Override String Translations
A secure and high-performance WordPress plugin for overriding string translations through your admin panel.
3.9(7 reviews)
·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 1 week agoAs of April 2026, Override String Translations is a WordPress gettext plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 3.9/5 rating from 7 reviews. It has been downloaded 13K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.6+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2019. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Downloads are down 77% this week. Top alternative: Simple Yearly Archive.
3.9/57 reviews
1.0K+active installs
13K+total downloads
7 yearssince 2019
Overview
WP Override Translations allows you to easily override any text string in WordPress, WooCommerce, and plugin/theme translations directly from your admin panel – no code editing required!
🔒 Security First (v3.0.0)
* CSRF protection with WordPress nonces
* User capability validation
* XSS prevention with secure coding practices
* No inline JavaScript handlers
⚡ High Performance (v3.0.0)
* Modern MutationObserver API for DOM changes (replaces resource-heavy intervals)
* Pre-built translation maps for faster processing
* Optimized JavaScript with comprehensive error handling
* Graceful fallback for older browsers
✨ Key Features:
* Override any WordPress core, plugin, or theme text strings
* Full WooCommerce compatibility for e-commerce sites
* Support for HTML in translations (bold, li…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
light weight & functional
by KJA4U·3 years ago
A great replacement for the outdated well-known plugin “Lucas String Replace”.
Does not work with Woocommerce!
by john1257·4 years ago
Does not work with Woocommerce!
And when you translate, translated text disappears!
So you don’t know what you translated and what not!
Super simple and useful
by cojad·4 years ago
Make changes to existed translation string with simplest way.
看到甚麼翻譯不順眼就直接替換掉, 粗暴又有效. 太棒了
Totally useless
by leokand·5 years ago
Doesn’t function.
Excellent Plugin
by dluiso·5 years ago
Anyone does not calculate the functionality of this plugin, after spending days looking for how to translate certain words of a website in which I did not want to use the rest of the robust plugins for translations by simply changing 4 texts, I found this plugin and it is well worth it in leave a recommendation, because they deserve it. Keep moving forward.
Download Trends
Today: 16Yesterday: 24This week: 107Period total: 3K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.6+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.5
31.7%
v3.0
29.3%
v4.0
25.7%
Other
7.8%
v2.0
5.5%
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Changelog
3.0.0
- MAJOR SECURITY UPDATES: Added CSRF protection with WordPress nonces
- MAJOR PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS: Replaced setInterval with MutationObserver for better browser performance
- SECURITY: Added user capability checks for admin functions
- SECURITY: Removed inline onClick handlers to prevent XSS vulnerabilities
- PERFORMANCE: Pre-built translation maps to eliminate redundant processing loops
…and 9 more changes
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