{"id":1511,"date":"2021-05-11T15:23:13","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T21:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kadence-theme.com\/?post_type=knowledgebase&#038;p=1511"},"modified":"2025-10-03T16:08:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T16:08:24","password":"","slug":"change-any-text-on-your-site","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.kadencewp.com\/help-center\/docs\/kadence-theme\/change-any-text-on-your-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Change Any Text on Your Site"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you need to change a piece of theme or plugin-defined text on your site, a simple plugin to use is\u00a0<a aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" class=\"rank-math-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/say-what\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u201cSay What?\u201d<\/a>.\u00a0 The plugin doesn\u2019t require any changing of code and is easy to set up. Also, it&#8217;s good to point out this plugin won&#8217;t add any large performance issues because it&#8217;s using the core method to translate text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To get started,\u00a0<strong>first download and install the plugin from\u00a0<a aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" class=\"rank-math-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/say-what\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">here<\/a><\/strong> or from your WP Admin Dashboard, go to Plugins &gt; Add New and search for Say What.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"finding-you-the-string-you-want-to-translate\">Finding the String You Want to Translate<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Find the text that needs to be changed. For this example we\u2019ll simply change the \u201cNEXT\u201d text under the blog posts to \u201cFORWARD\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image1511_54ab61-1d .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image1511_54ab61-1d size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kadencewp.com\/kadence-theme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/change_text_next_example.jpg\" alt=\"Sample screenshot\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-1514\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For the Say What plugin to work, you need to use the exact string that is in the theme or plugin with the same capitalization. However, this can be confusing because themes and plugins style text with transforms such as uppercase. So to make sure that you\u2019re copying the string exactly as defined by the theme or plugin, use your browser&#8217;s inspect tool to view the underlying HTML.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image1511_1ecf9a-2a .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image1511_1ecf9a-2a size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kadencewp.com\/kadence-theme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/change_text_next_example_04.jpg\" alt=\"Sample screenshot with code view\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-1515\" width=\"1061px\" height=\"647px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The exact string you need in our example is \u201cNext\u201d <strong>Not<\/strong> \u201cNEXT\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Finding the Correct Text Domain<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Next determine the text domain. A &#8220;domain&#8221; allows themes and plugins to identify and isolate their own text strings.  If you\u2019re unsure of the theme\u2019s text domain, you can find it in Appearance &gt; Theme File Editor.\u00a0 Start by selecting your theme, and look for the text domain in the theme\u2019s style.css file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the string is part of a plugin, navigate to Plugins &gt; Editor, and select the plugin in question. For example, in the Kadence Blocks plugin, open the \u201ckadence-blocks.php\u201d file to see the text domain at the top of the file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is a list of Kadence products with their text domain:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Product<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Text Domain<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Kadence Theme<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">kadence<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Kadence Pro Plugin &#8211; Addon for Kadence Theme<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">kadence-pro<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Kadence Blocks<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">kadence-blocks<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Kadence Blocks Pro<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">kadence-blocks-pro<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Kadence Starter Templates<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">kadence-starter-templates<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Kadence Cloud<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">kadence-cloud<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kadencethemes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/03ImagifyTextDomain-min.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Change Text with Say What<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that you have the string and text-domain, you can navigate to Tools &gt; Text Changes to add a new text change.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image1511_f30e4d-27 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image1511_f30e4d-27 size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kadencewp.com\/kadence-theme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/change_text_next_example_02-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Adding a text change\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-1513\" width=\"1280px\" height=\"678px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Once added check your site to verify the change.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image1511_1f85dc-1a .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image1511_1f85dc-1a size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kadencewp.com\/kadence-theme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/change_text_next_example_03.jpg\" alt=\"Example screenshot after text change\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-1512\" width=\"1117px\" height=\"567px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you need to change a piece of theme or plugin-defined text on your site, a simple plugin to use is\u00a0\u201cSay What?\u201d.\u00a0 The plugin doesn\u2019t require any changing of code and is easy to set up. 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