Title: System
Last modified: February 22, 2021

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# System

 *  [markk26](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markk26/)
 * (@markk26)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/system/)
 * I’m using the Loco Translate plugin to translate a plugin, but initially I sent
   the translation to both the system folder (languages/plugins) as well as the 
   author’s folder (plugin/languages).
    As I realized that the translation only 
   worked on the author’s folder, I deleted the file from the system! But the issue
   is that the file always appears again in the system, giving a translation error
   on the frontend of my site! I delete it several times a day, but the file always
   appears in the folder again!

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 *  Plugin Author [Tim W](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timwhitlock/)
 * (@timwhitlock)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/system/#post-14089481)
 * Are you asking a question?
 * Loco Translate does not control your WordPress auto-updates. You will have to
   disable them, or control them with filters.
 * Also, WordPress gives priority to “system” translations over author-provided 
   translations. Loco Translate cannot control this order of priority either.
 * The recommended way to add your own translations is as documented: [https://localise.biz/wordpress/plugin/custom-translations](https://localise.biz/wordpress/plugin/custom-translations)
 *  Thread Starter [markk26](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markk26/)
 * (@markk26)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/system/#post-14090959)
 * No, I did not refer to WordPress updates!
    I said that at all times the translated
   file appears in the system folder, that is, languages/plugin, no matter how many
   times I delete this file, it will always appear alone, without me doing anything!
   In the end, when I check, I have the same file in 2 folders (both in the plugin/
   language folder and in the language/plugin folder) ! My question is: how to prevent
   Loco plugin from automatically creating the file in both folders ??
 *  Plugin Author [Tim W](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timwhitlock/)
 * (@timwhitlock)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/system/#post-14095999)
 * > No, I did not refer to WordPress updates!
 * I referred to WordPress updates, because WordPress routinely installs translation
   files without you doing anything. My plugin does not.
 * > how to prevent Loco plugin from automatically creating the file in both folders??
 * It doesn’t do this.
 * If you add a new file, that’s what it creates. If you find other files magically
   appearing in the WordPress languages directory then I suspect WordPress is installing
   them.

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 * Last reply from: [Tim W](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timwhitlock/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/system/#post-14095999)
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