404 page in different languages

mlinhuberin
(@mlinhuberin)

5 years, 5 months ago

I run a multisite with subsites in different languages. How can I implement translations of my 404 page to match the language of the subpage?

I use child themes, but they are not language specific. A child theme can be used for different languages.

I have already customized title and text via add_filter / generate_404_title / generate_404_text.

Thanks in advance!
Marion

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Theme Author Tom
(@edge22)

5 years, 5 months ago

Hi there,

I wonder if a plugin like this would help?: https://wordpress.org/plugins/404page/

That way you should just be able to translate the page you set as the 404 page.

Let us know 🙂

Thread Starter mlinhuberin
(@mlinhuberin)

5 years, 5 months ago

The 404 page should appear in the language of the subsite just like all other sections of WordPress. Without the individual users or I have to take care of it.

This should be possible without an extra plugin
Elvin
(@ejcabquina)

5 years, 5 months ago
Hi,

You can try this approach:
```
add_filter( 'gettext', function( $text ) {
    if ( 'Oops! That page can&rsquo;t be found.' === $text ) {
		if( 'en_US' == get_locale() ){ return 'Your new text in english'; }
		if( 'fr_FR' == get_locale() ){ return 'Your new text in french'; }
    }
	if ( 'It looks like nothing was found at this location. Maybe try searching?' === $text ) {
        if( 'en_US' == get_locale() ){ return 'Your new text in english'; }
		if( 'fr_FR' == get_locale() ){ return 'Your new text in french'; }
    }
    return $text;
} );
```
It gets the text and translates it depending on the get_locale() value.

You can change/add more if( 'locale_LOCALE' == get_locale() ) conditions if you want to add more languages.

You can use this as reference for the WordPress locale languages.
https://wpastra.com/docs/complete-list-wordpress-locale-codes/
Thread Starter mlinhuberin
(@mlinhuberin)

5 years, 5 months ago

Thank you, that works!

Elvin
(@ejcabquina)

5 years, 5 months ago

Thank you, that works!

Glad it works for you. No problem. 🙂

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