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Change language by clicking a button
The goal is to offer a button/select drop-down or similar to switch the public interface1) language on the fly.
What I'm searching for
Plugin or Theme Code...
... or Ideas
Using a work-around with ...
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pass object/JSON to wp_localize_script
I've got a working piece of javascript that contains an object literal.
But I need to localize it, and I'm ytrying to figure out how to rewrite it so that I can get wp_localize_script() to accet it, ...
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How to integrate get_post_time with date_i18n function?
I have date format and would like to translate to another language with date_i18n function how can I integrate with get_post_time here is my code :
$time = get_post_time('F j, Y', ...
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How to get a localized version of WordPress from a repository?
I'm setting up my basic skeleton / boilerplate I want to use for all wordpress projects. I follow Mark Jaquiths approach and include WP as a submodule. He gets it from ...
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How to provide translations for a WordPress TinyMCE plugin?
I know that I can get my translations into JavaScript doing:
$MyTranslations = array(
'translation1' => __("Some String 1", "MyTranslations"),
'translation2' => __("Some ...
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Gettext details
I've got a few gettext() questions that are not covered anywhere in WordPress Codex but I think they are important.
__('string') in THEME should be used for strings that are likely to be present ...
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Theme localization of “slugs” (custom post types, taxonomies)
in my theme I want to define a series of custom post types and custom taxonomies, each one having its own customized slug; the base language of my theme is english, therefore the slugs will be in ...
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How to translate a plugin via .po .mo?
I want to translate this plugin. This plugin already has translations to some languages, and it has .pot file for adding new languages (as far as I understood from description). Although I never had ...
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What is a Theme textdomain?
I've found that any WordPress theme uses this functions, but I don't understand what is the purpose of it and what is it, in this case 'themify'?
Here are some examples in Themify functions.php:
1).
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How-to: Translate plural forms for themes/plugins with PoEdit
As the title says: How would you translate...
_n()
_n_noop()
_nc()
_nx()
_nx_noop()
...in your .mo files?
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Obtain a list of available translations
In answering this question: Change language by clicking a button. It was necessary to obtain a list of languages for which translations were available (i.e. their po/mo files were present in ...
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How to make a WordPress plugin translation ready?
What is the best way create a plugin that is translation ready?
It doesn't have to be translated from the beginning but it has to be easily translatable so fellow developers from different cultures ...
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How to concatenate inside the _e() function the right way?
I'm trying to create a function for the title inside my functions.php, I'm having a problem with the search title part where I have to concatenate here's the part with issues:
elseif (is_search()) {
...
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What is the purpose of an extra file for translation?
What code is required to put in functions.php in order to make the theme translation ready?
The TwentyEleven theme has only following line:
load_theme_textdomain( 'twentyeleven', ...
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How to prevent text modified using gettext filter being stomped (presumably) by updateText() js function within a CPT's edit screen
First a teeny bit of background... I have a custom post type where I'd like to use custom post statuses. Since custom post statuses (stati/status/whatever), have not been fully implemented within the ...
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What is the purpose of adding a .po file?
I added the below code to the function.php of a .po file and finished localization and edited the webconfig.php to add Arabic language but nothing happened. I want to know what should happen. Will the ...
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Titles in my sidebar widget appear in all languages - with qtranslate
So here's my code, using the qTranslate plugin:
query_posts(array('post_type' => 'uk_blog', 'numberposts' => 2));
$i = 0; while(have_posts()): the_post($post);?>
<div ...
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Setting WPLANG from a plugin
For a single site wordpress, the language must be set from wp-config.php's WPLANG, but is it possible to set from my plugin which override the default value?
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How to save a translation of a plugin in “CodeStyling Localization”?
Hi I was translating one of my plugins in "CodeStyling Localization". when I update my plugin my translation erased. Is there anyway to find it ? And How can I backup my translation (I don't want to ...
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what's different between _x() and _()
What's different between _x() and _(). For example: if a1 can translate as:
a1 has meaning x1;
a1 has meaning x2;
How _x() function to get value x1 or x2?
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Open Source replacement for WPML?
Since WPML is not free anymore and still one of the most used Wordpress Translation Plugins, is there an open source project that keeps development going? Or something similar that replaces it?
I ...
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How do I translate: “2 hours and 15 minutes”?
I want to translate the generic phrase "x hours and y mintues". Of course, if it's only one hour, it should say "1 hour and y mintutes". The same goes for minutes, "x hours and 1 minute." I know ...
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Localization: I want the backend: english and frontend in defined language
I'd like to have the backend of Wordpress in English and use a different locale for the frontend
so far I figure out perhaps I could do it by setting in the wpconfig the locale I want to use in the ...
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Overwrite textdomain of plugins by default - Lost Translation
Wordpress is awesome, but there is something that is driving me crazy.
Whenever a plugin or a theme is updated, all files are deleted and replaced.
So if I have custom code or a translation in one ...
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List of Default Translated Phrases
With <?php _e('Save Changes') ?>, I know the phrase, "Save Changes" can be translated automatically if the user's locale is set to a different language. I'd like to know if there is a list of ...
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Help with “text domain”, comments_form in WordPress theme
I've been plugging away at creating my own theme and am pretty much there, but ran the Theme Check plugin and had a few concerns/questions:
Throughout the theme, wherever there is text, I've used ...
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Plugin Localization
i've just built my first plugin for wp, and even if it's not a great "code poetry" ;) it works as it should.
It's a plugin that transform the default wp gallery using the GalleryView 3.0 jquery plugin ...
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Best way to filter featured image text for a custom post type?
I am trying to change the "Set featured image", "Remove featured image", and "Use as featured image" text links of a custom post type for my plugin Meteor Slides.
I found the ...
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Should i use _n for pronouns in translation?
I use _x() now! I accepted the answer just because he understood right and was first. So don't get confused!
$like_me_on = __('Like me on %s', 'my-plugin');
$like_us_on = __('Like us on %s', ...
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Make changes to translation?
I'm using finnish translation of wordpress. I found the fi.po file which contains all the translations, but for some reason, editing the contents wont edit the contents of the page.
Can I make ...
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Translate Navigation Menu & Sidebar Widget Titles
Is there any plugin to translate navigation menu & sidebar widget titles ?
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[Plugin WPML] : How to create a translation of a post using the WPML API?
I'm trying to figure out how to create a translation for a post using the internal WPML API (inc/wpml-api.php)
I simply want to create a translation for post ID xx, set some content and publish it.
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Making a configurable field translatable
I'm working on a theme right now that gives the admin the possibility to set different texts that are used within the theme, by configuring them in the admin panel (e.g. the text that is displayed, ...
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How to Translate Contact Form 7 using qTranslate?
I'm using Contact Form 7 for my forms and also qTranslate to translate my website.
I would like to translate all my fields and for that I used:
<!--:en-->First Name ...
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How to use get_option() without any filter?
I'm using the newest WordPress 3.3.1 and newest qTranslate 2.5.27. I have made some an AJAX script which returns a value and message in the current language.
Here I get my first problem, I solve it ...
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Change language of comments template
I have a Wordpress installation in italian, I need to keep italian for the admin section but the frontend needs to be in english. The theme is custom so that's ok, but in single posts I'm using ...
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Adding another arg to comments_popup_link
what WordPress core functions do I have to modify to change
comments_popup_link('Ni komentarjev', '1 komentar','% komentarjev')
to
comments_popup_link('Ni komentarjev', '1 komentar', **'2 ...
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Suggestions for i18n plugin
Could you please suggest me good plugins (that you have used) for translating a WordPress website? It should be wonderful if you can add as well a pros and cons list with your suggestion. Thanks in ...
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Creating a custom multilingual form
I need to create a special form for my website where users cand specify a series of data including some textfields, combo boxes and sliders (from 0 to 100). Also I need this form to be qTranslate ...
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variables in translatable text
I am adding a list of suggested plugins to my theme using TGM Plugin Activation - https://github.com/thomasgriffin/TGM-Plugin-Activation/
However, when I run theme check, about 40 or so ...
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How do I translate this string - PHP syntax question
I need some help on how to correctly format this code snippet for translation:
<?php next_post_link( '%link', __( '<span class="meta-nav">←</span> Nästa nyhet') ); ?>
I've used ...
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Internationalization and functions that use it
I'm building a new design into WP and so technically it is a theme, however it is only a design for one site and won't be a theme anyone can use and hence I don't want to bother with ...
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How do translated, escaped strings (esc_attr) in Themes work?
I was looking at the TwentyEleven code and found this:
esc_attr__( 'Permalink to %s', 'twentyeleven' )
This is come code that came out of the title tag for a post; the full code within the title ...
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Widget translation on my plugin
I am adding i18n to the widget on List Category Posts. I've correctly created the pot file, and po and mo files for Spanish and English. All of the Strings are being displayed with _e() on the form ...
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The effect of x() family of functions
So I know that _x() and it's wrappers allow a developer to specify the context of a translated string. I'm pretty clear on "how" to use this function as well as "why" it should be used. I am wondering ...
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Where do I find (free) fully-internationalized themes?
I'm trying to find a theme which is fully internationalized. I've perused the list of translation-ready themes in the theme gallery, but each one seems to be missing some little detail here and there.
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How to create a theme specific translation of buddypress?
Originally asked on the BuddyPress forums:
For distribution purposes I would like to include my customized buddypress language files in my theme alongside my other language files. No matter what I ...
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How to use Yoast SEO backend in english even if WPLANG variable is not english?
I added this code to my functions.php file
add_filter('locale', 'wpse27056_setLocale');
function wpse27056_setLocale($locale) {
if ( is_admin() ) {
return 'en_US';
}
return ...
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Translating long texts with html formatting
I was wondering what is the best way to translate some longer texts with html formatting. There was a couple of solutions I came across, but did not know what would be the best one.
Writing a couple ...
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How to translate __('') strings in admin
What would be the best plugin to use for translating website.
Thing is - i installed one multilingual plugin, but it does not pick up strings from templates. For example - the template has stuff lke
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