stop auto sync for selected plugins

  • Resolved Philipp

    (@vonschulthess)


    7 years, 1 month ago

    Hi,

    I use WooCommerce and a bunch of other plugins, as well as loco translate to translate or change wordings in(to) our default language.

    I have the following questions:
    In order to communicate with our website to our users the best, I have changed some strings/wording of WooCommerce with loco translate. But: if I get an update of the language file, it overwrites all my changes and as a result, the default content appears again. All my work is lost.
    Can I stop the sync process of the language files just for some plugins (i.e. WooCommerce)? All other plugins can be updated with a new language version as normal. How can I do this?
    Can I change somewhere the settings that a new language version should only fill in empty fields and not overwrite fields which have already some content/wording in it? How can I do this?

    Thank you for your support

    Regards,
    Philipp

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  • Plugin Author Tim W

    (@timwhitlock)

    7 years, 1 month ago

    Loco Translate does not control translation file auto-updates. It’s a WordPress feature.

    Please see the following FAQ for avoiding overwrites of your custom files saved using Loco Translate: https://localise.biz/wordpress/plugin/faqs/files-deleted

    Thread Starter Philipp

    (@vonschulthess)

    7 years, 1 month ago

    Hi,

    Thank you for your feedback. It is now clear that I can stop auto sync for just some plugins. To achieve this, I need to save the content files of the plugins in wp-content/languages/loco/

    How does it work? Can I save the content file into the right path with the loco translate plugin? If so, how?
    Do I need to copy/paste it with the FTP file server program? If so, how does wordpress know which file to take (original one or the new one in another path)? I assume somewhere in the settings needs to save that the actual content file is to find at another path
    Can I save the content files of varies plugins all into one folder of wp-content/languages/loco/ or do I need to structure it (i.e. with folders of plugin names)?

    Thank you for your support

    Regards,
    Philipp

    Plugin Author Tim W

    (@timwhitlock)

    7 years, 1 month ago

    How does it work? Can I save the content file into the right path with the loco translate plugin? If so, how?

    This is documented in the help pages. Please see “choosing a location”
    https://localise.biz/wordpress/plugin/manual/msginit

    how does wordpress know which file to take (original one or the new one in another path)?

    Loco Translate includes a “loading helper” which controls this. See “notes on loading order” in above link.

    Not all plugins will allow this to work. If you have a problem, see this FAQ:
    https://localise.biz/wordpress/plugin/faqs/custom-folder

    Can I save the content files of varies plugins all into one folder of wp-content/languages/loco/ or do I need to structure it (i.e. with folders of plugin names)?

    Loco Translate will organise this folder automatically, but you can specify your own custom locations in the bundle configuration if you need to. See advanced configuration: https://localise.biz/wordpress/plugin/manual/bundle-config

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