Rename Buddypress Profile Tab

2 comments

1. Look at the source, you know that already. 🙂

   I didn’t but I bet there is a piece of code looking like this:

   _e( 'Activity', 'buddypress' );
   

   … or …

   __( 'Activity', 'buddypress' );
   

   Follow the functions, they are wrappers for the function translate() in wp-includes/l10n.php:

   /**
    * Retrieves the translation of $text. If there is no translation, or
    * the domain isn't loaded, the original text is returned.
    *
    * @see __() Don't use translate() directly, use __()
    * @since 2.2.0
    * @uses apply_filters() Calls 'gettext' on domain translated text
    *      with the untranslated text as second parameter.
    *
    * @param string $text Text to translate.
    * @param string $domain Domain to retrieve the translated text.
    * @return string Translated text
    */
   function translate( $text, $domain = 'default' ) {
       $translations = &get_translations_for_domain( $domain );
       return apply_filters( 'gettext', $translations->translate( $text ), $text, $domain );
   }
   

   You see you get a filter: 'gettext' with three arguments (or parameters). Now you can use the filter to change the output.
   Add this to your theme’s functions.php or to a plugin:

   add_filter( 
       'gettext', // filter name
       'wpse_57673_change_buddypress_profile_tabs', // name of your custom function
       10, // priority
       3 // number of arguments you want to get
   );
   

   Now we need the custom function, that’s really simple:

   function wpse_57673_change_buddypress_profile_tabs( $translated, $original_text, $domain )
   {
       if ( 'buddypress' !== $domain )
       {
           return $translated; // not your text
       }
   
       // find the text to change
       switch ( $original_text )
       {
           case 'Activity':
               return 'My Activity';
   
           case 'Groups':
               return 'My Groups';
   
           default:
               return $translated;
       }
   }
   

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2. I dug into the code a little bit and found what looks like the “right way” to do it:

   function wpse_57673_change_bp_profile_tabs() {
   
       // Rename a primary nav item.
       buddypress()->members->nav->edit_nav(
           array( 'name' => 'My Activity' )
           , 'activity'
       );
   
       // Rename a secondary nav item.
       buddypress()->members->nav->edit_nav(
           array( 'name' => 'Saved Posts' )
           , 'favorites'
           , 'activity'
       );
   }
   add_action( 'bp_setup_nav', 'wpse_57673_change_profile_tabs', 20 );
   

   This is better than hooking into 'gettext', because the 'gettext' filter is called very often and so hooking into it can degrade performance.

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