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January 8, 2016 at 10:31 am

Hi, that word can be changed by using a gettext filter:

https://eventespresso.com/wiki/how-to-change-wording-with-poedit/#custom-function

It can be added to your site specific plugin or through a child theme’s functions.php file (if you are using one).

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Lorenzo

January 8, 2016 at 2:32 pm

Hi Janet,

Just a quick suggestion on improving this.

The quick localization plugin stores your translations within the database, meaning that each translation need to be fetched from the DB first, which slows it down a little. It’s a useful tool, but if your comfortable with PHP you can do is using the custom gettest function at the bottom:

function mycustom_filter_gettext( $translated, $original, $domain ) {
 
    // This is an array of original strings
    // and what they should be replaced with
    $strings = array(
        'People' => 'Instructors',
    );
 
    // See if the current string is in the $strings array
    // If so, replace its translation
    if ( isset( $strings[$original] ) ) {
        // This accomplishes the same thing as __()
        // but without running it through the filter again
        $translations = get_translations_for_domain( $domain );
        $translated = $translations->translate( $strings[$original] );
    }
 
    return $translated;
}
 
add_filter( 'gettext', 'mycustom_filter_gettext', 10, 3 );

Each translation just goes on a new line within the $strings array, like this:

$strings = array(
      'People' => 'Instructors',
      'Another string' => 'Another translation',
      'And another' => 'This is another translation',
);

(original string on the left, translation on the right)

You can continue to use the quick localization plugin if you prefer, this will just be slightly quicker.