ControlledChaos of Controlled Chaos Design
8/9/2016 - 6:45 PM

Change the default WordPress post name to News and replace the Dashicon.

Change the default WordPress post name to News and replace the Dashicon.

<?php

// change all incidents of Post to News
function ccd_change_post_label() {
    global $menu;
    global $submenu;
    $menu[5][0] = 'News';
    $submenu['edit.php'][5][0] = 'News';
    $submenu['edit.php'][10][0] = 'Add News';
    $submenu['edit.php'][16][0] = 'News Tags';
    echo '';
}
function ccd_change_post_object() {
    global $wp_post_types;
    $labels = &$wp_post_types['post']->labels;
    $labels->name = 'News';
    $labels->singular_name = 'News';
    $labels->add_new = 'Add News';
    $labels->add_new_item = 'Add News';
    $labels->edit_item = 'Edit News';
    $labels->new_item = 'News';
    $labels->view_item = 'View News';
    $labels->search_items = 'Search News';
    $labels->not_found = 'No News found';
    $labels->not_found_in_trash = 'No News found in Trash';
    $labels->all_items = 'All News';
    $labels->menu_name = 'News';
    $labels->name_admin_bar = 'News';
}
 
add_action( 'admin_menu', 'ccd_change_post_label' );
add_action( 'init', 'ccd_change_post_object' );

// Change the pin icon to a megaphone
function ccd_add_news_icon() {
  global $menu;
  foreach ( $menu as $key => $val ) {
    if ( __( 'News') == $val[0] ) {
      $menu[$key][6] = 'dashicons-megaphone';
    }
  }
}
add_action( 'admin_menu', 'ccd_add_news_icon' );

?>

Change Default Post Name

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