Can I change a custom post type label from a child theme?

I’m developing a child theme of a premium template, this comes with a custom post type with the label name of “Projects” but I’d like to change it to something else, I know that if I go to the functions.php file of the main theme I can change it easily but I’d like to change it from my child theme so I don’t have to edit any of the original files, is it possible?

Opinions and recommendations on the best barebones base theme

Preamble I’m finding myself building more and more WP sites “from scratch” as it were (ie: ignoring any theme designs out there and just creating a design wireframe purely on the needs of the client. Then I go out and either shop around a theme that has the right basic structure, or I start with … Read more

add_role() run only once?

I was surprised to discover that add_role() modifies the database and fails if the role already exists. There are two implications here, one first more serious than the other: 1) if you’re in development and update your add_role code, you must first remove_role() 2) once you have it right, you should never have to run that code again.