{"id":68670,"date":"2016-04-12T04:46:48","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T08:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/?p=68670"},"modified":"2016-06-30T05:57:58","modified_gmt":"2016-06-30T09:57:58","slug":"wordpress-blogging-themes-how-to-add-theme-localization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wordpress-blogging-themes-how-to-add-theme-localization.html","title":{"rendered":"WordPress Blogging Themes. How to add theme localization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This tutorial shows how to add <strong>theme localization<\/strong> in WordPress Blogging Themes.<\/p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pRPQifk8Ogo?width=1280&amp;height=720\" rel=\"prettyPhoto\">WordPress Blogging Themes. How to add theme localization<\/a>\r\n\r\n<p>In order to start adding a theme localization, please download and install <strong>PoEdit<\/strong> software at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/poedit.net\/download\">https:\/\/poedit.net\/download<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n<li><p>Connect to server via <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/help\/how-upload-files-server-2.html\">FTP<\/a> or open <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/help\/how-to-manage-filesfolders-permissions-with-total-commander-filezilla-and-cpanel-webhost-manager-whm.html\">cPanel File manager<\/a>. Download the <strong>wp-content\/themes\/your_theme\/languages\/your_theme.pot<\/strong> file. Please note that your_theme is the theme folder name on server.<\/p><\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n  <p>Next, open the <strong>PoEdit<\/strong> software, click the <strong>Create new translation<\/strong> button and select corresponding language in the <strong>Translation Language<\/strong> field. Next, navigate to <strong>Catalog -> Properties<\/strong> and make sure that correct language is selected:<\/p>\r\n<a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Wordpress-Blogging-Themes.-How-to-add-theme-localization-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Wordpress-Blogging-Themes.-How-to-add-theme-localization-1-300x210.png\" alt=\"Wordpress Blogging Themes. How to add theme localization-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-68671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Wordpress-Blogging-Themes.-How-to-add-theme-localization-1-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Wordpress-Blogging-Themes.-How-to-add-theme-localization-1-150x105.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Wordpress-Blogging-Themes.-How-to-add-theme-localization-1.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li><p>Start adding your translations into the <strong>Translation<\/strong> field. You can type in translations or use suggestions on the right:<\/p>\r\n<a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Wordpress-Blogging-Themes.-How-to-add-theme-localization-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Wordpress-Blogging-Themes.-How-to-add-theme-localization-2-300x210.png\" alt=\"Wordpress Blogging Themes. How to add theme localization-2\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-68672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Wordpress-Blogging-Themes.-How-to-add-theme-localization-2-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Wordpress-Blogging-Themes.-How-to-add-theme-localization-2-150x105.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Wordpress-Blogging-Themes.-How-to-add-theme-localization-2.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n    <p>Click the <strong>Save<\/strong> button at the top of PoEdit and save file with the corresponding language code. Feel free to use the following link to find correct language code: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/polyglots\/teams\">https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/polyglots\/teams\/<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n <a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Wordpress-Blogging-Themes.-How-to-add-theme-localization-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Wordpress-Blogging-Themes.-How-to-add-theme-localization-3-300x210.png\" alt=\"Wordpress Blogging Themes. How to add theme localization-3\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-68673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Wordpress-Blogging-Themes.-How-to-add-theme-localization-3-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Wordpress-Blogging-Themes.-How-to-add-theme-localization-3-150x105.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Wordpress-Blogging-Themes.-How-to-add-theme-localization-3.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n<\/li>\r\n <li>\r\n    <p>After saving the changes, <strong>.po<\/strong> and <strong>.mo<\/strong> language files will appear in the directory you&#8217;ve downloaded language file to. Upload these files to the <strong>wp-content\/themes\/your_theme\/languages<\/strong> folder on server.<\/p>\r\n  <\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n    <p>Navigate to WordPress Dashboard and open the <strong>Settings -> General<\/strong> tab, scroll down and select the corresponding language in the <strong>Site Language<\/strong> field, save changes:<\/p>\r\n    <a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Wordpress-Blogging-Themes.-How-to-add-theme-localization-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Wordpress-Blogging-Themes.-How-to-add-theme-localization-4-300x210.png\" alt=\"Wordpress Blogging Themes. How to add theme localization-4\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-68674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Wordpress-Blogging-Themes.-How-to-add-theme-localization-4-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Wordpress-Blogging-Themes.-How-to-add-theme-localization-4-150x105.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Wordpress-Blogging-Themes.-How-to-add-theme-localization-4.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n  <\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n <p>Refresh your website front-end to see that translation was added successfully.<\/p><\/li>\r\n <\/ol>\r\n<p>Feel free to check the detailed video tutorial below:<\/p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pRPQifk8Ogo?width=1280&amp;height=720\" rel=\"prettyPhoto\">WordPress Blogging Themes. 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