# Alter String Shown?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/alter-string-shown/30680>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [July 1, 2015, 4:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alter-string-shown/30680 "2015-07-01T16:42:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![DeanMarkTaylor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/deanmarktaylor/32/102462_2.png) [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 4:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alter-string-shown/30680/2 "2015-07-01T16:55:12Z")

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> [@Make tracking labels customizable](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-tracking-labels-customizable/30569/2):
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> Have you tried over-riding the yml text?
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> [GitHub - Mittineague/custom-text: A simple Discourse plugin · GitHub](https://github.com/Mittineague/custom-text)

@Mittineague put together a sample plugin of how you might write a plugin to do this kind of thing.

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