Gettext override translations

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1. ★★★★★ Loosie94

   4.5y ago

   Hi, really like the plugin, but I think it’s weird to have it located in the plugins submenu of the WordPress menu. Maybe it’s better to move it to tools/settings submenu? Keep up the good work!

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2. ★★★★★ dorde

   5.2y ago

   I’m so happy to found this plugin! It just works perfectly! Thank you! It looks a bit buggy, but only visually, and it’s not the problem at all to me. This image …/wp-content/plugins/gettext-override-translations/img/delete.png is in the wrong place. Delete image “X” is below the “Original (translated) text”, so all text fields are moved to one place on the right side. Noobs will be confused, so will be best to fix that. Maybe to relocate the delete button next to the checkbox “protect settings”. I hope I explained the problem understandable. Thanks again!

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3. ★★★★★ raverstudio

   8.5y ago

   Excellent I use it in every project we have.

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4. ★★★★★ Shop-tester

   9.5y ago

   After trying several other alternatives which took me hours of testing and getting frustrated, this little plugin simply works! At least in woocommerce, others I have not tried. Thanks for this and keep up the good work.

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5. ★★★★★ Kees Lamper

   10.0y ago

   Easy to install and easy to work with. No longer search for hours where the translation has to be made.

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6. ★★★★★ Rosanne van Staalduinen

   10.1y ago

   In a WooCommerce shop for one of my customers I edited the .po file to change the default text into a more informal text. With every WooCommerce update the changes were gone and I needed to upload the files again. With this plugin I don’t have to do that anymore. It’s perfect if you want to translate / change (a few) strings in a plugin. Thank you!

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7. ★★★★★ donkarim

   10.1y ago

   Someone suggested this plugin since i needed some errormessage in woocommerce to be changed. As simple as it was, the plugin did the job perfectly. This made my task unbelievible easy. Thanks!:)

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 2.0.2 Bugfix: Improved for stored values 2.0.0 2.0.2
2. — Version 2.0.1 Bugfix: Improved for stored values 2.0.0 2.0.1
3. — Version 2.0.0 Bugfix: Fixed potential XSS input, by stripping all evil HTML. 2.0.0
4. — Version 1.0.1 Bugfix: Small PHP warning fixed 1.0.1
5. — Version 1.0.0 First public release 1.0.0

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 5.5 Gettext override translations <= 1.0.1 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2022-08-29 CVE-2022-3036 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.0.1 Patched in 2.0.0

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 6.0.3

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2025-04-04 3K+ → 2K+ down after 3 days in tier
2. 2025-04-01 2K+ → 3K+ up after 3 days in tier
3. 2025-03-29 3K+ → 2K+ down after 2 days in tier
4. 2025-03-27 2K+ → 3K+ up after 8 days in tier
5. 2025-03-19 3K+ → 2K+ down after 1 days in tier
6. 2025-03-18 2K+ → 3K+ up after 62 days in tier
7. 2025-01-15 3K+ → 2K+ down

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• A Admin in English 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D
• Text Domain Inspector 400+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D
• N Native Gettext for WordPress 20+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A
• SimplePoTranslate 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
• Loco Translate 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
• Translate WordPress with GTranslate 900K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A

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Gettext override translations: 2K+ active installs, 5.0★ (7 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/gettext-override-translations