Description
WP Override Translations allows you to easily override any text string in WordPress, WooCommerce, and plugin/theme translations directly from your admin panel – no code editing required!
🔒 Security First (v3.0.0)
* CSRF protection with WordPress nonces
* User capability validation
* XSS prevention with secure coding practices
* No inline JavaScript handlers
⚡ High Performance (v3.0.0)
* Modern MutationObserver API for DOM changes (replaces resource-heavy intervals)
* Pre-built translation maps for faster processing
* Optimized JavaScript with comprehensive error handling
* Graceful fallback for older browsers
✨ Key Features:
* Override any WordPress core, plugin, or theme text strings
* Full WooCommerce compatibility for e-commerce sites
* Support for HTML in translations (bold, links, etc.)
* CSS selector-based DOM string replacement for dynamic content
* Translates all _e(), __(), gettext, and ngettext calls
* Real-time JavaScript translation for dynamic elements
* WordPress coding standards compliant
📝 What You Can Translate:
* WordPress core strings
* WooCommerce product pages, checkout, cart messages
* Plugin and theme text strings
* Button labels, error messages, form fields
* Any string that uses WordPress translation functions
❌ Limitations:
Dynamic strings with placeholders like %s or %d cannot be translated (e.g., “%s has been added to your cart”).
Screenshots
Original frontend string 
Overwrite string from backend 
Overwritten string 
Original Woocommerce frontend string 
Overwrite string from backend 
Overwritten Woocommerce string with HTML
Installation
- Upload directory
WP Override String Translationsto the/wp-content/plugins/directory - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
- Click settings in your plugin list (or visit Settings submenu)
- Done!
FAQ
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How does this plugin work?
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It uses a gettext and ngettext WordPress filter
Reviews
Contributors & Developers
“Override String Translations” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
“Override String Translations” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.
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Changelog
3.0.0
- MAJOR SECURITY UPDATES: Added CSRF protection with WordPress nonces
- MAJOR PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS: Replaced setInterval with MutationObserver for better browser performance
- SECURITY: Added user capability checks for admin functions
- SECURITY: Removed inline onClick handlers to prevent XSS vulnerabilities
- PERFORMANCE: Pre-built translation maps to eliminate redundant processing loops
- PERFORMANCE: Optimized JavaScript error handling with try-catch blocks and graceful degradation
- STANDARDS: Fixed all WordPress coding standards violations (variable naming, text domains, etc.)
- JAVASCRIPT: Enhanced DOM manipulation with better selector validation
- JAVASCRIPT: Added fallback support for older browsers without MutationObserver
- ADMIN: Improved user interface with proper event listeners instead of inline JavaScript
- ADMIN: Added wp_localize_script for secure PHP-to-JavaScript data transfer
- TRANSLATION: Added proper text domain support for all translatable strings
- CODE QUALITY: Comprehensive error handling and logging improvements
- COMPATIBILITY: Maintained backward compatibility while modernizing codebase
2.0.0
- Improvements for WordPress 6.8 support
- Add javascript with selector translate
- Code improvements
- Code Fixes
1.5.0
- Support for WordPress 6.x added
1.4.0
- Support for WordPress 5.9 added
- Bug fix
1.3.0
- Support for WordPress 5.8 added
- Minor bug fix
1.2.1
- Support for WordPress 5.7 added
1.2.0
- Bug Fix and added support for WordPress 5.6
1.1.0
- Compatible with WordPress 5.3
- bug fix
1.0.0
- First public release