Change "Organizer" to "Contact" and "Venue" to "Location"

[David Dolenc]

What would be the best way to change text “Organizer” to “Contact” and “Venue” to “Location” on the event page?
Also, is there a way to apply these two changes globally so that the two words would also be replaced everywhere on the Dashboard?
Thank you!

[Jonah]

Hi koledarcek,

The easiest way to do this is via a filter like so:

function filter_translations($translation, $text, $domain) {
if ($domain == 'tribe-events-calendar') {
switch ($text) {
case 'Venue':
$translation = 'Place';
break;
}
}

return $translation;
}
add_filter('gettext', 'filter_translations', 10, 3);

With this approach you need to do each string individually. The alternative to this would be to edit the english translation files and change all the values to what you want them to be. Aside from that, any other approach is going to be even more hacky. I hope this helps but let me know if you have any other questions.

– Jonah

[David Dolenc]

Thank you! It works great.
Is there a similar way to change the two words in the Dashboard? I’m assuming that this might not be worth doing unless there is a way to change a name globally.

[Jonah]

You’re welcome. Unfortunately there is no global way to do it, so you’d need to track down every instance. The global find feature in Sublime Text 2 can make this process a little easier. Hopefully what I provided you will give you an idea of what else needs to be done.

– Jonah

[Arlene Welcher]

Thanks for this info… I’m looking to make a similar change. Could you please clarify for me, in what file should I include the filter?
Thanks.

[Arlene Welcher]

I got it working in my theme functions.php file, but wonder if there is a better place.

[Rob]

Functions.php is indeed the appropriate location, given our current architecture. Thanks for confirming!

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