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generating po mo translating files from scratch in a wordpress theme

You can use the tool POEdit to translate your theme from scratch or update/add new strings into the .po/.mo files. Here is the tool usage tutorial: Translating_With_Poedit There is a plugin that can do the job for you: codestyling-localization STEPS: 1. Load a text domain for the theme. add_action(‘after_setup_theme’, ‘my_theme_setup’); function my_theme_setup(){ load_theme_textdomain(‘mytheme’, get_template_directory() . … Read more

How-to: Translate plural forms for themes/plugins with PoEdit

Step 1 Open your file in PoEdit. Step 2 Go to “Catalogue” » “Settings“ Step 3 Fill in “Language” and “Country” 1). Step 4 Fill “Pluralform” (last field). // For 2 plural forms nplurals=2; plural=n != 1; // For 3 plural forms (for e.g. russian), use: nplurals=3; plural=(n%10==1 && n%100!=11) ? 0 : ((n%10>=2 && … Read more

Working with l10n contexts (_x etc)

When adding _x to the keywords, try it this way: _x:1,2c This tells the parser to watch out for _x and to take the first argument as msgid and the second argument as a comment, which will then be recognized as context by poEdit and inserted as msgctxt. Oddly enough, my poEdit then shows me … Read more

Localization: I want the backend: english and frontend in defined language

Install the plugin WP Native Dashboard. Then you can set one language for the front-end in your wp-config.php and each user can choose another one for the back-end. See Change language of comments template for details and a screenshot.

How to get a localized version of WordPress from a repository?

Download your languages files from the SVN repo… I would strongly advise against this. The repo, as storage of language files, is being discontinued, in favor of Translate WordPress. Right now, you have no guarantees that the repo has a current version of the file. The current method of getting language files is either to … Read more

How to print translation supported text with HTML URL

Since esc_html_e will escape HTML link (hence will show the HTML anchor as plain text), you’ll need to segment the text and escape the non-HTML part with esc_html_e or esc_html__, and print the HTML LINK part without HTML escaping. Method-1 (just for your understanding): You may do it in parts, like this: esc_html_e( ‘Dear Guest, … Read more

Is a text-domain necessary for a child theme

TL;DR: If you use strings that are in the parent theme, exaclty how they are used in parent theme, you don’t need to have a text domain for your child theme. But if you use strings that aren’t used in parent theme, to make them translatable, you’ll need another text domain with related translation (.mo) … Read more

Translate widget titles using qTranslate plugin

I just found the answer and instead of putting this in the Title: <!–:en–>My English Title<!–:–><!–:fr–>My French Title<!–:–> We need to put this code: [:en]My English Title[:fr]My French Title and qTranslate does the rest 🙂

Custom strings for translation using Polylang plugin

Use this pll_register_string() on functions.php Use it like this: pll_register_string Allows plugins to add their own strings in the “strings translation” panel. The function must be called on admin side (the functions.php file is OK for themes). Usage: pll_register_string($name, $string, $multiline); ‘$name’ => (required) name provided for sorting convenience (ex: ‘myplugin’) ‘$string’ => (required) the … Read more

Is it ok to use a function to output the text domain name in a wordpress theme

No, this is not okay. NO NO NO. Here’s my favourite Otto quote: Inside all translation functions, no PHP variables are allowed in the strings, for any reason, ever. Otto explains this in more detail, but the simple way to say it is that translation calls are parsed, not executed . So your variable (let … Read more

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