by Lee Willis 4.3 (92 reviews)

Say What?

Name: Say What?
Rating: 4.3 (92 reviews)
Author: Lee Willis

An easy-to-use plugin that allows you to change translatable strings from plugins / themes and WordPress core without editing code.

Say What? ranks #870 among WordPress.org plugins with 40,000+ active installations, is #20 of 752 in the Language Tools category, a 4.3/5 rating from 92 reviews, and was last updated Aug 13, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v2.2.6 Current Version v2.2.6

Updated 1 month ago Last Update on 13 Aug, 2026

Refreshed 10 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#20 of 752 in Language Tools Top 5% by installs Downloads -11.8% this week

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Review 4.3 out of 5

4.3 (92 reviews)

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.2.6
Last Updated: Aug 13, 2026
Requires WP: 6.2+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: Lee Willis

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4.3
Reviews: 92
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners and developers who need to change translatable strings from plugins, themes, or WordPress core. It solves this by letting users replace strings by entering the current text and its replacement, without editing code.

Replace translatable strings
No code editing required
Available for forking on GitHub
String discovery and autocomplete (Pro)
Text-domain-specific filters (Pro)
Wildcard string replacements (Pro)
Multi-lingual replacement support (Pro)
Import/export replacements (Pro)

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Say What?

You can only use the plugin to translate strings which are marked for translation.

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'); The article here shows some examples of what you're looking for. Alternatively, the Pro version of the plugin provides a String Discovery mode which means you can search for strings on your site via autocomplete suggestions.

"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. See the GitHub homepage for examples.

Not in the free plugin, however this is available in the Pro version of the plugin