Title: Changing names?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Changing names?

 *  [BjornArvidsson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bjornarvidsson/)
 * (@bjornarvidsson)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-names/)
 * This may be a stupid question, but how can I change the names in the navigation.
   
   Lets say that I want to change “Categories” to “Projects” instead or “Recent 
   Tickets to “Recent requests” for instance..
 * Thanks for a great theme!

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 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-names/#post-1734531)
 * In [Administration](http://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Panels) > [Settings](http://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Panels#Permalinks)
   > [Permalinks](http://codex.wordpress.org/Settings_Permalinks_SubPanel) set **
   Category base** to projects.
 *  [Spencer Finnell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spencerfinnell/)
 * (@spencerfinnell)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-names/#post-1734559)
 * I think you mean on the main navigation?
 * Make a Child Theme, then make a folder `inc` and inside a folder named `templates`
   and then copy and paste the `navigation.php` file from `/inc/templates/`. Then
   you can rename the links.
 * You could also try this method: [http://blog.ftwr.co.uk/archives/2010/01/02/mangling-strings-for-fun-and-profit/](http://blog.ftwr.co.uk/archives/2010/01/02/mangling-strings-for-fun-and-profit/)
 *  Thread Starter [BjornArvidsson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bjornarvidsson/)
 * (@bjornarvidsson)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-names/#post-1734729)
 * OK, thanks I will try that. Have never made a child theme so I will look into
   that.

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