WP Contacts Translation

Posted on:September 23, 2022 at 03:24 PM

WP Contacts Translation using the included .pot file

The following information will show you how to translate the plugin into your language.

  1. Create a po file for your language, for example shwcp-de_DE.po
  2. Copy all text from provided plugin pot file (shwcp.pot) into your po file
  3. Edit the po file with poedit http://www.poedit.net/
  4. Create the mo file
  5. Name your translation files with WP Contacts text domain e.g. shwcp-de_DE.po and shwcp-de_DE.mo and save in the plugin lang directory.
  6. Edit wp-config.php file in your installation and set WPLANG so it matches your languages: define(‘WPLANG’, ‘de_DE’);
    or if WordPress version 4+ just select your language in Admin under Settings -> General -> Site Language.

Plugin should now display all messages in your language.

— BACKUP YOUR LANGUAGE PO/MO FILES  —

On a plugin update, language files are NOT preserved.
You will need to manually restore your po/mo files right after the update.