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Say What?
An easy-to-use plugin that allows you to change translatable strings from plugins / themes and WordPress core without editing code.
- Active installs
- 40,000+
- #868 of 1,000
- Downloads, all time
- 730K
- 729,979
- Downloads, 30 days
- 3.7K
- 925 in the last 7
- Rating
- 4.3 / 5
- 92 reviews
- Last updated
- 3 months ago
- Aug 13, 2026
- Version
- 2.2.6
- 44 releases
Upkeep and compatibility
| Last updated | August 13, 2026Updated in the last 3 months |
|---|---|
| Tested up to | WordPress 7.1.4Covers WordPress 7.1.4, the current release |
| Needs WordPress | 6.2 or newer |
| Needs PHP | 7.4 or newer |
| First published | March 8, 2013 |
| Support, last two months | No threads opened |
Reviews
4.3 / 5 from 92 reviews
| 5 stars | 72 |
|---|---|
| 4 stars | 3 |
| 3 stars | 1 |
| 2 stars | 2 |
| 1 star | 14 |
Downloads, last 30 days
What the author says it does
An easy-to-use plugin that allows you to change translatable strings from plugins / themes and WordPress core without editing code. Simply enter the current string, and what you want to replace it with and the plugin will automatically do the rest!
The plugin’s available for forking and contribution over on GitHub
Check out Say What Pro for:
- String Discovery and autocomplete – find the strings you need without diving through code. Works with server-side and Javascript-rendered strings
- Improved performance using text-domain-specific filters
- Wildcard string replacements – replace individual words, or fragments across your whole site
- Multi-lingual support – set different replacements for different languages on multi-lingual sites
- Import/export features – Easy import/export of replacements through the user interface
Support this free plugin
As a business, we already donate a percentage of our profits from premium plugins to global climate change projects. You’re free to use this plugin free of charge, but if you do, please consider buying the world some trees in return. You’ll be creating employment for local families and restoring wildlife habitats.
The opening of the plugin's own description. The full text, installation notes and changelog are on its WordPress.org page.
Questions the author answers
Can I use it to change any string?
You can only use the plugin to translate strings which are marked for translation.
How do I find the string to translate?
You can either have a guess, or checkout the plugin in question’s source code, translatable strings are generally wrapped in __(), _e(), _n(), or _x(), for example:
$foo = __('This is a translatable string', 'plugin-domain');
Is there any support for importing replacements?
“Say What?” has preliminary support for exporting, and importing replacements via http://wp-cli.org/. The following commands are currently
supported:
- export – Export all current string replacements.
- import – Import string replacements from a CSV file.
- list – Export all current string replacements. Synonym for ‘export’.
- update – update string replacements from a CSV file.
Can I set different replacements for different languages?
Not in the free plugin, however this is available in the Pro version of the plugin
Latest changelog entry
- Dependency bumps & WordPress compat improvements
Screenshots
List of configured string replacements 
Adding/editing a replacement
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Where this page's numbers come from
Read from the WordPress.org plugin API on , when WordPress 7.1.4 was the current release. WordPress.org rounds active installs into buckets. These are the directory's figures, not my verdict, and I haven't tested this plugin. The author takes donations at their donate page.