Title: Localization issue
Last modified: March 25, 2026

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# Localization issue

 *  Resolved [Hanno](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bsoftde/)
 * (@bsoftde)
 * [2 months, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localization-issue-17/)
 * At the first glance, the plugin seemed to be well prepared for localization, 
   and my Poedit tool did create a pot file without major problems. I then did a
   quick and dirty AI translation into German, and I put the po/mo files into both
   of these directories: /wp-content/plugins/password-requirements/languages (which
   was automatically created by Poedit on creation of the pot file) and /wp-content/
   languages/plugins. Unfortunately not one of the localized files is loaded. Do
   you have a clue?

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Bartosz Gadomski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bartoszgadomski/)
 * (@bartoszgadomski)
 * [2 months, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localization-issue-17/#post-18862703)
 * Hi Hanno, thanks for reaching out!
 * A couple of quick things to check: make sure the .mo file is named exactly as`{
   text-domain}-{locale}.mo` (e.g. `password-requirements-de_DE.mo`), since WordPress
   is very strict about that naming convention. A great debugging tool for this 
   is the [Query Monitor plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/query-monitor/) –
   its “Languages” tab shows you exactly which translation files WordPress attempts
   to load and what filenames and paths it expects. That alone often reveals what’s
   off.
 * That said, could you email me those po/mo files at [bgadomski@teydeastudio.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localization-issue-17/bgadomski@teydeastudio.com?output_format=md)?
   I’d like to investigate directly and make sure everything lines up. I’ll get 
   back to you once I’ve had a look.
 * Best regards,
   Bartosz
 *  Thread Starter [Hanno](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bsoftde/)
 * (@bsoftde)
 * [2 months, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localization-issue-17/#post-18862795)
 * Hi Bartosz,
 * you should have received the files by now. Thanks in advance for your investigation.
 * Regards, Hanno
 *  Plugin Contributor [Bartosz Gadomski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bartoszgadomski/)
 * (@bartoszgadomski)
 * [2 months, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localization-issue-17/#post-18864789)
 * Thank you Hanno! Just replied to your email, hope that helps 🙂

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 * Last reply from: [Bartosz Gadomski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bartoszgadomski/)
 * Last activity: [2 months, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localization-issue-17/#post-18864789)
 * Status: resolved