WordPress: Internationalization (2016)

Course details

Want to take your WordPress site worldwide? WordPress's internationalization features allow developers to configure their code so they can be easily translated and localized. In this course, Carrie Dils introduces the specific functions and tools WordPress developers can use to make their code translation-ready. Learn how to use translation functions in WordPress and PHP, prep code for translation, adjust for special cases such as plurals, and internationalize your themes and plugins. Know another language? Find out how you can help the entire WordPress community by contributing to the WordPress translation project on GlotPress, an open-source platform used to translate WordPress.

Learning objectives
Why internationalization is important
Using the gettext() function
Translating strings, HTML, and JavaScript
Adding context for translations
Adding and loading text domains for WordPress themes and plugins
Translating using GlotPress

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome
02 - What you need to know
03 - Exercise files

1. Get to Know Internationalization

04 - Internationalization vs. localization
05 - Why internationalization is important
06 - Benefits of internationalization

2. Use Translation Functions

07 - What is gettext
08 - Translate strings
09 - Translate HTML
10 - Use placeholders
11 - Argument swapping
12 - Work with plurals
13 - Add context
14 - Translate JavaScript

3. Make Themes and Plugins Translation Ready

15 - Best practices for internationalization
16 - Add and load text domains
17 - Use text domains
18 - Tools to generate POT files
19 - Create POT, PO & MO files
20 - Automate with Grunt & Gulp
21 - Considering RTL

4. Continue Your Journey

22 - Translating for WordPress with GlotPress

Conclusion

23 - Next steps

WordPress: Internationalization (2016)

Authors

Carrie Dils