Replacing String Not Working

You can’t do partial matches like that. The “Original String” should be set to the full, original string as it appears in the source code.

So, for the example you gave:

<strong>ERROR</strong>: The password you entered for the email address %s is incorrect.

In your example, text-domain and context should be blank. I’d recommend reading this article explaining what those relate to: https://plugins.leewillis.co.uk/doc_post/replacing-wordpress-strings-context/

• This reply was modified 5 years, 8 months ago by Lee Willis.
• This reply was modified 5 years, 8 months ago by Lee Willis.

Well I guess I don’t understand how this plugin would work for me then. The below check content string is what I want to modify. In this case, as you mentioned above, I would leave both the Text domain and the Text context blank. But then I’m left with the conundrum of figuring out how to convert the string in the manner that’s it written because it is using the ‘%s’ variable. Or am I going to need to create a string function override in the functions.php?

if ( ! wp_check_password( $password, $user->user_pass, $user->ID ) ) {
		return new WP_Error(
			'incorrect_password',
			sprintf(
				/* translators: %s: user name */
				__( '<strong>ERROR</strong>: The password you entered for the username %s is incorrect.' ),
				'<strong>' . $username . '</strong>'
			)......

Just leave %s out of your replacement string of you don’t want it in there?

I’ve already tried a variety:

‘ERROR: The password you entered for the username %s is incorrect.’

TO

‘ERROR: Your email and password don’t match. Please try again.’

but the WordPress default keeps posting instead of the override I’m attempting to use.

I’ve just tried setting up a replacement for that string on a fresh WordPress install and it all works as I’d expect:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/y77cc8lo1kda4t4/Screenshot%202019-07-25%2021.40.59.png?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/twtbzih0hpero9e/Screenshot%202019-07-25%2021.40.09.png?dl=0

[I used the Pro version to discover the string so the screenshots may look slightly different to yours, but the replacement will work fine with the free version]

Yes, that’s exactly what I entered into the settings. But I’m still getting a default response.

In which case that’s probably not the string being used (I notice your screenshot isn’t the default WordPress login page?).

It’s possibly coming from another plugin, theme, or customisation somewhere, so might have different settings.

This is using WooCommerce and WooCommerce does use WordPress default ‘user.php’ responses, which is the code I’ve supplied in the screenshots.

Sorry to hear that. It definitely works for me here so I’m 99% sure it’s not a fault with the plugin, more likely an issue with the way you’ve got things set up, or a conflict with some plugin or theme code.