Localization

Generating language files

1. Open package.json and add a script for generating language files:

{
  "name": "sage",
  ...
  "scripts": {
    ...
    "pot": "mkdir -p ./resources/lang && find ./resources ./app -iname '*.php' | xargs xgettext --add-comments=TRANSLATORS --force-po --from-code=UTF-8 --default-domain=de_DE -k__ -k_e -k_n:1,2 -k_x:1,2c -k_ex:1,2c -k_nx:4c,12 -kesc_attr__ -kesc_attr_e -kesc_attr_x:1,2c -kesc_html__ -kesc_html_e -kesc_html_x:1,2c -k_n_noop:1,2 -k_nx_noop:3c,1,2, -k__ngettext_noop:1,2 -o resources/lang/sage.pot && find ./resources -iname '*.blade.php' | xargs xgettext --language=Python --add-comments=TRANSLATORS --force-po --from-code=UTF-8 --default-domain=de_DE -k__ -k_e -k_n:1,2 -k_x:1,2c -k_ex:1,2c -k_nx:4c,12 -kesc_attr__ -kesc_attr_e -kesc_attr_x:1,2c -kesc_html__ -kesc_html_e -kesc_html_x:1,2c -k_n_noop:1,2 -k_nx_noop:3c,1,2, -k__ngettext_noop:1,2 -j -o resources/lang/sage.pot"
  },
}

2. Run yarn pot from your theme directory to generate the language files. In case of an error, install/update coreutils, findutils and/or gettext on homebrew.
   
   
3. Open the generated .pot file with Poedit, select "Create new translation", save .mo & .po files in the resources/lang folder with the correct name syntax (eg. fr_FR, en_US)

When adding/removing translations in templates, run yarn pot again, then select "Catalog > Update from a POT file" in Poedit.

Loading language files

Add the following to app/setup.php:

add_action('after_setup_theme', function () {
    load_theme_textdomain('sage', get_template_directory() . '/resources/lang');
});

Make sure language files exist in the resources/lang directory.

Polylang and Sage

• Install BenjaminMedia/wp-polylang-theme-strings
• Replace __() with pll__() in your templates

Need to also translate strings from the app/ folder? See Sage_Polylang_Theme_Translation.