Eliminating the quotations around song titles

[NLeVasseur]

Hi There,
I would like to eliminate the quotation marks around the song titles in the audio player of my site. Below

I went into the WP Includes, downloaded the media.php file and would like to make a slight change in the php and add it to the Pro Child theme .php file. Every time I go to save the file, I get an error.

Here’s what I am using:

I have adjusted this: ‘“%s”’ to this: ‘%s’ to remove the quotes.

I am getting an error -
Your PHP code changes were rolled back due to an error on line 28 of file wp-content/themes/pro-child/functions.php. Please fix and try saving again.
syntax error, unexpected ‘<’

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks so much for your help

Best,
Nancy

[ruenel]

Hello Nancy,

Thanks for writing in!

You are inserting the wrong code. Please remove your code because it will just give your a fatal error.
You can make use of this code instead:

// Translate texts
// =============================================================================
function change_quotes($translated) { 
  $translated = str_ireplace('“%s”', '%s', $translated);
  
  return $translated; 
}
add_filter('gettext', 'change_quotes' );
// =============================================================================

Please note that custom coding is outside the scope of our support. Issues that might arise from the use of custom code and further enhancements should be directed to a third party developer.

We would loved to know if this has work for you. Thank you.

[NLeVasseur]

Hi RueNel,
Thanks so much for the code. Unfortunately, I am still getting the quotes.

I sincerely appreciate your help with this and completely understand that it’s outside the scope of your support. I looked for solutions on line, and evidently others have complained about this issue too. I wish it could be fixed with CSS.

Thanks again for your time; it is much appreciated!

Best,
Nancy

[mldarshana]

Hi Nancy,

This is more of customization request. Could you please try using the hook gettext_with_context instead of gettext.

Example:

function no_quotes($translated) { 
  $translated = str_ireplace('“%s”', '%s', $translated);
  
  return $translated; 
}
add_filter('gettext_with_context', 'no_quotes' );

OR

function no_quotes($translated) {

  $translated = str_ireplace('“', '', $translated);
  $translated = str_ireplace('”', '', $translated);

  $translated = str_ireplace('"', '', $translated);
  $translated = str_ireplace('"', '', $translated);

  return $translated;
}
add_filter('gettext_with_context', 'no_quotes' );

Thanks!

[NLeVasseur]

Hi Best php coder in the world!!!

It worked!!! Woo Hoo!!!

I can’t tell you how much I appreciate this fix. Is it okay with you if I post it on the WordPress.org dev section? A lot of people have asked about how to remove these annoying quotes. But I don’t want to post your solution until I have your permission.

A million thanks to you sir. You have made my day!!!

Hugs,
Nancy

[rad]

Thanks for sharing! And you’re most welcome! And sure, you can share the code