/**
* Change Dashboard Sidebar Labels
* source: http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/9211/changing-admin-menu-labels
*
* In the example below I am changing Posts to Articles and Category to Topic
*
* Disclaimer: this only changes the working in the Dashboard sidebar, not in the add/edit Posts/Category screens
*/
function so_change_post_menu_label() {
global $menu;
global $submenu;
$menu[5][0] = 'Articles';
$submenu['edit.php'][5][0] = 'Articles';
$submenu['edit.php'][10][0] = 'Add Articles';
$submenu['edit.php'][15][0] = 'Topic';
// Change name for categories
echo '';
}
function so_change_post_object_label() {
global $wp_post_types;
$labels = &$wp_post_types['post']->labels;
$labels->name = 'Articles';
$labels->singular_name = 'Article';
$labels->add_new = 'Add Article';
$labels->add_new_item = 'Add Article';
$labels->edit_item = 'Edit Article';
$labels->new_item = 'Article';
$labels->view_item = 'View Article';
$labels->search_items = 'Search Articles';
$labels->not_found = 'No articles found';
$labels->not_found_in_trash = 'No articles found in Trash';
}
add_action( 'init', 'so_change_post_object_label' );
add_action( 'admin_menu', 'so_change_post_menu_label' );