[Skip to main content](#vessel-content) # Template overrides - Plugins? ## - **[afish674](/forum/user/9578-afish674 "View afish674's Profile")** - [![afish674's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/9578-afish674 "View afish674's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/9578-afish674) Less More - Posts: 8 - Thank you received: 0 - - 14 years 1 month ago - 14 years 1 month ago [\#66450](#66450) by [afish674](/forum/user/9578-afish674 "View afish674's Profile") *[Template overrides - Plugins?](/forum/4-how-to/66450-template-overrides-plugins#66450 "Hi, I'm trying to override a line on the checkout page where next to the payment checkbox, it has a description of the payment. I have located the php file in plugins>hikashoppayment>paypal>paypal.php I saved a copy and then I changed the source code on lines 392-393 to read: I saved the copy in templates>mytemplate>html>plugins>hikashoppayment>paypal>paypal.php However this hasn't overwritten the original. Have I done everything correctly? Or is it just impossible to do? Thanks for your help!")* was created by *[afish674](/forum/user/9578-afish674 "View afish674's Profile")* Hi, I'm trying to override a line on the checkout page where next to the payment checkbox, it has a description of the payment. I have located the php file in plugins>hikashoppayment>paypal>paypal.php I saved a copy and then I changed the source code on lines 392-393 to read: Code: $element->payment_description='<p>You can pay by credit card or paypal using this payment method</p>'; $element->payment_images='PayPal'; I saved the copy in templates>mytemplate>html>plugins>hikashoppayment>paypal>paypal.php However this hasn't overwritten the original. Have I done everything correctly? Or is it just impossible to do? Thanks for your help! Last edit: 14 years 1 month ago by [afish674](/forum/user/9578-afish674 "View afish674's Profile"). Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzQtaG93LXRvLzY2NDUwLXRlbXBsYXRlLW92ZXJyaWRlcy1wbHVnaW5zP3RtcGw9bWFya2Rvd24=) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")** - [![nicolas's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar63.png?1793428657)](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [ Away](/forum/user/63-nicolas) Less More - Posts: 86323 - Thank you received: 14283 - - 14 years 1 month ago [\#66461](#66461) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Template overrides - Plugins?](/forum/4-how-to/66450-template-overrides-plugins#66461 "Hi, I'm trying to override a line on the checkout page where next to the payment checkbox, it has a description of the payment. I have located the php file in plugins>hikashoppayment>paypal>paypal.php I saved a copy and then I changed the source code on lines 392-393 to read: I saved the copy in templates>mytemplate>html>plugins>hikashoppayment>paypal>paypal.php However this hasn't overwritten the original. Have I done everything correctly? Or is it just impossible to do? Thanks for your help!")* Hi, You can't override plugins. The structure of joomla does not allow for that. If you want to change the image/description of the plugin, just edit the options of the plugin and change the image/description with the provided options. There is no need to edit any code. The following user(s) said Thank You: [afish674](/forum/user/9578-afish674 "View afish674's Profile") Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzQtaG93LXRvLzY2NDUwLXRlbXBsYXRlLW92ZXJyaWRlcy1wbHVnaW5zP3RtcGw9bWFya2Rvd24=) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. Board Categories HikaShop Install & Update Product & Category Display Content Creation Sales and Orders Orders management Reports & Statistics Customers Checkout Payment Methods Shipping Methods Import & Export (CSV, XLS…) Specific Features Affilation Taxes Wishlist Vote Carousel & Slider Mass Actions Filters & Search Discount & Coupon Feature Request Integrations Showcase General Talk about HikaShop Development HikaShop 3.0 Beta Translation Commercial Jobs HikaShop Components HikaMarket Market: Feature requests Market: How to? Market: Bug Report HikaSerial General talk about HikaSerial Serial: Bug Report Serial: How to? Support en Français de HikaSerial (French Support) HikaSubscription HikaAuction Auction: Feature requests Auction: How to? Auction: Bug report Hikashop around the world Support en Français (French Support) Russian FAQ. Курс выживания с Hikashop. Частые вопросы и о Расширения Hikashop Наши сайты на Hikashop 日本語版サポート(Japanese Support) Thai German Archives Bug Report How to? [](/forum/topics/feed/mode-topics?format=feed&type=rss) Time to create page: 0.068 seconds [Powered by](/forum/credits) [Kunena Forum](https://www.kunena.org)