In order to rename theme words, you can use the Loco Translate plugin.  With the Loco Translate plugin, you can rename the words/labels that come by default in the theme.

The changes need to apply in 2 places:

• themes/wpresidence-child/languages/wpresidence.po
• plugins/wpresidence-core/languages/wpresidence-core.po

Rename the labels in Theme langugae file

Step 1 Install Loco Translate plugin from admin>Plugins>Add new

Step 2 Install Child theme, this step is not necessary but we recommend doing it so you would not lose the changes on the theme update

Help article on how to install the Child theme 

Step 3 Select the site language in Settings-General

Step 4  Go to Loco Translate – Themes, select  Child theme and select add New language or use an existing language from child theme

Usually, this process applies for changing English words so the language file that will need to be amended is English (United States)

Step 5 Look for the label that you need to change, add new word and Save

Rename the words in WpResidence Core plugin languages files

Step 1 Go to Loco Translate – Plugins- Wpresidence -Theme Core Functionality

Step 2 Add a new language or edit English language file,

Step 3 Look for the label that you need to change, add a new word, and Save

How to backup and upload custom translations with Loco Translate

Before starting a theme update, you can backup your custom translations, especially those you make in Plugins/WpResidence-Core/Languages folder

These are the steps

1. Find and Download the .po from Loco Translate

2. Upload your backup po

You can repeat this for any translation from theme, theme child theme, or plugins