customization of plugin strings

  • Sjourney

    (@sjourney)


    10 years, 3 months ago

    In a previous thread, I can’t seem to find it (grrrr! wordpress search!)
    There was mention of customization of the pdb plugin via localization/translation files, yes?
    So i found the en.po file made changes to the strings, converted it in to a .mo file.
    Now what? I don’t want to overwrite the .mo file in the plugin because on update it will get wiped. What’s the method to retain the file through an update/upgrade of the plugin?

    http://wordpress.org/plugins/participants-database/

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  • Plugin Author xnau webdesign

    (@xnau)

    10 years, 3 months ago

    The only practical way is to keep a copy and replace it when the update comes in. There may be a way to get the plugin to look for translation files in another location, but I don’t know it.

    Thread Starter Sjourney

    (@sjourney)

    10 years, 2 months ago

    All that is involved is to:

    1. change the strings in participants-database-en_EN.po
    2. generate the participants-database-en_EN.mo
    3. Overwrite those files in /participants-database/trunk/languages

    Right?

    Plugin Author xnau webdesign

    (@xnau)

    10 years, 2 months ago

    Yes, except it wont be “/participants-database/trunk/languages” it will just be “participants-database/languages/” in your plugin directory.

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