Rename Posts to News in front end dropdown?

Anonymous

#220331

Hi,

we are using the plugin on our site and the frontend has a dropdown showing the post types which are:

• Posts
• Pages
• Courses
• Events

We need to rename Posts to News (just the display), I am fine with the URL still saying: &post_types=post

Is this possible to do?

Thanks
Nick

Trevor

#220360

It is, using a filter:

https://searchandfilter.com/documentation/action-filter-reference/#filter-input-object

Anonymous

#221207

Hi Trevor,

Thanks for the link I am a bit confused about what I need to put here:

//udpate this field before rendering

Is it as simple as:
$option->label = “News”;

Thanks
Nick

Trevor

#221251

function filter_input_object($input_object, $sfid)
{
	if($input_object['name']!='_sf_post_type')
	{
		return $input_object;
	}

	if(!isset($input_object['options']))
	{
		return $input_object;
	}
	
	foreach($input_object['options'] as $option)
	{
		if($option->value=="post")
		{
			$option->label = "News";
		}
	}
	
	return $input_object;
}
add_filter('sf_input_object_pre', 'filter_input_object', 10, 2);

Something like this, but in the first like change the $sfid for the actual ID number of the form. This code goes in the child theme functions.php file. I think I have it correct.

Anonymous

#221321

Hi Trevor

Thanks that worked perfectly.

Thanks
Nick

Trevor

#221324

Great. Thanks for letting me know.

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