Change or translate specific texts in Woocommerce

Question

I found a solution online for this but it does not seem to work.

It says to edit the below file which I did a few days ago but somehow it is not working still.

/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/templates/single-product/related.php

Which if I FTP to the server the file shows the below:

if ( $products->have_posts() ) : ?>

<div class="related products">

    <h2><?php _e('You may also like', 'woocommerce' ); ?></h2>

However the webpage still shows 'Related products' and not 'You may also like'

For some reason this is not taking place or being over ridden somewhere.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

i found this for the child functions.php: http://speakinginbytes.com/2013/10/gettext-filter-wordpress/

/**
 * Change text strings
 *
 * @link http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Filter_Reference/gettext
 */
function my_text_strings( $translated_text, $text, $domain ) {
    switch ( $translated_text ) {
        case 'Related Products' :
            $translated_text = __( 'Check out these related products', 'woocommerce' );
            break;
    }
    return $translated_text;
}
add_filter( 'gettext', 'my_text_strings', 20, 3 );

it works well here: https://mo-sound.com/en/shop/ball-speaker-classic-white/

Answer 2

The best way to override default templates is to copy the file to a folder named /woocommerce/single-product inside your current theme. Make changes to that file.

In general to override Woocommerce template files like

/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/templates/<foldername>/<filename>

you copy the file to

/wp-content/<your-theme>/woocommerce/<foldername>/<filename>