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1. nbonniot
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hello,
   I'm writing a small plugin (called wp-version on the wordpress plugins repository) and want to internationalize it. I follow all the steps in the I18N page, but obviously I miss something. I also looked how other plugin do, but it still doesn't work for me.

   What I do :

   - I used _e(XXX, "domain name") for all the string I want to translate
   - I used the wordpress.org repository to generate the .pot file
   - I used POEdit to generate the fr-FR.po and fr-FR.mo filled with translations.
   - I added in my main plugin file :

   function wp_version_init() {
   	$wp_version_domain = 'wp-version';
   	load_plugin_textdomain ( $wp_version_domain,'','wp-version/lang/');
   }
   
   add_action('init', 'wp_version_init');

   I found this way to proceed on another plugin. Is this OK?

   THen, when I activate my plugin on my french wordpress, it works but everything is displayed in english (the langage I used in the _e() commands). So I don't see what I do wrong.

   I'm fighting with that for a long time now, any help or suggestion would be deeply appreciated !!!

   Many thanks to everybody.

   Nixar

2. Naoko McCracken
   Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   The paths in load_plugin_textdomain() don't seem right. Try:

   load_plugin_textdomain($wp_version_domain, 'wp-content/plugins/wp-version/lang', 'wp-version/lang');

   Good luck!

3. nbonniot
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hello Nao,
   Many thanks for your answer. Unfortunatly, it still doesn't work... I continue to have my english sentences displayed.

   I have a subsidiary question : my plugin is shaped in 2 php files (wp-version.php, which is the main file and version-admin.php which contains the admin interface). The load_plugin_textdomain() function should be called only one time, on the init action? Or should I add it also in my other php file?

   If you have some spare time, would you mind to have a look on my small plugin?

   Once again, I couldn't tell how deeply appreciated it would be !!
   
   Many thanks,

   Nixar.

4. nbonniot
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hello,
   An update from my work on the problem this morning :

   • I echoed the functions load_plugin_domain() and translate() to see the output. As far as I saw, it found the locale, it found my .mo file (wp-version-fr_FR.mo) but still writes in english...
   • I looked as other plugin I have installed, and some of them use the hook 'init' to load the plugin domain and the translations, some of them directly load it. So what to do? I have at least one plugin with the french translation working, so my browser configuration seems OK.

   I hope it can give clues about what's happening... Once again, many thanks to those who will spend time on my problem !

   Cheers,

   Nixar

5. nbonniot
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hello back,
   I'm still stuck, with no really clear reason... Anyone would have a candle in the dark for me ;)?

   Many thanks in advance ,

   Nixar

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