PHP can read the ‘HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE’ header from the browser request, but this might not be easy to parse if there is more than one accepted language set. For the simplest case, when one language is set as accepted, you need to read only first 2 characters from this header: $language = substr($_SERVER[‘HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE’], 0, 2); But, … Read more
Edit /etc/default/locale and set the contents to: LANG=”nl_NL.UTF-8″ You can check which locales you currently have generated using: locale -a You can generate more by editing /etc/locale.gen and uncommenting the lines for the locales that you want to enable. Then you can generate them by running the command: locale-gen You can find a list of … Read more
Translation works with global variables, you just need to wait until the proper hook to call the translation functions. I haven’t looked at the code or documentation, but just by experimenting, the translations are loaded sometime before the after_setup_theme hook, but after the other hooks that fire before that. That means that if you try … Read more
It’s the .MO file compiled saving the .PO file which is used by WordPress. Without .MO no traduction will be available. You can use another plugin to translate your theme : Loco for example ; or a Windows software : Poedit, which will create a .MO file when you’ll save your .PO file with your … Read more
Oh god…I just tried to “Update Translations” and now it just magically works…so frustrating… So if this happens to anyone, you don’t need to download anything…just set your language in wordpress under General, go to the Updates section and at the bottom you will see language updates. Update those files and the WooCommerce language files … Read more
@drskullster already posted a good answer, but I thought I should share the following which explains why wp_set_script_translations() needs to be called manually: Yes it’s true that WordPress will automatically register and enqueue the block editor script. So we do not need to manually register/enqueue that script! WordPress will also automatically set the script’s translations, … Read more
Hmmm, a different way to output you say? <?php if ( ‘en_US’ === get_locale() ) : ?> Wasn’t your favorite color red? <?php endif; ?> :laughing: But seriously, I mean anything can be done if you want to do it. If you look at esc_html__ – you will see that it’s just calling esc_html, which … Read more
get_option() always returns a string. That has nothing to do with whether setlocale() has been used. Options are all stored in the option_value column of wp_options, which is a text column. Your float is likely being formatted for your locale when it tries to insert a float into the text column. Your problem is that … Read more
You can use translate_user_role($role) function. More details: translate_user_role() https://stackoverflow.com/a/26187405/13466558
The notes to translators aren’t required, as far as I can tell, but they will definitely help anyone out who’s trying to translate your plugin. You might want to think of them as best practices rather than requirements. As to your second question: Since WordPress 4.6 translations now take translate.wordpress.org as priority and so plugins … Read more