Questions tagged [translation]
Translation is the term used to describe the effort to make WordPress (with themes and plugins) available in languages other than English for people from different locales, who have different dialects and local preferences. The process involves two main topics: internationalization (i18n) and localization (l10n).
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Bug in translation system: load_theme_textdomain() returns true, files are available and accessible but the language defaults to english
Looks like this has been introduced in WordPress 6.7 - I have the following code:
$loaded = load_theme_textdomain(MY_TEXTDOMAIN,get_stylesheet_directory() . '/languages'); // internationalization
$...
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How to use native wordpress translation domain inside a custom plugin?
Inside a custom plugin with a custom post type page entirely rework, I would use wordpress native translation to translate the post statut and other wordpress default informations.
I try to use the ...
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Plugin for translation from one account and posting in different account
this is my first post in this part of Stackexchange. Here is my situation and my question:
I own two wordpress blogs in two different hostings and domains, one in each language (pt-BR and en-US). Both ...
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Strings in class not being translated. (All other strings are.)
I have been handed an existing WP plugin for translation. I am using the WP __() function, which works fine in all cases, except for the following. (This is the relevant part of the code, of course, ...
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Translations not making it into Block UI but work in the rest of the plugin
I'm currently flummoxed by a translation issue I've run into with a Block inside of my plugin.
Both myself and the developer who did most of the work on the Block portions of the plugin have been ...
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How to correct translation error in WP Astra Taxonomy block
In Astra Child theme, there's a nice Taxonomy block that displays all categories with the number of posts to them. Translated to Dutch, the plural form is wrong. It's "Berichts", should be &...
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Translate string in another langage than Locale
I am developping a plugin for my company to register projects with some products. I am creating a purchase order for my supplier with this products.
My local langage is french but my supplier is ...
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WordPress Translation not working for my theme
Hi I've been trying to translate a string on my website using the translation function __( and
_e and I'm not seeing it working on my site.
for example i have a string on my site
__( 'Show articles', '...
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Translating the "Everything" filter menu in Quicksand jquery file
I have been using QuickSand Jquery to display my WordPress portfolio.
Everything is working well. I just added the polylang plugin and would like to be able to translate the first item of the filter ...
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How to translate to a language different than the current one?
I have a problem. Site in English, with serveral languages. Say I'm in an Italian page, but I want certain phrases to be translated in French, for example.
Currently using standard .po files. I need ...
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Dashboard and Site Language only partially translated (in own theme)
I developed my own Block Theme.
The default language of my Wordpress installation is English (US).
If I change it to e.g. German (Switzerland), only a few words/sentences are translated in the ...
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Custom post type slug localization
I need to have 2 languages in a website (EN and LT).
I have a custom post type 'services'.
I need to have the links like this:
English version of the service: '/en/services/some-service'
Lithuanian (...
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Handling gettext / string translation when WP is installed in subfolder
My setup
I have a custom PHP application that uses po/mo files in a locale directory to provide translations for the website strings. All works perfectly. I have Wordpress installed in a sub-directory ...
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Approach to duplicate content like language plugins - without duplicating the page
I'm a little stuck while working on a site. I have already an existing site, and the client would like to have two copies of some of the pages - which content is presented is controlled by a query ...
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Translating Gutenberg Block - JSON Translation Files Not Loading
In following the steps outlined in this question I am unable to get it to work with the setup that I have. Essentially I have all my custom blocks within a structure like so:
They are loaded in ...
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Save translation file of third party plugin in a custom plugin?
I have a custom plugin that I install on a handful of client sites. All the client sites uses a third party premium plugin, and I have translated that plugin to another language and saved the ...
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Admin Notice is only localized when displaying the "Plugins" Backend Page
My plugin checks if a specific theme is activated. The check is hooked on init.
If the theme is not activated, it displays a warning, hooked on admin_notices.
This works fine.
Now I added localization ...
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plugin translation *.mo file not getting loaded for custom post
I'm encountering a weird behavior with the translation for a custom plugin I've made for a customer.
The translation files are in the plugin languages folder and I load them with ...
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multisite same language different translation
I am ruing multisite, and I have two sites, and the two sites are sharing two plugins, pro and free; I have translated the two plugins on the first site.
And I want to edit a few strings on the second ...
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How to translate multiple blocks within one plugin
I'm struggling to get translations working on my custom blocks.
I have a plugin with multiple blocks, following this file structure:
/languages
/build
..build files
/src
/block-one
block.json
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How to find posts that are missing translation? (wpml)
I have a page with hundreds of posts that should all be available in two languages. In the admin area however I have differing post counts – so I guess some of the posts are not translated. Instead of ...
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Can't load text domain in a mu-plugin
My plugin is in: /root/.../mu-plugins/my-plugin
In /root/.../mu-plugins/my-plugin/languages/ I have the following files:
my-domain.pot
my-domain-fr_CA.po
my-domain-fr_CA.mo
The strings I want to ...
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plugin translations not reflected in admin dashboard
I have a plugin which has all strings originally in English, now translations to Arabic have been done at 100% and are appearing on the project link. When I check the plugin's page in Arabic, it is ...
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Transate plugin with js & wp_localize_script
I'm trying to translate a plugin with JS functionality.
I was able to translate the classic php part with a .po file etc...
In my plugin there are 2 words in js that I would like to translate and I ...
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How to automatically translate plugin using translate.wordpress.org
Is there a way to automatically download translations for a plugin from translate.wordpress.org. I'm testing with WPML String Translation. The plugin has about 20 untranslated strings and I need a ...
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Should I include colon in my msgid in PO file? [closed]
Which of the below is recommended when creating msgid a PO file?
msgid "Available Balance:"
or
msgid "Available Balance"
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Translate javascript with WordPress built-in localization API for static strings
I have been trying to implement the translation to a couple of strings in a .js file but nothing has worked.
First try to do it like I do in php, in the .js file add this variable var __ = wp.i18n.__; ...
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How to implement __() function in my theme's php file?
I am translating a site with Polylang that was created by someone else using a custom theme. Some strings couldn't be found by Polylang, so I need to manually register them for Polylang to see.
Now, ...
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How to work with multilingual sites using the full site editor and block themes?
I'm developing a block theme and I need the user to edit the site content with the full site editor in two different languages.
In this situation, what would be the approach to allow the same page to ...
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Translation for a text that is not printed on the screen
How can I enable the translation for a text that is not printed on the screen? I was recently implementing the translation to my plugin and everything worked as expected. But doing the tests I ...
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Translation for frontend
In my plugin I have many strings to translate for the backend and only a few for the frontend. For the visitors of the website it is nicer to read the words in the language of the site. Is there a ...
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Translate website without duplicate custom post
I have a website where anyone can post jobs from frontend. The jobs pages are rendered by custom archive and single pages in my custom theme.
I want the website to be multi language with switcher. The ...
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String translation for esc_html__() when registering string [closed]
I am trying to translate the string 'Home' in wordpress that is registered as an esc_html__().
This is the code registering the themes functions.php:
if(!function_exists('gem_breadcrumbs')) {
function ...
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WordPress: After Gutenberg plugin migration to block.json the localization/ translations with PolyGlot in JavaScript does not work anymore
I made a plugin with existing localization on WordPress.org for free. I migrated to block.json and made all changes by comparing it to the output of npx @wordpress/create-block todo-list. I read ...
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Automatic translation with different domains per languages?
I would like to know if there is a plugin to make automatic translations with one different domain by language for the same project. For example :
car.co.uk for the English
voiture.fr for the French
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Using wp-cli to create a .pot file that interprets .twig files as well
Using the wp i18n make-pot I can create a .pot file that can interpret .php files.
This is the command I use
wp i18n make-pot . languages/my-plugin.pot
This is good but because I use timber with my ...
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Translations only load from `wp-content/languages/plugins` but not from the plugin's languages folder
I translated my plugin and put all the files (my-plugin-de_DE_formal.po, my-plugin-de_DE_formal.mo, my-plugin.pot) in the wp-content/plugins/my-plugin/languages folder.
My plugins header says:
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Date translation doesn't work
I would like to translate into French the month of the date I get with the function:
get_the_date()
I have done several searches and found several solutions but none of them worked so far.
I have ...
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Use localized plugin name and description even when the plugin is disabled
I'm working on plugin development and I'd like to localize my plugin name and description, so that these two pieces of information are shown to other WordPress developers in their native languages (if ...
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Include external po file for 3th party plugin to theme
I used 3th party plugin in my theme but some of them don't have my target language support.I want to add new language support to these plugins from my theme plugin.How can I do it?
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Making WP theme / plugin multii-lingual without plugins
I am new to theme and plugin development and am stuck at the translation part. I read one place that if you are using __(), and e() throughout, you do not need a plugin like WPML. Is it correct? Is ...
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Setting Email locale before retrieving gettext translations
I developed several plugins which I localized using the standard approach with __() functions and the .po or rather the .mo files. All of this works like a charm.
What I now want to be able to do is ...
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How can I change a translation for a string in a plugin?
I'm only starting with WordPress development so please be gentle :)
I'm using the Amelia Booking plugin and am trying to change the string "On-site (Bank Transfers Only)" which is defined in ...
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Issue with translation - Gutenberg
Here is my code.
I based it on CapitaineWP formation and template.
I have the .pot, .po, .mo and .json files.
$script_asset_path = PERSO_FOLDER."/build/index.asset.php";
if ( ! file_exists( $...
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Is there a way to load translations from .PO and .MO files for Customizer strings?
I would like to ask if there is a way, a filter or a hook that lets us display the translated strings of the Customizer options.
For example, most WordPress themes provide translation files in the ...
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HTML Elements in my WP Plugin being generated in JS. Security and Translated Text Question about this method being used
So unfortunately when developing my WP plugin I created some methods that will help me generate HTML elements and their attributes with document.createElement.
One example function is provided below. (...
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Wordpress Include 'print_f' in WP_Customize_Control array [closed]
I have the following problem: I want to add print_f in an array in wordpress.
printf( __('Option to share on %s', 'themename'), 'name')
However, the following code does not work properly for me. ...
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how to unlocalize theme/plugin?
I have theme with this code in one php file :
'logged_in_as' => '<p class="logged-in-as">'.
sprintf( __( 'Logged in as <a href="%1$s">%2$s</a&...
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Working with .po and .mo files translation
I translated a plugin with poedit and translation is fine, I checked it changing default language inside general > language. Then I installed Qtranslate-x, it works fine with titles, contents ... ...
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Structure of multilingual and multiregional directory listing website for translation
What is the best translation structure for a multilingual and multiregional directory website? Let's say our listing owners as members of our work team are from around 20 different countries with ...
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