Title: Make the plugin translatable
Last modified: August 16, 2024

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# Make the plugin translatable

 *  Resolved [Presskopp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/presskopp/)
 * (@presskopp)
 * [1 year, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-the-plugin-translatable-3/)
 * Your plugin unfortunately isn’t translatable, see [https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-contributions/](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-contributions/).
   If you like to change this, I’d be happy to provide a german translation, and
   I also can try to make some more polyglots people translating it. It’s an offer,
   not a demand.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fmake-the-plugin-translatable-3%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Michael Beckwith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tw2113/)
 * (@tw2113)
 * The BenchPresser
 * [1 year, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-the-plugin-translatable-3/#post-17958575)
 * Looks like we originally missed one thing, before I took over as the developer
   from my employer WebDevStudios:
 * [https://github.com/tw2113/WP-Contributions/blob/master/wp-contributions.php#L2-L13](https://github.com/tw2113/WP-Contributions/blob/master/wp-contributions.php#L2-L13)
 * Need to specify the textdomain in the plugin header area.
 * Beyond that, I’m looking around the files and the hardcoded strings and we were
   really good about using the gettext functions and we load the textdomain at [https://github.com/tw2113/WP-Contributions/blob/master/wp-contributions.php#L72](https://github.com/tw2113/WP-Contributions/blob/master/wp-contributions.php#L72)
 * If you know if/that the Polyglots UI depends on the plugin header textdomain 
   property, then I can get that fixed up pretty readily, and probably should anyway,
   even before confirmation on their UI depending on it, just in case.
 *  Thread Starter [Presskopp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/presskopp/)
 * (@presskopp)
 * [1 year, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-the-plugin-translatable-3/#post-17960414)
 * You find all relevant information here:
   [https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/internationalization/how-to-internationalize-your-plugin/](https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/internationalization/how-to-internationalize-your-plugin/)
   So you will see you don’t **need** the Text Domain header.
 *  Plugin Author [Michael Beckwith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tw2113/)
 * (@tw2113)
 * The BenchPresser
 * [1 year, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-the-plugin-translatable-3/#post-17962737)
 * I have to believe it’s either the header, or maybe we shouldn’t be running some
   things on `plugins_loaded` hook, because a good amount of the text should all
   be translation ready already.
 * I’ll get it figured out one way or another.
 *  Plugin Author [Michael Beckwith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tw2113/)
 * (@tw2113)
 * The BenchPresser
 * [1 year, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-the-plugin-translatable-3/#post-17999441)
 * Added the textdomain to the plugin header
 * Also removed the local languages folder in favor of letting WP.org handle more
   things, so hopefully it gets marked as translation ready soon. Beyond that, I’m
   not sure what’s preventing things, because we have the spots in place and the
   textdomain getting loaded.
 * Not sure how long it takes for [https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-contributions/](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-contributions/)
   to refresh its checks.
 *  Plugin Author [Michael Beckwith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tw2113/)
 * (@tw2113)
 * The BenchPresser
 * [1 year, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-the-plugin-translatable-3/#post-17999783)
 * [@presskopp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/presskopp/) Looks like it’s 
   good to go via .org translation tools.

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 * Last reply from: [Michael Beckwith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tw2113/)
 * Last activity: [1 year, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-the-plugin-translatable-3/#post-17999783)
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