Change label Posts to Articles in WordPress

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1. Here is the code you need to add into your theme functions file.

   // Replace Posts label as Articles in Admin Panel 
   
   function change_post_menu_label() {
       global $menu;
       global $submenu;
       $menu[5][0] = 'Articles';
       $submenu['edit.php'][5][0] = 'Articles';
       $submenu['edit.php'][10][0] = 'Add Articles';
       echo '';
   }
   function change_post_object_label() {
           global $wp_post_types;
           $labels = &$wp_post_types['post']->labels;
           $labels->name = 'Articles';
           $labels->singular_name = 'Article';
           $labels->add_new = 'Add Article';
           $labels->add_new_item = 'Add Article';
           $labels->edit_item = 'Edit Article';
           $labels->new_item = 'Article';
           $labels->view_item = 'View Article';
           $labels->search_items = 'Search Articles';
           $labels->not_found = 'No Articles found';
           $labels->not_found_in_trash = 'No Articles found in Trash';
           $labels->name_admin_bar = 'Add Article';'
   }
   add_action( 'init', 'change_post_object_label' );
   add_action( 'admin_menu', 'change_post_menu_label' );
   

   Adapted from: https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/9211/changing-admin-menu-labels

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2. I was able to solve this using the post_type_labels_{$post_type} filter like so

   add_filter( 'post_type_labels_post', 'change_post_labels' );
   
   function change_post_labels( $args ) {
           foreach( $args as $key => $label ){
               $args->{$key} = str_replace( [ __( 'Posts' ), __( 'Post' ) ], __( 'News' ), $label );
           }
   
           return $args;
   }
   

   This answer also leaves translation support intact. The only note is you will probably have to run it from a plugin because the theme loads too late.

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3. In your theme functions file include these lines:

   //Change Posts labels in sidebar admin menu
     function custom_post_menu_label() {
        global $menu;
        global $submenu;
        $menu[5][0] = 'News';
        $submenu['edit.php'][5][0] = 'News';
        $submenu['edit.php'][10][0] = 'Add News';         
     }
   
    //Change Posts labels in other admin area
     function custom_post_object_label() {
       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 results on News';
       $labels->not_found_in_trash = 'No News in Trash';
       $labels->name_admin_bar = 'Add News';       
   
      }
   
    add_action( 'init', 'custom_post_object_label' );
    add_action( 'admin_menu', 'custom_post_menu_label' );
   

   Author of previous answer forgot to include ‘$labels->name_admin_bar = ‘Add News’;’ string.

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