Button Buy Now Translation

Hello @roycedigital

The plugin itself does not use different logic for mobile and desktop. The PayPal SDK initializes in the same way on both, which suggests the problem is related to caching or how the locale setting is passed to the SDK. Can you please confirm if the German button translation is selected in your settings? In the new UI, you can find this under Settings → Button language → German. On my test site, the translation switches instantly once this setting is applied.

If the correct language is already set, I would recommend clearing all caches, any server-side caching plugin or service you may be using, like Cloudflare and etc.

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Kind Regards,
Krystian

Hello @roycedigital

What you are experiencing is expected, because the plugin currently applies one global language setting for the PayPal button. If you want the button text to automatically switch depending on the checkout language, you can use the following filter:

add_filter( 'woocommerce_paypal_payments_smart_buttons_locale', 'dynamic_paypal_button_language' );

function dynamic_paypal_button_language( $locale ) {
    // Get the current WordPress locale
    $current_locale = get_locale();
    
    // Map WordPress locales to PayPal locales
    switch ( $current_locale ) {
        case 'de_DE':
        case 'de_CH':
        case 'de_AT':
            return 'de_DE'; // German - shows "PayPal Jetzt kaufen"
        case 'en_US':
        case 'en_GB':
        default:
            return 'en_US'; // English - shows "PayPal Buy Now"
    }
}

This makes the PayPal button language follow the site’s current locale. If you are using a multilingual plugin like MultilingualPress, WPML, or Polylang, get_locale() will automatically reflect the active language, so the button will display “PayPal Jetzt kaufen” on German checkout and “PayPal Buy Now” on English checkout.

Please add this code either to your theme’s functions.php file or to a custom plugin.

Let us know if this resolves it for you.

Kind Regards,
Krystian

Hello @roycedigital

Glad it’s solved. Happy to help!

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Kind regards,
Krystian

Hello @roycedigital

It is not possible to change this. While the Smart Button language can be dynamically overridden with the snippet I shared earlier, the Pay Later messaging works differently. It is provided directly by PayPal through their SDK and rendered dynamically from their servers. This means the text cannot be overridden by the plugin or with custom code.

PayPal determines the Pay Later language and offer based on its own logic, mainly relying on IP location. In simple terms, Pay Later adapts to the buyer’s region:

• A user connecting from DE on a DE site will see “Jetzt kaufen” and “Später zahlen.”
• A user connecting from the US on a US site will see “PayPal” and “Pay in 4.”
• A user connecting from Spain on a DE site still sees the German Smart Button, but Pay Later will be shown as “Paga a plazos.”

I know this can feel confusing, but there is a clear logic behind it, and unfortunately, it cannot be manipulated the same way as the Smart Buttons.

Kind Regards,
Krystian