# Customize site text on Discourse - pros and cons

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-site-text-on-discourse-pros-and-cons/330898>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [October 15, 2024, 5:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-site-text-on-discourse-pros-and-cons/330898 "2024-10-15T05:55:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Suhotra\_Roychoudhury](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/suhotra_roychoudhury/32/453167_2.png) [@Suhotra\_Roychoudhury](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Suhotra_Roychoudhury)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 5:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-site-text-on-discourse-pros-and-cons/330898/1 "2024-10-15T05:55:03Z")

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I see Discourse gives an option to [customize site text](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-text-in-discourse/36092).

Question is when I try to do it, it gives me a long list of places where to change it.

 ![1](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/c/5/4/c54af06bd368a16faa2a4a6edae16df5c89771db.png)  
 ![The image shows a list of topics with their respective categories, sentences, and subtopics, suggesting a structured approach to organizing and creating content. (Captioned by AI)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/c/1/1/c1131bf285cf6793bb141f229f1c3923fb8384f3.png)

My questions:

1. Is it recommended to change the UX copy or will it create a dissonance by breaking the uniformity or making the instructions complicated?
2. Is it required to change all variations of a certain word/phrase in all areas if we decide to change the text?

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