Title: Localization not working
Last modified: September 7, 2016

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# Localization not working

 *  Resolved [realfufu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/realfufu/)
 * (@realfufu)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localization-not-working-8/)
 * Hi Community
 * I’m developing an extension for WordPress and WooCommerce.
    The extension is 
   working very fine, only the localization is not working.
 * I included in the header of my main pluginfile this lines:
 *     ```
        * Text Domain: myextension
        * Domain Path: /i18n/languages/
       ```
   
 * In my code I used the __ and _e functions like this:
    `__( 'Example string', '
   myextension' )`
 * And I moved my .po and .mo files in ‘myextension/i18n/languages/’.
    My .po files
   look like this: ‘myextension-de_DE.po’:
 *     ```
       msgid ""
       msgstr ""
       "Project-Id-Version: My Extension 1.0\n"
       "POT-Creation-Date: 2016-09-07 11:08+0200\n"
       "PO-Revision-Date: 2016-09-07 11:51+0200\n"
       "Language-Team: Me <x@x.x\n"
       "MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
       "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
       "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
       "X-Generator: Poedit 1.8.9\n"
       "X-Poedit-Basepath: ..\n"
       "Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);\n"
       "X-Poedit-KeywordsList: __;_e\n"
       "Last-Translator: \n"
       "Language: de\n"
       "X-Poedit-SearchPath-0: .\n"
       "X-Poedit-SearchPath-1: classes\n"
       "X-Poedit-SearchPath-2: functions\n"
       "X-Poedit-SearchPathExcluded-0: i18n\n"
   
       #: classes/Example.php:128
       msgid "Example string"
       msgstr "Beispiel String"
   
       ...... cutted
       ```
   
 * But, if I change the language in Settings>general to German, everything is translated
   except everything from my plugin.
 * So, where did I failed?
 * I also tried to delete and reinstall my plugin. Also I tried to switch the language
   a few times.
 * FuFu

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 *  Thread Starter [realfufu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/realfufu/)
 * (@realfufu)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localization-not-working-8/#post-8158417)
 * Ok I figured it out.
 * I had to add this:
 *     ```
       function myextension_i18n() {
   
       	// get the directory containing the .mo file, relative to the plugin directory
       	$i18n_dir = plugin_basename( GRDS_IP_DIR . '/i18n/languages' );
   
       	// For WordPress 2.6 and up, the directory must end with a trailing slash
       	if ( substr( $i18n_dir, -1 ) != '/' ) {
       		$i18n_dir .= '/';
       	}
   
       	// Load translation files
       	if( load_plugin_textdomain( 'myextension', false, $i18n_dir ) ){
       		return true;
       	} 
       	return false;
   
       }
       add_action('plugins_loaded', 'myextension_i18n');
       ```
   
 * Source: [https://codex.wordpress.org/I18n_for_WordPress_Developers](https://codex.wordpress.org/I18n_for_WordPress_Developers)
 * Have a nice day
 * FuFu

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