{"id":42651,"date":"2015-02-04T03:00:47","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T08:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/?p=42651"},"modified":"2017-07-14T05:49:42","modified_gmt":"2017-07-14T09:49:42","slug":"wordpress-how-to-rename-dashboard-menu-items","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wordpress-how-to-rename-dashboard-menu-items.html","title":{"rendered":"WordPress. How to rename dashboard menu items"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n<p>This tutorial is going to show you how to rename admin menu items in WordPress.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pL7HKS1_LuI?width=1280&amp;height=720\" rel=\"prettyPhoto\">WordPress. How to rename dashboard menu items<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>For example, we are going to show how to rename Services, FAQ&#8217;s, Slides and Portfolio menu items.<\/p>\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>Log into <strong>FTP\/File manager<\/strong>, go to <strong>wp-content\/themes\/CherryFramework\/languages <\/strong> folder:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-1-300x151.png\" alt=\"wordpress_ renaming_admin_ menu_items-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"151\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-42653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-1-300x151.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-1-150x75.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-1-1024x516.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-1.png 1276w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>Download <strong>blank.po<\/strong> file from this <strong>languages<\/strong> folder:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-2-300x161.png\" alt=\"wordpress_ renaming_admin_ menu_items-2\" width=\"300\" height=\"161\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-42654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-2-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-2-150x80.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-2-1024x549.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-2.png 1267w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n  <\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>\r\nGo to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poedit.net\/download.php\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.poedit.net\/download.php<\/a> and download <strong>Poedit<\/strong> for your system (Wndows\/MAC). <strong>Poedit<\/strong> is a free, open source and cross-platform gettext catalog (.po file) editor to aid in the process of language translation. Then install it on your computer.\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n<div class=\"inline-banner\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/service-center\/\">\r\n<img src=\"\/help\/files\/banners\/inline\/Banner-3-(835-x100).jpg\" \/>\r\n<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>Open <strong>blank.po<\/strong> file with <strong>Poedit<\/strong>. You can use <strong>CTRL+F\/Search<\/strong> function to look for a specific string of text. We will search for <strong>Services<\/strong>, <strong>FAQs<\/strong>, <strong>Slides<\/strong> and <strong>Portfolio<\/strong>:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-3-300x219.png\" alt=\"wordpress_ renaming_admin_ menu_items-3\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-42655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-3-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-3-150x109.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-3.png 991w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>Change the text in the <strong>Translation<\/strong> bottom column:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-4-300x217.png\" alt=\"wordpress_ renaming_admin_ menu_items-4\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-42657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-4-300x217.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-4-150x108.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-4.png 987w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>When you have done, select <strong>Files<\/strong> -> <strong>Save as<\/strong>:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-5-300x223.png\" alt=\"wordpress_ renaming_admin_ menu_items-5\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-42658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-5-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-5-150x111.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-5.png 975w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>We save file as <strong>en_US.po<\/strong>, <strong>en_US.mo<\/strong> file has been created in the same folder where <strong>en_US.po<\/strong> is located:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-6-300x124.png\" alt=\"wordpress_ renaming_admin_ menu_items-6\" width=\"300\" height=\"124\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-42659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-6-300x124.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-6-150x62.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-6.png 785w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>Log into <strong>FTP\/File Manager <\/strong> and upload <strong>en_US.po<\/strong> and <strong>en_US.mo<\/strong> files to <strong>wp-content\/themes\/themeXXXXX\/languages<\/strong> folder:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-7-300x182.png\" alt=\"wordpress_ renaming_admin_ menu_items-7\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-42660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-7-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-7-150x91.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-7-1024x624.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-7.png 1321w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>When you are done with uploading, go to the root folder and open <strong>wp-config.php<\/strong> file:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-8-300x170.png\" alt=\"wordpress_ renaming_admin_ menu_items-8\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-42661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-8-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-8-150x85.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-8-1024x580.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-8.png 1272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>Search for <strong>WPLANG<\/strong> by using a search tool (CTRL+F), then insert file name <strong>en_US<\/strong> between the brackets, and press <strong>Save Changes<\/strong> button on the top:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-9.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-9-300x168.png\" alt=\"wordpress_ renaming_admin_ menu_items-9\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-42662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-9-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-9-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-9-1024x575.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-9.png 1275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>Go back to WordPress admin panel and reload the site to check the changes, menu items were renamed successfully:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-10.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-10-300x160.png\" alt=\"wordpress_ renaming_admin_ menu_items-10\" width=\"300\" height=\"160\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-42663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-10-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-10-150x80.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-10-1024x546.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wordpress_-renaming_admin_-menu_items-10.png 1268w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<p>Feel free to check the detailed video tutorial below:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pL7HKS1_LuI?width=1280&amp;height=720\" rel=\"prettyPhoto\">WordPress. How to rename dashboard menu items<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This tutorial is going to show you how to rename admin menu items in WordPress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":43568,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[728],"tags":[1843,571,1844,2405],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42651"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/73"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42651"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82022,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42651\/revisions\/82022"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}