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Created July 21, 2012 14:40
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Rename WordPress "Posts" to "News"
<?php
/**
* Rename "Posts" to "News"
*
* @link http://new2wp.com/snippet/change-wordpress-posts-post-type-news/
*/
add_action( 'admin_menu', 'pilau_change_post_menu_label' );
add_action( 'init', 'pilau_change_post_object_label' );
function pilau_change_post_menu_label() {
global $menu;
global $submenu;
$menu[5][0] = 'News';
$submenu['edit.php'][5][0] = 'News';
$submenu['edit.php'][10][0] = 'Add News';
$submenu['edit.php'][16][0] = 'News Tags';
echo '';
}
function pilau_change_post_object_label() {
global $wp_post_types;
$labels = &$wp_post_types['post']->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';
}
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Hey! I'm trying to upgrade to PHP7 but the PHP compatibility checker is throwing an error which I think is on line 21.

"ERROR | Using a call-time pass-by-reference is deprecated since PHP 5.3 and prohibited since PHP 5.4"

Can this be modified to be compatible with PHP7?

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