Title: Sync doesn’t work
Last modified: December 15, 2020

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# Sync doesn’t work

 *  Resolved [dkyriatzis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dkyriatzis/)
 * (@dkyriatzis)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sync-doesnt-work-2/)
 * Hello there,
    I’m trying to translate dokan Pro plugin but as i insert the greek
   language the system gives me this message ”PO file has different source strings
   to “dokan-pro.pot”. Try running Sync before making any changes.” As I try to 
   run the sync the strings from 3,037 goes to just 5. Any ideas of what’s the problem
   here? Thanks in advance

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 *  Plugin Author [Tim W](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timwhitlock/)
 * (@timwhitlock)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sync-doesnt-work-2/#post-13792079)
 * > I try to run the sync the strings from 3,037 goes to just 5
 * This will happen if you sync directly from source code (without a template) and
   the theme is not prepared for easy string extraction.
 * Don’t sync from source unless you are the theme author.
 * See
 * – [Working with POT files in Loco Translate](https://localise.biz/wordpress/plugin/manual/templates)
 * – [How can I add a language without a translation template?](https://localise.biz/wordpress/plugin/faqs/template-missing)
 *  Thread Starter [dkyriatzis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dkyriatzis/)
 * (@dkyriatzis)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sync-doesnt-work-2/#post-13792198)
 * Thank you for your fast responce!

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 * Last reply from: [dkyriatzis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dkyriatzis/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sync-doesnt-work-2/#post-13792198)
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