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1. 

   violetabella
   Member

   How can I change the 'Leave a Comment' wording for a child theme? Thanks!

   Posted 2 years ago #
2. 

   helgatheviking
   Moderator

   depends on whether you mean the "Post a Comment" or "Post a Reply to" text, but the process is the same... and is the same for anything you care to filter ever. and you can filter anything, anywhere that has an apply_filters. (note the name of the filter is specified in the apply_filters statement and IS NOT necessarily the name of the function. this messed me up for a while.

   the original functions seen in content-extensions.php:
   

   // Located in comments.php
   // Creates the standard text 'Post a Comment'
   function thematic_postcomment_text() {
       $content = __('Post a Comment', 'thematic');
       return apply_filters( 'thematic_postcomment_text', $content );
   }
   
   // Located in comments.php
   // Creates the standard text 'Post a Reply to %s'
   function thematic_postreply_text() {
       $content = __('Post a Reply to %s', 'thematic');
       return apply_filters( 'thematic_postreply_text', $content );
   }

   the child filters that go in your child's functions.php

   function child_postcomment_text() {
       return __('Post some Bacon', 'thematic');
   }
   add_filter('thematic_postcomment_text','child_postcomment_text');
   
   function child_postreply_text() {
       return __('Post Bacon about %s', 'thematic');
   }
   add_filter('thematic_postreply_text','child_postreply_text);

   when you add a filter you take a variable in, mash it up how you like and then return it in place of the original. though in this case we only care to send a unique value back and not a manipulated version of the original... so we don't need to bother w/ claiming in the inputed $content... usually gotten by opening the function this way

   function child_postreply_text($content) {

   Posted 2 years ago #

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