{"id":927,"date":"2025-03-24T14:28:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T14:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/how-to-change-just-one-language-string\/"},"modified":"2025-04-03T15:24:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T14:24:23","slug":"how-to-change-just-one-language-string","status":"publish","type":"gd_place","link":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/translations\/how-to-change-just-one-language-string\/","title":{"rendered":"How to change just one language string"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
<\/span>If you only want to change one language string<\/strong>, you can add a PHP code snippet, instead of creating or editing language files<\/a>. We recommend using the Code Snippets plugin<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n

You will need:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
    \n
  1. text domain: <\/strong>this is usually the file name of the language file, for example geodirectory,\u00a0geodirlocation<\/strong>\u00a0etc
    \"\"<\/figure><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. exact default string:<\/strong> it is best to copy this direct from the language file in the .po file in the language file
    \"\"<\/figure><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Example code snippet 1<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
    add_filter( 'gettext', '_my_string_changes', 10, 3);\nfunction _my_string_changes($translation, $text, $domain ){\n\tif( $domain == 'geodirectory' && $text == 'Post received, your listing may need to be reviewed before going live, you can preview it %shere%s.' ){\n\t\t$translation = 'Thanks for adding a listing this will be approved within 24 hours.';\n\t}\n\treturn $translation;\n}\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    Example code snippet 2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
    add_filter( 'gettext', '_my_string_changes', 10, 3);\nfunction _my_string_changes($translation, $text, $domain ){\n\tif( $domain == 'geodirlocation' && $text == 'Click on above field and type to filter list or add a new city.' ){\n\t\t$translation = 'Select a city or town.';\n\t}\n\treturn $translation;\n}\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
    You will need: Example code snippet 1 Example code snippet 2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"article\/tags":[],"article\/categories":[211,433,434],"class_list":["post-927","gd_place","type-gd_place","status-publish","hentry","gd_placecategory-tips-tricks-more","gd_placecategory-code-snippets","gd_placecategory-translations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/gd_place"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/927\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"gd_place_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/tags?post=927"},{"taxonomy":"gd_placecategory","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/categories?post=927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}