Change 'Categories' to 'Topics'

Question

I'm trying to find a way of displaying 'Topics' rather than 'Categories' and so far not being very successful.

I tried this:

function translate_category($translated) { 


$translated = str_ireplace('Category', 'Topic', $translated);
  return $translated; 
}

function translate_categories($translated) { 
  $translated = str_ireplace('Categories', 'Topics', $translated);
  return $translated; 
}

But it doesn't seem to work. Any suggestions would be welcome.

Answer 1

Changing category base prefix is quite simple in WordPress.

You need to visit Settings » Permalinks page and scroll down to the ‘Optional’ section.