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  • I have installed the en-NZ language pack because my website is based in New Zealand.

    It does have an one annoyance though…. the greeting it gives is “G’day” which is Australian, not New Zealand. I want to change it to our national greeting which is “Kia ora”

    I have edited the en_NZ.po language file in /wp-content/languages but it doesn’t seem to make any difference.

    Is there another file somewhere else that I need to also change?

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  • In a Child Theme functions.php (or create your custom function) use this example where the default is “Howdy” and is replaced with “Welcome”:

    
function cust_replace_howdy( $text ) {
    $newtext = 'Welcome';
    if ( is_user_logged_in() ) {
        $text = str_replace( 'Howdy', $newtext, $text );
    }
    return $text;
}
add_filter( 'gettext', 'cust_replace_howdy' );

    You can also use this to show or hide the admin bar for non-admin users:

    
if ( current_user_can( 'manage_options') ) {
add_filter ('show_admin_bar', '__return_true');
} else {
add_filter ('show_admin_bar', '__return_false');
}
    Thread Starter kiwihawk

    (@kiwihawk)

    Thank you, that worked a treat. And it got me to thinking about adding a little bit of magic to it.

    
function howdy_message($translated_text, $text, $domain) {
  $message = public_holiday();
    $new_message = str_replace('Howdy', $message, $text);
    return $new_message;
}
add_filter('gettext', 'howdy_message', 10, 3);
//
function public_holiday() {
  $date = date('d-m');
  switch($date) {
    case '01-01':
      $message = 'Happy New Years';
    break;

    case '21-06':
      $message = 'Happy Yule';
    break;
 
    case '21-12':
      $message = 'Happy Summer Solstice';
    break;

     case '25-12':
      $message = 'Merry Christmas';
    break;

    default:
      $message = 'Kia ora';
  }
  return $message;
}

    The thing is, up until the latest WordPress update New Zealand WP sites said “Kia Ora” – not “G’day” which, as kiwihawk said, is Australian. Kia Ora is our traditional greeting and was correct. Is there a reason it was changed in the latest update?

    Is there a reason it was changed in the latest update?

    You would have to ask core folks that, or whoever provided the language file.

    Thanks… will do.

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