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Say what?

by Lee Willis

Version: 2.2.5

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Description

An easy-to-use plugin that allows you to change translatable strings from plugins / themes and WordPress core without editing code. Simply enter the current string, and what you want to replace it with and the plugin will automatically do the rest!

The plugin’s available for forking and contribution over on GitHub

Check out Say What Pro for:

  • String Discovery and autocomplete – find the strings you need without diving through code. Works with server-side and Javascript-rendered strings
  • Improved performance using text-domain-specific filters
  • Wildcard string replacements – replace individual words, or fragments across your whole site
  • Multi-lingual support – set different replacements for different languages on multi-lingual sites
  • Import/export features – Easy import/export of replacements through the user interface

Support this free plugin

As a business, we already donate a percentage of our profits from premium plugins to global climate change projects. You’re free to use this plugin free of charge, but if you do, please consider buying the world some trees in return. You’ll be creating employment for local families and restoring wildlife habitats.

  • Install it as you would any other plugin
  • Activate it
  • Head over to Tools » Text changes and configure some string replacements
  1. List of configured string replacements

    List of configured string replacements

  2. Adding/editing a replacement

    Adding/editing a replacement

Can I use it to change any string?

You can only use the plugin to translate strings which are marked for translation.

How do I find the string to translate?

You can either have a guess, or checkout the plugin in question’s source code, translatable strings are generally wrapped in __(), _e(), _n(), or _x(), for example:

$foo = __('This is a translatable string', 'plugin-domain');

The article here shows some examples of what you’re looking for. Alternatively, the Pro version of the plugin provides a String Discovery mode which means you can search for strings on your site via autocomplete suggestions.

Is there any support for importing replacements?

“Say What?” has preliminary support for exporting, and importing replacements via http://wp-cli.org/. The following commands are currently
supported:

  • export – Export all current string replacements.
  • import – Import string replacements from a CSV file.
  • list – Export all current string replacements. Synonym for ‘export’.
  • update – update string replacements from a CSV file.

See the GitHub homepage for examples.

Can I set different replacements for different languages?

Not in the free plugin, however this is available in the Pro version of the plugin

Perfect!

By phxreguy on November 27, 2024

I dinked around for well over an hour trying to change "Leave a Reply" to "Leave a Comment" at the top of my comment form on a new site.
Found this plugin, and 30 seconds later the job was done.
THANK YOU!

This plugin doesn't do what it says it does

By Wendihihihi on August 24, 2023

This is the plugin's description:

An easy-to-use plugin that allows you to alter strings on your site without editing WordPress core, or plugin code. Simply enter the current string, and what you want to replace it with and the plugin will automatically do the rest!

I tried it with this string: <div id="wrapper"> that I want to replace with: <div class="wrapper">, but nothing happened.

It says in the description that I only need to enter the current string, and what you want to replace it with and the plugin will automatically do the rest. But it doesn't work that way.

Work perfectly but need little knowledge

By devfx01 on June 9, 2023

Does exactly what it supposed to do. Don't need to change the core file for changing strings we want to translate. You will need to find the exact string name and it's location (site domain).

Free version useless w/o php knowledge

By avu on June 1, 2023

Free version useless without extensive php knowledge of the target modules. Accepts any setting but does and says nothing.

Thank you for changing the stubborn texts

By dinaddd on November 18, 2022

I was recommended on this plugin by WooCommerce Payment, because I wanted to change the title of the payment method. And it works, very easy to use.

Nice plugin, Saved a lot of time

By amin9 on October 14, 2022

Nice plugin. Saved a lot of time.

Solve a great struggle for me

By nikola93n on June 1, 2022

I was in the process of creating a webshop with a Woocommerce and Blocksy theme. With this plugin, I've translated a few strings from the Blocksy theme which I didn't translate with a Loco Translate plugin. Soo cool!

Useless, does not work

By john1257 on February 8, 2022

This is second time I tried this useless plugin with no success. I wasted some 30 minutes of my life to understand how this plugin works with WooCommerce. I tried everything in manual, I tried to change string lengths and variations, but it all did not help. Author wants you to buy Pro version very much, but if free version does not work, then where is guarantee, that Pro version will work? Avoid this plugin!

Nr 1 plugin for custom localization

By Yui (fierevere) on December 6, 2021

Helped a lot of people to change existing translation strings or translate untranslated strings. Recommended to use for users asking for the above.

The Pro version is soooo worth it, + excellent customer service.

By lorilself on October 14, 2021

The Pro version has been a huge time saver for me and I've used it all over our site. It's so easy to use - I can literally change the text I need to in about 15 seconds. Worth every penny, and one of the best deals around as far as useful/necessary plugins go. In addition, when I had a question today, support responded very quickly and helped me find the info I was looking for - top notch service!

2.2.5

  • General tidy-ups and maintenance

2.2.4

  • Fix: Do not generate warning on initial install

2.2.3

  • Change: Internal package updates
  • Change: Compatibility with WordPress 6.6

2.2.2

  • Fix: Resolve issue where replacements weren’t made if an external object cache was in use.

2.2.1

  • Change: Internal refactor of classes

2.1.9

  • Change: Minor admin UI changes

2.1.8

  • Fix: Include missing image

2.1.7

  • Change: Admin UI updates

2.1.6

  • Change: Styling & documentation updates.

2.1.5

  • Fix: Avoid warning when sorting list table.

2.1.4

  • Change: Localisation improvements

2.1.3

  • Change: Updates to Javascript dependencies.

2.1.2

  • Change: Updates to Javascript dependencies, smaller JS footprint.

2.1.1

  • Fix: Resolve issue where console errors could be thrown if no replacements configured.

2.1.0

  • New: Optimise performance when an external object cache is available
  • Fix: Imports via WP-CLI could fail if the pro extension had previously been active

2.0.2

  • Reduce size of bundled images
  • Update dev build scripts

2.0.1

  • Improve Javascript performance, and remove lodash dependency (resolves some plugin conflicts)

2.0.0

  • Support for translatable strings rendered through WordPress Javascript framework
  • Supports replacing text in Gutenberg / WooCommerce admin / WooCommerce blocks
  • Update details of Say What? Pro vs free plugin

1.9.7

  • Fix issue where replacement table disappeared at small screen widths
  • Update WordPress compatibility
  • Changes to donation / upsell content

1.9.6

  • Fix link in documentation

1.9.5

  • WordPress 5.5 compatibility
  • Changes to Treeware links

1.9.4

  • Ensure help links open in new windows

1.9.3

  • Fix link target in Treeware content

1.9.2

  • Suggest Treeware donations

1.9.1

  • Update information about Pro features

1.9.0

  • Fix issue adding more strings after downgrade from Pro
  • Update text domain of plugin to match wordpress.org guidelines to aid translations

1.8.2

  • Documentation updates only

1.8.1

  • Update plugin links, include settings and upgrade link
  • Update documentation about pro features
  • Admin styling fixes

1.8.0

  • Fix issues where entities could be double encoded on admin screens.

1.7.1

  • Update to admin marketing message. No functional changes.

1.7

  • Support for _n() and _nx()
  • Support for multi-line strings

1.6

Introduce filters that allows back compatibility for plugins that change their text-domain. Props Pippin Williamson

1.5

Avoid warnings on initial activation.
Avoid issues where strings contain HTML / entities

1.4

Add info box about Pro version

1.3

Support for WP-CLI import and export.

1.2

Swap database to UTF-8 to fix problems entering non-ASCII strings.

1.1

Fix incorrect escaping on the admin screens.

1.0.1

Fix initial DB table creation
Fix translations for strings with no domain

1.0

Allow strings with context to be replaced

0.9.3

Documentation improvements

0.9.2

Avoid wpdb->prepare warning
Minor admin fixes, don’t double translate strings

0.9.1

Fix issue with fields being swapped when first entered

0.9

Beta ready for testing and feedback

  • Version:Version: 2.2.5
  • Business model:Business model: commercial
  • Active installs:Active installs: 40K
  • Last updated:Last updated: 6 months ago
  • Requires:Requires: 6.2
  • Tested:Tested: 6.8
Average rating:4.3 out of 5 stars.
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