# Customized text does not display in interface **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/customized-text-does-not-display-in-interface/295652 **Category:** Support **Created:** [February 16, 2024, 5:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customized-text-does-not-display-in-interface/295652 "2024-02-16T17:07:27Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 2
### Author: ![Lilly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lilly/32/575047_2.png) [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly) #### Post date: [February 16, 2024, 5:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customized-text-does-not-display-in-interface/295652/2 "2024-02-16T17:27:43Z")
Hi @jserre 👋 hmmm, I just tested the same replacement and it worked: text replacement: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/5/e/d/5ed4c7b585ed54cb7cb450c0bc441d527591b75a.png) result: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/6/7/5/6751f1aee3bbd61e2a7bb9f452996930e4584e52.png) I know sometimes it takes a few minutes for some replacements to take, I think on larger forums perhaps. For some settings, I’ve had to wait a bit then do a page refresh in the browser (for example, it seems to to take a bit longer on a hosted forum than on my local dev instance, where the change is instantaneous). 🤔 * * * Incidentally, if you haven’t seen this already, and for others who might not be aware, there are verbose settings which can help one find translations keys for which text to replace in the admin text replacement console. > [@Find a translation key with verbose localization](https://meta.discourse.org/t/find-a-translation-key-with-verbose-localization/134651): > > bookmark This documentation explains how to use verbose localization to find translation keys for custom text in Discourse. person_raising_hand Required user level: Administrator Finding a translation key using verbose localization Verbose localization is a powerful tool in Discourse that helps administrators find translation keys for custom text more effectively. This is particularly useful when you need to translate text appearing in multiple places in the Discourse UI. Summary This… --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customized-text-does-not-display-in-interface/295652)._