[wp-hackers] changing the built in categories label on the add post screen

[Justin Tadlock]

Just hook into `gettext` with a custom filter.  Read:
http://blog.ftwr.co.uk/archives/2010/01/02/mangling-strings-for-fun-and-profit/

On 11/18/2011 5:44 PM, Paul Menard wrote:
> Really guys. I know it's Friday evening but hacking the code and changing the database. Really. Easiest solution is to just add your own init action hook. Grab the global $wp_taxonomies object then replace the label. No need to unregister or register some other taxonomy.
>
> Is the following advisable? Probably not but then again WordPress does not provide any hooks to override these.
>
> Something like the following:
>
>
> add_action('init', 'change_category_taxonomy_label', 999);
> function change_category_taxonomy_label() {
>
> 	global $wp_taxonomies;
>
> 	// Add your own code to verify this object and exists. You have been warned	
> 	$wp_taxonomies['category']->labels->menu_name = "Topics";
> }
>
> P-
>
>
>
> On Nov 18, 2011, at 6:36 PM, William P. Davis wrote:
>
>> This is getting complicated. Maybe just create a translation file?
>> Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Charles Frees-Melvin<charles.freesmelvin at me.com>
>> Sender: wp-hackers-bounces at lists.automattic.com
>> Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:31:10
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>> Subject: Re: [wp-hackers] changing the built in categories label on the add
>> post screen
>>
>> Add a new taxonomy "topics" and then change in the _terms table all Categories to topics. That will convert what was category's to the topic taxonomy. Then just unregister the category tax or de-link it from the "post" post type.
>>
>> --
>> Charles E. Frees-Melvin
>>
>> Sent from my Rogers iPhone 4S
>>
>> On 2011-11-18, at 19:18, IC IC<icwordpress at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>
>>> When you unregister, what happens to the existing categories that have been
>>> created?
>>>
>>> Shall I just run this at the twentyten functions.php?
>>>
>>> add_action( 'init', 'unregister_taxonomy');
>>> function unregister_taxonomy(){
>>>    global $wp_taxonomies;
>>>    $taxonomy = 'category';
>>>    if ( taxonomy_exists( $taxonomy))
>>>        unset( $wp_taxonomies[$taxonomy]);
>>> }
>>>
>>> and after that, go find the post.php and change the label from categories
>>> to topics? is that a safe thing to do ?
>>> wouldn't this go away when we update the wordpress core though?
>>>
>>> I want the label topics to stay permanently regardless of the updates..
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 3:08 PM, Charles Frees-Melvin<
>>> charles.freesmelvin at me.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>>> You can't it is hard coded into wp-includes/post.php
>>>>
>>>> The best option is to unregister categories and replace with a new tax.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Charles E. Frees-Melvin
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my Rogers iPhone 4S
>>>>
>>>> On 2011-11-18, at 18:59, IC IC<icwordpress at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Which table stores the "categories" label?
>>>>>
>>>>> I already changed the categories folder name from "category" to "topics"
>>>>> but the add post screen still display "Categories" as the label?
>>>>> I want to change that too to Topics.
>>>>>
>>>>> When you create a custom taxonomies, this issue is not a problem cause it
>>>>> has the label argument.
>>>>> but since the categories already come pre-created, I need to make that
>>>>> change straight into the table!
>>>>> where do I do that?
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