Change ‘Blogroll’ To ‘Links’ In Administration

To change the word ‘Blogroll’ to ‘Links’ in the Administration Toolbar:

Note 1: I’m using WordPress 2.1 

Note 2: The line numbers apply to the K2 Theme (095rc1)

Note 3: Optionally, you can copy each line to be modified and paste it under the original, then comment-out the original so you can revert later, if necessary.

Step 1

Open wp-admin/menu.php

On line 19, change

$menu[20] = array(__(‘Blogroll’), ‘manage_links’, ‘link-manager.php’);

to

$menu[20] = array(__(‘Links’), ‘manage_links’, ‘link-manager.php’);

This will change the top part of the menu. Save the file, and load your page to see the effect.

Step 2

Open wp-admin/link-manager.php

On line 19, change

$title = __(‘Manage Blogroll’); to $title = __(‘Manage Links’);

to

$title = __(‘Manage Links’); to $title = __(‘Manage Links’);

This will change the sub-menu. Save and reload your page to see the effect.

Step 3

On line 75 (still in link-manager.php), change

<h2><?php _e(‘Blogroll Management’); ?></h2>

to

<h2><?php _e(‘Link Management’); ?></h2>

Save and reload your page. You know why.

Step 4 (Optional)

On line 76 (still in link-manager.php), re-write the description to whatever you want. It’s all inside this tag:

<p><?php _e(‘Here you…’); ?></p>

That’s it. All done. Everything just says ‘Links’ instead of ‘Blogroll’.

“But, why” you ask? Because I love blogging, but the word we use to describe it annoys me. Say it a few times; it’s like when you a piece of bread stuck to the roof of your mouth. Anyway, Happy Blogging! [pukes in trashcan]