Translating Static Strings
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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 WPML or other related plugins to create multilingual websites.
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.
When you change the website and/or WordPress language, the Motors interface (plugin's static strings) will also change, as long as it has been translated into your chosen 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:
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:
Open the plugins page in Loco Translate by following Loco Translate > Plugins then choose Motors - Car Dealer, CLassfieds & Listings:
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.
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:
Loco Translate
%s commented - "%d" on listing %m
%s comentó - "%d" en el listado %m
On the website
Jane commented - "Nice car" on listing BMW X7
Jane comentó - "Nice Car" en el listado BMW X7
Let's change the text inside the 'TRADE IN FORM' button. We will change it to 'TRADE IN (LOCO)' just for testing.
Search for 'Trade in form' and write 'Trade in (LOCO)' to the translation and save the changes:
Here is the result:
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.
Follow WP Dashboard -> Loco Translate -> Plugins -> Motors - Car Dealer, Classifieds & Dealership and click on the Edit Template button:
Click on the Sync button to start synchronization:
You can see what kind of changes were made. Click on the Save button:
