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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Translate Breadcrumps from Rank Math in Wordpress
I have a website on Wordpress in Bulgarian. I added bread crumps from Rank Math and everything is fine, but the bread crumps on pagination. See, everything is in Bulgarian but the last part which is ...
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TRANSLATION Change the content default language
i create my website with French as a default language(Dashboard and website content) and when i finished i install a Translation Plugin 'TranslatePress' to translate my website to English, and as you ...
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How to find the source of a rendered string?
I truly appreciate it if you could help me with this issue since I could not fix it for the last few days. I am currently using a journal publication plugin and when a new paper is submitted by the ...
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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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Plugin translations are not loaded from translate.wordpress.org
My plugin has 100% translations for few languages in translate.wordpress.org.
I have set the correct text domain, slug, "requires at least version" as per documentation below.
https://...
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Translate via URL parameter working only in localhost
I have a website and the default language is brazilian portuguese ( already using __() ).
Then, using POEdit, I created two others languages: English and Chinese, translated all the terms, tested it ...
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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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.po file is loaded but changes are not appearing
I made a translation file (fr_CA) and it's loading. But any change I make in the file does not appear on website. Clear cache, private window, other browser. It's all the same.
I don't get it... What ...
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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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Theme translation file translating some strings and not translating others
I have an issue with translating the theme. I am translating the theme changing the .po and .mo files in Poedit but also tried Loco plugin hoping it will resolve the issue.
Some strings in the given ...
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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:"
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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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How do I create a function that modifies a message in the wp-login.php file?
When a user uses the password reset functionality in WordPress, they are asked to enter their email and click confirm. After doing so, they get the message:
Check your email for the confirmation link,...
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Can't generate pot file using wp cli
I'm developing a child theme and I want to get .pot file using wp-cli.
I follow the wp-cli handbook and run:
cd /media/sf_TOOLS/ubuntu-20.04/bin
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wp-cli/builds/...
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Generate JSON files for language translation from po file without wp-cli i18n make-json
My plugin uses wp_set_script_translations() to load translations for JS as mentioned here https://make.wordpress.org/core/2018/11/09/new-javascript-i18n-support-in-wordpress/.
I understand that when ...
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How can all E-mails be sent with BCC copy to Admin?
I'm translating WordPress page into seven different languages. Have around 70 plugins active and working, no worries. Subscriptions, shop, pre-orders you name it.
Getting there with translations, ...
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How can I tranlslate post date in italian?
I'm using this filter to display post date in my single and archive pages, because working on a windows azure php app I can't show post date before 1901.
This filter is working but It displays post ...
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Translation is not being output in one instance
I am creating translation for a custom theme and specifically custom template file of the theme and user Poedit to create the pot template.
After translating the file one line in the template won't ...
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Plugin language always shows WP site language, not profile language
I wrote a plugin that I translated from English to German.
The German translation only shows up, when I change the site's language to german. Once the site language is set to German, it will always ...
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Is there any way to use @wordpress/i18n for <5.0?
I'm looking to make use of translation strings inside my JS files and unfortunately, I've read that @wordpress/i18n doesn't work <5.0. Are there any tools/libraries that help me with this?
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