Short answer: You don’t. Not with the I18N functions. Data in the database is data that can change, and should be translated via some separate means. Data in the code is hard-coded, and doesn’t change, and can be translated via the I18N functions. If you want to store all your translatable text in a single … Read more
Ok. I Found the problem. Several tutorials told me to put __() and _e() in my poedit. Which, now I’ve found the answer is pretty stupid. Because there simply don’t exist any strings with these search values. As there is always something in between those brackets. Solution is thus very simple (and quite stupid). Put … Read more
I used to use WP Native Dashboard. But I just tested it and it’s not working. So I tested a plugin for you and I found one that really works, it’s English WordPress Admin, after you activate it you will see this, you click on Switch to English and it will update your dashboard Language, … Read more
Within the code, can you see any syntax like either of the following? __( ‘Hello, dear user!’, ‘my-text-domain’ ) _e( ‘Your Ad here’, ‘my-text-domain’ ) That is, strings starting with __ (double underscores) or _e. If so, where the above says my-text-domain, you should find the name of your text domain.
keep the .po. If someone will want to modify your translation he can do it based on your .po but it is much harder to do it (if possible at all) based on the .mo file. You don’t save much by not distributing the .po and it keeps things organized for you as well.
If you want to override a plugin text domain, create (if not exist) a folder named languages and another one plugins (in languages) in the wp-content folder. This folders is intended, with the template and file hierarchy, to be load upon the other that could exist. When you update a plugin, text domain that you … Read more
I can find references on how to do it through the CLI but none of the GUI apps I’ve tried seem to support this. Did you see Poedit? Cross-platform GUI for preparing and producing gettext-translations (with some limitation compared to fresh CLI-tools) Is it common for the developer to just use the CLI to create … Read more
I think and use the way about an WP Multisite install, see my answer, background, information and benefit on a older question.
You try this example <?php // outputs a list of languages names ?> <ul><?php pll_the_languages(); ?></ul> <?php // outputs a flags list (without languages names) ?> <ul><?php pll_the_languages(array(‘show_flags’=>1,’show_names’=>0)); ?></ul> <?php // outputs a dropdown list of languages names ?> <?php pll_the_languages(array(‘dropdown’=>1)); ?>
Well, actually, you should view your site as requiring “multilingual” capabilities, even if the base language for both countries is identical, because the actual locale for each is nevertheless different. More specifically, you can create variant “translations” for your British (‘en_GB’) and Irish (‘en_IE’) localizations. A plugin such WPML (WordPress Multilingual) can help you implement … Read more