{"id":4977,"date":"2021-04-12T14:20:34","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T14:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentials.pixfort.com\/knowledge-base\/?p=4977"},"modified":"2022-04-07T19:11:40","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T19:11:40","slug":"how-to-translate-the-theme-from-the-child-theme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentials.pixfort.com\/knowledge-base\/how-to-translate-the-theme-from-the-child-theme\/","title":{"rendered":"How to translate the theme from the child theme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Essentials theme is translation-ready. The theme includes a \/languages<\/code> directory in the root and a .pot<\/em> that includes all strings that are ready for translation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The typical way to translate a WordPress theme requires that you use .po<\/em> and .mo<\/em> files in the \/languages<\/code> directory of the theme. However, if you make any edits to a parent theme, including adding translation files to the theme, your edits will be overwritten (and completely lost) once the theme is updated. So this is not a good method.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead, it is best to upload your translation files directly to your child theme \/languages<\/code> folder. Follow the steps below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Use Poedit (or similar tool) to create translation files.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Find the needed .pot<\/em> file in the \/languages<\/code> directory, which is located in the root of essentials theme folder. Use that .pot<\/em> file in a translation tool like Poedit<\/a> to create your .po<\/em> and .mo<\/em> translation files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Edit child theme functions.php file.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Add the following code to the functions.php<\/em> file:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

function child_theme_slug_setup() {\n   load_child_theme_textdomain( 'essentials', get_stylesheet_directory() . '\/languages' );\n}\nadd_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'child_theme_slug_setup' );<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
3. Add your translation files.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Upload your .po<\/em> and .mo<\/em> files to the \/wp-content\/themes\/essentials-child\/languages<\/code> directory. If you do not have a \/languages<\/code> folder in your child theme, create it. The file names should follow this format: fr_FR.po<\/code> & fr_FR.mo<\/code> (example for French translation). Your file names should not<\/em><\/strong> include the theme slug.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Translating pixfort core plugin<\/strong> (Optional):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Add the following code to the functions.php<\/em> file:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
function child_theme_plugin_slug_setup() {\n   load_child_theme_textdomain( 'pixfort-core', get_stylesheet_directory() . '\/languages' );\n}\nadd_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'child_theme_plugin_slug_setup' );<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
To translate pixfort core<\/strong> plugin you should translate the .pot file of the plugin which you can find in the plugin directory inside the \/languages<\/code> directory, after that add the .mo<\/code> & .po<\/code> translation files into the same \/languages<\/code> directory in the child theme, the translation files of the plugins should have the plugin name as a prefix, for example pixfort core<\/strong> translation files names (for French language) should be pixfort-core-fr_FR.mo<\/code> & pixfort-core-fr_FR.mo<\/code>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Essentials theme is translation-ready. The theme includes a \/languages directory in the root and a .pot that includes all strings that are ready for translation. The typical way to translate a WordPress theme requires that you use .po and .mo files in the \/languages directory of the theme. 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