Media attachment updated. )
   >  [acf] => Array
   >  ( [0] => [1] => Field group updated. [2] => Custom field updated.[
   > 3] => Custom field deleted. [4] => Field group updated. [5] => [6] => Field
   > group published. [7] => Field group saved. [8] => Field group submitted. [9]
   > => Field group scheduled for. [10] => Field group draft updated. )
   > )
   >  Skip to main content
 * Thanks,
 * Ian
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-post-published-text/#post-4189768)
 * Try:
 *     ```
       function my_post_published_message( $messages ) {
       	$messages['post'][6] = sprintf( __('Your message here') );
       	return $messages;
       }
       add_filter( 'post_updated_messages', 'my_post_published_message' );
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [applegateian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/applegateian/)
 * (@applegateian)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-post-published-text/#post-4189777)
 * Nailed it 🙂
 * Cheers [@esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-post-published-text/#post-4189789)
 * Cool! 🙂

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