Title: button text cannot be changed
Last modified: April 12, 2020

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# button text cannot be changed

 *  Resolved [lunitschka](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lunitschka/)
 * (@lunitschka)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/button-text-cannot-be-changed/)
 * Hello.
    I am still completely at the beginning with my WordPress website. At 
   the moment I have activated the plugin “WP Maintenance Mode”. I would like to
   change the button text “Kontaktiere uns” to “Schreib mir” (in German). How is
   that possible? I have already found some solutions but so far nothing has worked.
 * “wp-content/plugins/wp-maintenance-mode/views/maintenance.php to wp-content/wp-
   maintenance-mode.php. After that, you can edit wp-maintenance-mode.php however
   you need.”‘
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fbutton-text-cannot-be-changed%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [George J](https://wordpress.org/support/users/georgejipa/)
 * (@georgejipa)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/button-text-cannot-be-changed/#post-12664111)
 * Hello [@lunitschka](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lunitschka/),
 * The idea to override the template definitely works. After you copy the file, 
   you have to edit `/wp-content/wp-maintenance-mode.php`.
 * This line of code:
 * `<a class="contact_us" href="javascript:void(0);" data-open="<?php echo esc_attr(
   $open); ?>" data-close="<?php echo esc_attr($close); ?>"><?php _e('Contact us',
   $this->plugin_slug); ?></a>`
 * Should be something like this:
 * `<a class="contact_us" href="javascript:void(0);" data-open="<?php echo esc_attr(
   $open); ?>" data-close="<?php echo esc_attr($close); ?>">Schreib mir</a>`
 * —
    George
    -  This reply was modified 6 years, 1 month ago by [George J](https://wordpress.org/support/users/georgejipa/).
    -  This reply was modified 6 years, 1 month ago by [George J](https://wordpress.org/support/users/georgejipa/).
 *  Thread Starter [lunitschka](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lunitschka/)
 * (@lunitschka)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/button-text-cannot-be-changed/#post-12666124)
 * Hi George,
    thank you for your quick response. I’m not sure but I think the mistake
   was that I didn’t write “wp-maintenance-mode” in the beginning but only “maintenance-
   mode”. Now it has worked. 🙂 Greetings from Austria

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 * Last reply from: [lunitschka](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lunitschka/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/button-text-cannot-be-changed/#post-12666124)
 * Status: resolved