How to rename submenu in toolbar in Wordpress? - wordpress

Question

I have two plugins installed, which has generated two "Events" submenu in my toolbar. I would like to rename one of them to be able to make a difference.
I have found this topic:
how to rename plugin title
With this I can achieve to rename BOTH "Events" to any other title:
function my_text_strings( $translated_text, $text, $domain ) {
switch ( $translated_text ) {
case 'Event' :
$translated_text = __( '3rd party Events', 'Event' );
break;
}
return $translated_text;
}
add_filter( 'gettext', 'my_text_strings', 20, 3 );
The problem with this is that it renames both of my Event menu and I only want to rename the first.
With this code I can target the admin menu to get the complete tree in the source code and get the plugin's unique name, but this only gets me admin menu, not the toolbar.
add_action( 'admin_menu', 'myRenamedPlugin' );
function myRenamedPlugin() {
global $menu;
$searchPlugin = "pgl_wp_files"; // Use the unique plugin name
$replaceName = "New Name for Plugin";
$menuItem = "";
foreach($menu as $key => $item){
if ( $item[2] === $searchPlugin ){
$menuItem = $key;
}
}
$menu[$menuItem][0] = $replaceName; // Position 0 stores the menu title
}
There is another topic discussing the question here, but this also renames ALL with the same name.
How do I target the exact menu item (not just the ones with matching name) in the Toolbar to rename?

Answer 1

I've looked at the code and there isn't any filters that I can see. So you basically will need to do a hack.
Option 1
Get at the node you want to change (by id). Remove that node, then change the title and add it back
add_action('wp_before_admin_bar_render', function () {
global $wp_admin_bar;
// Get the node
$node = $wp_admin_bar->get_node('some-event-id');
// Remove the node
$wp_admin_bar->remove_node('some-event-id');
// Change the node title
$node->title = 'Events #2';
// Add the node back to the menu
$wp_admin_bar->add_menu($node);
}, 9999999, 0);
Option 2
Capture the output buffer of the admin menu, do some string or regex find and replace, then output the buffer
add_action('wp_before_admin_bar_render', function () {
ob_start();
add_action('wp_after_admin_bar_render', function () {
$buffer = ob_get_clean();
// do some find/replace
echo $buffer;
}, 1, 0);
}, 9999999, 0);
There are pros/cons to each, and neither would be perfect. But as far as I can tell, that is your best shot.