Changing the terms and conditions text

[ladybirdenterprises]

Hi there,

I’m trying to change the terms and conditions text next to the checkbox in the basket. I’ve tried what was suggested in this topic: https://theme.co/apex/forums/topic/edit-terms-and-conditions-text-on-woocommerce-checkout-page/ but I can’t seem to get it to work.

My checkout page is here: https://www.photoonacake.co.uk/checkout/ at the moment all it says is I’ve read and accepted the terms & conditions but I would like to customise that to my own wording. Any tips would be greatly appreciated, please.

Cheers,

Ant

[ruenel]

Hey There,

Thanks for writing in! What code did you use? You are supposed to use something like this:

add_filter('gettext', 'x_translated_text' );
function x_translated_text($translated) { 
    $your_translation = "Insert your translation here";
	$translated = str_ireplace('I&rsquo;ve read and accept the <a href="%s" target="_blank" class="woocommerce-terms-and-conditions-link">terms &amp; conditions</a>', $your_translation, $translated);
	return $translated; 
}

Hope this helps. Kindly let us know.

[ladybirdenterprises]

Hi @RueNel, that’s the code that I’ve tried but it doesn’t appear to change anything. I’ve cleared cache etc. but nothing changes. Sorry. Any further ideas?

Ant

[ruenel]

Hey There,
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Thank you.

[ladybirdenterprises]

Sure, I’ll add it as a secure note…

[ruenel]

Hey There,

Regretfully the given credentials is not working for us.
Please double check it as the password seems incorrect.

Thank you.

[ladybirdenterprises]

Oh I am sorry @RueNel, I have fixed that now and tested it, it should work for you ok now. Thank you.

[ruenel]

Hey There,

I finally see the issue. The text keyword is not the same as the one in the code. I went ahead and updated the code and use this:

//Customise Terms & Conditions box 
add_filter('gettext', 'x_translated_text' );
function x_translated_text($translated) { 
    $your_translation = "Insert your translation here";
	$translated = str_ireplace('I&rsquo;ve read and accept the <a href="%s" target="_blank" class="woocommerce-terms-and-conditions-link">terms &amp; conditions</a>', $your_translation, $translated);
	return $translated; 
}

Please use our translation because right now it is displaying “Insert your translation here”.

Please let us know how it goes.

[ladybirdenterprises]

Thanks @RueNel, that has allowed me to change the text now, but I cannot add the link to the terms and conditions within the translated text, that causes a syntax error that crashes the whole site. Any thoughts would be welcomed. Thank you.

Ant

[jade]

Hi Ant,

Please try something like this:

$your_translation = '<a href="#">Insert</a> your translation here';	

Hope this helps.

[ladybirdenterprises]

@Jade

‘<a href="#">Insert</a> your translation here’;

Thanks @Jade. Yes swapping out the " for ’ instead fixed the issue.

Have a lovely weekend.

Ant

[jade]

Thank you, Ant. You too!