Title: Customizing Language
Last modified: November 28, 2017

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# Customizing Language

 *  Resolved [hopetommola](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hopetommola/)
 * (@hopetommola)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-language/)
 * I want to modify some of the terms used in the plugin. What is the best practice
   for doing so, in your plugin’s .po file, without it being overridden in updates?

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 *  Plugin Support [Imran – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev-support9/)
 * (@wpmudev-support9)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-language/#post-9731571)
 * Hello [@hopetommola](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hopetommola/)
 * Hope you’re doing well!
 * Please use the **bpfb-default.po** file from `/wp-content/plugins/buddypress-
   activity-plus/languages` and chnage the file strings.
    Upload changed bpfb-default.
   po and bpfb-default.mo files to `/wp-content/languages/plugins/` directory and
   translated strings will not be changed after a plugin update.
 * Hope this helps!
 * Cheers,
    Nastia
 *  Thread Starter [hopetommola](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hopetommola/)
 * (@hopetommola)
 * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-language/#post-9775550)
 * Thanks! I tried to do this, and it didn’t seem to work. I’ll try again. I’m new
   to Poedit
 *  Thread Starter [hopetommola](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hopetommola/)
 * (@hopetommola)
 * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-language/#post-9775703)
 * I’ve repeated the process exactly as described – twice – and the edited strings
   don’t update. I’m changing these:
 * Add Photos -> Post Photos
    Add Video -> Post Video Add Link -> Post Link
 * Otherwise, these buttons infer that you are “adding another” when you’re really
   replacing the “Post Update” button that shows by default.
 * Please advise.
    Thx CT
 *  Plugin Support [Laura – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev-support8/)
 * (@wpmudev-support8)
 * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-language/#post-9778305)
 * Hey [@hopetommola](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hopetommola/),
 * I hope you’re well.
 * I checked the language files editing and it’s not working on my test site too.
   So I am reporting this to developers for further investigation. Until that time
   as a temp solution, you can edit that texts from buddypress-activity-plus/lib/
   class_bpfb_binder.php file.
 * Cheers,
    Oguz

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 * 4 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Laura – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev-support8/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-language/#post-9778305)
 * Status: resolved