Change the WordPress Post Type name to Something Else

You can change the default Post type name in WordPress from Posts to something else like News using the get_post_type_object, normal behaviour of the Posts occur, just the label name in the WordPress dashboard has been changed.

add_action( 'init', 'cp_change_post_object' );
// Change dashboard Posts to News
function cp_change_post_object() {
    $get_post_type = get_post_type_object('post');
    $labels = $get_post_type->labels;
        $labels->name = 'News';
        $labels->singular_name = 'News';
        $labels->add_new = 'Add News';
        $labels->add_new_item = 'Add News';
        $labels->edit_item = 'Edit News';
        $labels->new_item = 'News';
        $labels->view_item = 'View News';
        $labels->search_items = 'Search News';
        $labels->not_found = 'No News found';
        $labels->not_found_in_trash = 'No News found in Trash';
        $labels->all_items = 'All News';
        $labels->menu_name = 'News';
        $labels->name_admin_bar = 'News';
}

So the ‘post’ type is referenced as the type in get_post_type_object and a $labels variable accesses the labels property – which is then assigned the new values of ‘News’, so instead of using a new CPT you can just rename the default one if it’s not been used.

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