The effect of x() family of functions
When using other translation tools (other then poedit) like GlotPress you can see the context in which the string for translation is called upon.
translation
How do I translate this string – PHP syntax question
Don’t wrap the entire section in __(), just wrap the part you need to translate: <?php next_post_link( ‘%link’, ‘<span class=”meta-nav”>←</span> ‘ . __( ‘Nästa nyhet’, ‘mytheme’ ) ); ?>
Is it possible to check is loaded language files correctly with WordPress plugin?
For plugins using the directory referred to by load_plugin_textdomain, the language files should be named “domain-locale.mo”. So for your case, the filenames should be mysignup-bn_BD.mo.
Where the WordPress Core Translation is “actually” taking place?
I maintain WordPress Bengali project and yesterday I pushed the 3.9 translation update from bn.wordpress.org. You are right, there are no 3.9.x branch there so it’s pretty much not clear to me as well. Here’s how it works: we should always translate from the Dev version. When a new release comes, there is a SVN … Read more
Prevent WordPress updates from overriding custom language translations?
Modify your installation such that your custom Farsi language files are associated with a non-standard WPLANG value. For example, instead of the standard ‘fa_IR’, maybe try something non-standard like ‘farsi_IR’ (or even ‘myCustomFarsi_IR’). This way, when new WordPress versions are released for the “official” Farsi version, you will no longer get updated.
How to translate a WordPress.org plugin?
So to make plugin translatable via translate.wordpress.org you need to add text domain into main plugin’s file: /* * Plugin Name: My Plugin * Author: Plugin Author * Text Domain: my-plugin */ So to make theme translatable via translate.wordpress.org you need to add text domain into main theme’s file: /* * Theme Name: My Theme … Read more
Language Translation is not working?
Check the following function in your plugin: load_plugin_textdomain (); and be sure that the directory to languages folder is correct. This fixed the issue for above question.
How to add translation for a string
I do not know direct answer on your question but this maybe helps you. You can use plugin Loco translate or you can do it manually like this. _e( ‘Search’, ‘name_tag_of_translation’ ); Then go in wp-content/languages and there define what is you translation, in your case we talk about plugin, so you go: wp-content/languages/plugins and … Read more
Ajax – gettext without a plugin
I did manage to solve this later on by using WPML, but over time found that WPML is quite bloaty and slow, support not very good, and if you need only 1 language (but original strings for theme are in English and the language you need is not) or perhaps 2, you do not need … Read more
Multiple text-domains per single plugin – admin and frontend
Is it worth having two plugin textdomains – one for admin area strings and another one for “frontend”? In theory yes Does it break any guidelines (the plugin is public)? glotpress which drives the wordpress.org translation section is unlikely to ave any of it. For it you have to use only one text domain which … Read more