The easiest way to translate the plugin is by using the Loco Translate plugin.
Loco Translate is a plugin that allows you to translate your website's content into one language at a time, making it useful for single-language sites. It can not create multilingual websites!
Use WPMLor Polylang to create multilingual websites. MasterStudy is fully compatible with both plugins.
Install Loco Translate
Loco Translate is a free plugin that can be installed from WordPress's default repository.
In the WordPress dashboard go to Plugins>Add New Plugin:
On the opened page, search for Loco Translate, then install and activate it.
Change The Website and WordPress Language
When you change the website and/or WordPress language, the MasterStudy interface (plugin's static strings) will also change, as long as it has been translated into your chosen language.
You can check the list of translated languages in MasterStudy LMS .
Change the site Language
Open the general settings from the WordPress dashboard: Settings >General
Find the Site Language setting and select the language according to your needs:
Save the changes:
Change the WordPress (including plugins) Language
Go to Edit Profile on the upper-right corner:
Alternatively, you can also follow WordPress Dashboard > Users > Profile:
Find the Language setting then choose the one according to your needs:
Update the profile settings:
Create the Translation File
Before starting the translation, the translation file should be created.
Open the plugins page in Loco Translate by following Loco Translate > Plugins then choose MasterStudy LMS:
Seperate translation files should be created for free and pro versions of MasterStudy.
In the opened page click on New Language:
If you find the language you need in the list, you can freely edit it. There is no need to create it again:
Choose the language and select the last option (languages/plugin/...) as the location:
After clicking the Start Translation button, you will be directed to the Loco Translate editor where you can start translating the plugin strings.
Translation Process
The translation process is straightforward. Just write the translation to the designated area and save the changes:
Some words may start with special symbols like %s, %d, or &ab - these are variables. They can represent anything: a name, number, size, or date. You need to determine what they are from the context.
Do NOT translate them. You can only change the order of them in the sentence.
For instance:
Source text
Translation (Korean)
If you cannot find some strings you want to translate in the free version of the plugin, try searching in the pro version.
Example
Let's change the text inside the 'Preview this course' button. We will change it to 'Preview LOCO' just for testing.
Search for 'Preview this course' and write 'Preview LOCO' to the translation.
Save the changes:
Here is the result:
Update Translation File
Stylemixthemes cares about its clients, so we continuously add new and colorful features to our plugins to improve them. That's why it's important to keep your plugins up to date. During updates, new strings will be added or removed. After updating the plugin, you also need to synchronize it in the Loco Translate plugin.
Edit the language (translation file) that you are using:
Do NOT touch the 'Edit Template' button on this page. It may cause you to lose your translations.
Click on the Sync button and Save the changes. You can see what kind of changes were made:
Loco Translate
%s commented - "%d" on lesson %m in the course %n
%s 님이 강좌 %n의 강의 %m에 대해 "%d"라고 댓글을 남겼습니다.
On the website
Jane commented - "Hi" on lesson Intro in the course MasterStudy Basics
Jane 님이 강좌 MasterStudy Basics의 강의 Intro에 대해 'Hi'라고 댓글을 남겼습니다
Site Language setting in General Settings of WordPress
Saving the changes
Editing Profile
Editing Profile
Changing Language of the WordPress
Updating the Profile changes
Plugins page of Loco Translate
Creating New Language
Editing Existing Translation
Creating New Language
Example of the Translation process
Preview this course button on the Courses Page
Translation example
Always save the changes
The result
MasterStudy Free plugin page in Loco Translate
Synchronizing new strings
Info message shows what changes were made
Plugin Translation
The MasterStudy plugin includes many units, elements, and widgets with dynamic content. The entire website's content—such as pages, posts (courses and their contents), headers, and footers—is made up of these elements and widgets. You can add content directly by editing these pages, elements, and widgets.
If you want to translate your website that uses the MasterStudy plugin, make sure you have already added the content in the desired language to your pages, posts, and other areas.
Dynamic and Static Strings
So there are two types of strings when it comes to translating WordPress website:
Dynamic Strings - strings that have been entered by the user or can be modified by the user within the plugin or theme settings (no need for other plugins). For example, the name, description, and lessons of the courses, as well as textsinemails, are dynamic. You can change them directly to your language in the course builder or the plugin settings without any third-party plugins.
Static Strings - these are texts that are hard-coded in your WordPress themes or plugins. They remain the same unless someone manually changes them in the code. For example, you cannot edit texts in your plugin settings, menus in the student dashboard, or any texts inside buttons. These texts don’t change unless the developer updates the code. We need a third-party plugin to translate them.
Technically, translating static strings in WordPress is replacing one word with another, regardless of the language. Here comes to help.