load_theme_textdomain() returns TRUE on success and FALSE if no file was found. For debugging try the following change: function my_theme_setup(){ $path = get_template_directory() . ‘/languages’; $result = load_theme_textdomain(‘my_theme’, $path ); if ( $result ) return; $locale = apply_filters( ‘theme_locale’, get_locale(), ‘my_theme’ ); die( “Could not find $path/$locale.mo.” ); }
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
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
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
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
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
To find the answer to this question, you just need to look at how WordPress retrieves the translations. Ultimately it is the load_textdomain() function that does this. When we take a look at its source we find that it creates a MO object and loads the translations from a .mo file into it. Then it … Read more
You can do the following: Get the the language pack (e.g. de_DE.mo) from wordpress.org. If the language pack isn’t available as a standalone download, you could also use the .mo file which is bundled in the WordPress ZIP-file for your language. Located under wp-content/languages. Move the .mo file to wp-content/languages/ of your default (english) WordPress … Read more
You could use gettext filter: add_filter( ‘gettext’, ‘cyb_filter_gettext’, 10, 3 ); function cyb_filter_gettext( $translated, $original, $domain ) { // Use the text string exactly as it is in the translation file if ( $translated == “Categorie: %s” ) { $translated = “Sectie: %s”; } return $translated; } If you need to filter a translation with … Read more