Title: Please Help it doesnt work :(
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Please Help it doesnt work :(

 *  Resolved [queeneve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/queeneve/)
 * (@queeneve)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-it-doesnt-work/)
 * Here is what I did
 * 1- Installed and activated Loco
    2- Installed Wp User front end plugin 3- manage
   Translation and chose Arabic Language from the drop down list 4- Selected wp 
   user front end plugin 5- Translated some strings and checked the language folder
   in the plugin folder has 766 permission (so it is writable) 6- I clicked on Save
   then Sync 7- Checked the content of the website , nothing changed
 * I tried many times but it never worked , I even installed a clean wordpress but
   still doesnot work so that means no conflict with another plugin
 * please help
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/loco-translate/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/loco-translate/)

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 *  Thread Starter [queeneve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/queeneve/)
 * (@queeneve)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-it-doesnt-work/#post-6128194)
 * Seems here is the problem ,
 * Plugin does not declare a “Text Domain” .. Loco has guessed “wp-user-frontend”
 * I read your reply on this topic [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/i-translated-the-plugin-but-the-language-does-not-change?replies=4](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/i-translated-the-plugin-but-the-language-does-not-change?replies=4)
 * but I still dont understand how to do it , if you dont mind could you please 
   tell me in another way how to solve this problem
 * Now I have 3 files
    wp-user-frontend-ar.mo wp-user-frontend-ar.po wp-user-frontend.
   pot
 * How to use them ?
 * Thanks
 *  Plugin Author [Tim W](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timwhitlock/)
 * (@timwhitlock)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-it-doesnt-work/#post-6128246)
 * The Text Domain for this plugin is `wpuf`.
 * Automatic text domain detection is unreliable in Loco Translate, because there
   are too many non-standard ways a plugin can be set up. I intend to fix this at
   some point if possible, but for now your choices are to wait for improvements
   or alter the plugin to make it compatible.
 * Two (or three) things should be done to make this particular plugin compatible,
   but this will alter the plugin, so the author should make these changes and publish
   an update (otherwise you risk losing your changes).
 * 1. Declare the text domain headers in wpuf.php, like this:
 *     ```
       /*
       Plugin Name: WP User Frontend
       Text Domain: wpuf
       Domain Path: /languages/
       ...
       */
       ```
   
 * 2. The file `languages/default.po` isn’t a proper language template file. It 
   should really be a POT file called `languages/wpuf.pot`
 * 3. (optional)
    The plugin uses `load_textdomain` to load translations which means
   it won’t load your files if they’re in the global languages directory (which 
   they should be). The author should use `load_plugin_textdomain` instead.
 * This should make the plugin compatible. I’ll reopen this ticket if it doesn’t.
 *  Thread Starter [queeneve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/queeneve/)
 * (@queeneve)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-it-doesnt-work/#post-6128360)
 * Thanks for your quick helpful response it is now working fine only the optional
   step as I dont know how to do it and the coder is not active , will this affect
   the plugin in case no updates happened in the future or it is ok like that
 * Thanks again for your help
 *  Plugin Author [Tim W](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timwhitlock/)
 * (@timwhitlock)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-it-doesnt-work/#post-6128370)
 * If there are no updates in future then you might be safe saving your translations
   inside the plugin. Of course you can’t guarantee whether there will be updates
   or not.
 * Just make sure you back up your changes and watch out for plugin updates. If 
   it does get updated, you’ll have to restore your changes back in.

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