{"id":478,"date":"2015-07-29T11:06:19","date_gmt":"2015-07-29T11:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poeditor.com\/blog\/?p=478"},"modified":"2023-10-16T13:58:57","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T13:58:57","slug":"how-to-translate-wordpress-themes-and-plugins-using-the-poeditor-localization-plugin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poeditor.com\/blog\/how-to-translate-wordpress-themes-and-plugins-using-the-poeditor-localization-plugin\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use the POEditor plugin for WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With POEditor\u2019s localization plugin for WordPress, you can manage your WordPress language files between POEditor and WP, from within\u00a0your WP dashboard. Download and install the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/poeditor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">POEditor WordPress\u00a0translation\u00a0plugin<\/a>\u00a0according to the instructions in the\u00a0<strong>Installation\u00a0<\/strong>tab. Then follow this step by step guide to set up your localization workflow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to manage the WordPress localization workflow<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/poeditor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/screenshot-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-482 size-medium\" title=\"Link local language file to a language in a POEditor translation project\" src=\"https:\/\/poeditor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/screenshot-2-300x247.png\" alt=\"Assign local language file to translation project - POEditor localization management platform\" width=\"300\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/poeditor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/screenshot-2-300x247.png 300w, https:\/\/poeditor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/screenshot-2.png 911w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Step 1:&nbsp;<\/strong>Go to your POEditor account, click on your username in the navigation bar and then go to&nbsp;Account Settings &gt; API&nbsp;Access. Generate&nbsp;an<strong>&nbsp;API token<\/strong>&nbsp;and copy it to the POEditor plugin in your WordPress account, where it says&nbsp;<strong>POEditor API KEY<\/strong>.&nbsp;A page will be generated, with all the software localization projects in your POEditor account (if you have any) and your local WordPress language files.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Step 2:&nbsp;<\/strong>Click on&nbsp;<strong>Create project&nbsp;<\/strong>in the POEditor plugin&nbsp;to start a new translation&nbsp;project. A corresponding project will be created in your account on the POEditor localization platform.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Step 3:&nbsp;Add&nbsp;a language<\/strong>&nbsp;in the POEditor plugin to the newly created project, and then link a WordPress language file to it by clicking on&nbsp;<strong>Assign file.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Step 4:&nbsp;<\/strong>Press&nbsp;<strong>Export&nbsp;<\/strong>to send the terms from your local WordPress language file (.po or .pot) to your project on the POEditor software localization&nbsp;platform.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>After you sent the terms from your local WordPress .po or .pot file\u00a0to the POEditor localization platform, the translation process can begin. From the POEditor interface, you can assign contributors to each language\u00a0to collaboratively translate the terms. Or you can\u00a0<a href=\"\/kb\/tips-about-public-projects\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">make the translation project public<\/a>\u00a0on POEditor, so people can volunteer to translate the languages in your WordPress localization project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to add more languages to the translation project, repeat step 3. Don\u2019t have a corresponding language file in your WordPress account to assign to the language you\u2019ve added? You can use the POEditor plugin to create a new .po (and a matching&nbsp;.mo) file&nbsp;in the desired location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If&nbsp;you use the POEditor localization platform instead of the plugin to add languages (or projects), just click&nbsp;on&nbsp;<strong>Refresh online projects list<\/strong>&nbsp;and they will appear in the POEditor WP plugin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Step 5:\u00a0<\/strong>Bring back to WordPress the localized languages from the POEditor <a href=\"\/blog\/what-is-localization-platform\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">localization platform<\/a>. You can do this at any time, regardless of the translation\u2019s progress. Just click in the POEditor plugin on\u00a0<strong>Import<\/strong>\u00a0(for individual languages)\u00a0or\u00a0<strong>Import all\u00a0<\/strong>(to fetch all\u00a0the linked languages in the translation project).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Following&nbsp;these simple steps, you can translate WordPress themes or plugins more efficiently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What each button in the POEditor WP translation plugin does<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To make everything crystal clear, below&nbsp;is a list of the buttons in the POEditor plugin. Each has a short descriptions of the actions&nbsp;it performs.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/poeditor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/screenshot-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"246\" src=\"https:\/\/poeditor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/screenshot-1-300x246.png\" alt=\"POEditor WordPress translation plugin - Main page\" class=\"wp-image-486\" title=\"POEditor WordPress translation plugin - Main page\" srcset=\"https:\/\/poeditor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/screenshot-1-300x246.png 300w, https:\/\/poeditor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/screenshot-1.png 917w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Change API Key<\/strong>:&nbsp;lets you change the API Key in the POEditor plugin, in case it&nbsp;was&nbsp;changed in the connected POEditor account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Reset plugin<\/strong>:&nbsp;deletes all the local file assignments and detaches the WordPress installation from the POEditor accont.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Refresh online projects list<\/strong>:&nbsp;updates in the plugin the list of all the projects and languages in the connected POEditor account, along with their progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Assign file<\/strong>: links a language in a POEditor translation project to a local WordPress language file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Import<\/strong>: brings to WordPress the .po and .mo files (containing both terms and translations) from the POEditor localization platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Export<\/strong>: sends the terms from the assigned WordPress language file to the corresponding POEditor localization project. Doesn&#8217;t touch the translations in the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sync<\/strong>:&nbsp;sends the terms and the translations from the assigned WordPress language file to the corresponding language in the POEditor localization project. Also&nbsp; overwrites the existing translations and deletes the obsolete terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Import all<\/strong>: brings the .po and .mo files for all the languages to WordPress, from the POEditor localization platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Add language to<\/strong>:&nbsp;creates a new language in the translation project on the POEditor localization platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Create project<\/strong>:&nbsp;creates a project in the connected POEditor account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rescan for language files<\/strong>: searches WordPress for .po and .pot language files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations! You now know everything about POEditor&#8217;s translation plugin for WordPress. You should be able to effortlessly integrate the POEditor <a href=\"\/translation-management-system\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">localization management platform<\/a> into your\u00a0workflow. Is anything you&#8217;d like to further discuss about\u00a0the plugin? Just drop us a line in the comments or use the <a href=\"\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">contact form<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With POEditor\u2019s localization plugin for WordPress, you can manage your WordPress language files between POEditor and WP, from within\u00a0your WP dashboard. Download and install the\u00a0POEditor WordPress\u00a0translation\u00a0plugin\u00a0according to the instructions in the\u00a0Installation\u00a0tab. Then follow this step by step guide to set up your localization workflow. 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