Cannot get function.php code to work to remove Lost Password link on live site

Question

Having an issue with getting the Lost you password text removed from my live site. For some reason after exhaustively checking almost everything (I guess I must have missed something) the text is still displaying. I put it in a child theme and tested that the child theme is bring read and it is. Very weird. Changed PHP versions etc., everything up to date, still displays. BUT on my local and live test sites it is being removed as desired. Any help would be appreciated as to what may be causing the issue.

function remove_lostpassword_text ( $text ) {
         if ($text == 'Lost your password?'){$text = '';} 
            return $text; 
         }
    add_filter( 'gettext', 'remove_lostpassword_text' ); 

Answer 1

You can use something like this code in your functions.php (this is what I use on one of my sites):

// Modifies the error message when login is done incorrectly, in THIS case removes the 'forgot password' link in the error message by changing the text
function login_error_override() {
     return '<center><strong>Oooooh.....<em>SO</em> close, but<br />....no soup for you!</strong><br />Those are the incorrect login details.<br />Please contact the Site Admin via our Contact Page for help.</center>';
}
add_filter('login_errors', 'login_error_override');

// Removes the lost password LINK from login form page and replaces with new text
function remove_lostpassword_text ( $text ) {
         if ($text == 'Lost your password?'){$text = 'If you\'ve forgotten your password, please contact the Site Admin via our Contact Page, thanks!';}
                return $text;
         }
add_filter( 'gettext', 'remove_lostpassword_text' );

// Changes lost password URL to send clickers to our Contact page
add_filter( 'lostpassword_url',  'wdm_lostpassword_url', 10, 0 );
function wdm_lostpassword_url() {
    return site_url('/contact/');
}

// Redirects user back to login form instead of following lost password action
function disable_lost_password() {
    if (isset( $_GET['action'] )){
        if ( in_array( $_GET['action'], array('lostpassword', 'retrievepassword') ) ) {
            wp_redirect( wp_login_url(), 301 );
            exit;
        }
    }
}
add_action( "login_init", "disable_lost_password" );

This ALSO removes the username from the error message, so that hackers don't know if they've guessed a valid username or not, it's a small thing but helps.