How to rename the admin sub menu name of a custom post 'category' or 'tag'
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I have a custom post type called Suburbs. It appears in the admin menu. like a normal post there are 4 sub menus…
1. Suburbs
2. Add new
3. Categories
4. TagsI want to rename the ‘Categories’ and/or the ‘Tags’ sub menu. I have this code but I can’t figure out how to adapt it to a CT or the Category/Tag sub menus?
function wptutsplus_change_post_menu_label() { global $menu; global $submenu; $menu[5][0] = 'News'; $submenu['edit.php'][5][0] = 'News Items'; $submenu['edit.php'][10][0] = 'Add News Item'; } add_action( 'admin_menu', 'wptutsplus_change_post_menu_label' );
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Hi,
You need to figure out the index for Suburbs:function change_post_menu_label() { global $menu; global $submenu; echo "<pre>"; print_r($menu); print_r($submenu); echo "</pre>"; $submenu['edit.php'][15][0] = 'Status'; // Change name for categories $submenu['edit.php'][16][0] = 'Labels'; // Change name for tags }
For that you need to print the
$menu
array and$submenu
. after you get the index, replace the index 15 and 16 in above code to rename the category and label.Sorry it didn’t work…
function change_post_menu_label() { global $menu; global $submenu; echo "<pre>"; print_r($menu); print_r($submenu); echo "</pre>"; $submenu['edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category&post_type=property-for-sale'][15][0] = 'Property Type'; // Change name for categories $submenu['edit-tags.php?taxonomy=post_tag&post_type=property-for-sale'][16][0] = 'Labels'; // Change name for tags }
You have specified a wrong index, it is supposed to be like below code:
[5] => Array ( [0] => Posts [1] => edit_posts [2] => edit.php [3] => [4] => open-if-no-js menu-top menu-icon-post [5] => menu-posts [6] => dashicons-admin-post )
This is part of
$menu
array, it is for Posts menu, similarily for custom posts, you’ll get an array in$menu
.
The index $menu[5][2], specifies the index for submenu i.e.edit.php
in case of posts, for CPT it might be something else you need ot check that in array.
Now lookup in$submneu
for aboveedit.php
[edit.php] => Array ( [5] => Array ( [0] => All Posts [1] => edit_posts [2] => edit.php ) [10] => Array ( [0] => Add New [1] => edit_posts [2] => post-new.php ) [15] => Array ( [0] => Categories [1] => manage_categories [2] => edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category ) [16] => Array ( [0] => Tags [1] => manage_categories [2] => edit-tags.php?taxonomy=post_tag ) )
The above array is for submenu of post, for renaming the Category, you need to do
$submenu['edit.php'][15][0] = 'Status';
which renames category to Status.
How do I find the numerical indexes for the menu items of my CPT?
Maybe you could directly use a plugin, https://wordpress.org/plugins/admin-menu-editor/
If you don’t want to use a plugin, when you print the $menu and $submenu array, what do you get on screen?
Can you post those arrays here?
How do i print the $menu and $submenu array?
function wptutsplus_change_post_menu_label() { global $menu; global $submenu; echo "<pre>"; print_r($menu); print_r($submenu); echo "</pre>"; } add_action( 'admin_menu', 'wptutsplus_change_post_menu_label' );
Ad this code and paste the arrays here
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