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Polylang Theme Strings
Automatic scanning of strings translation in the theme and registration of them in Polylang plugin. Extension for Polylang plugin.
The facts
- Rating
- 4★ from 37
- Active installs
- 5k+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 15 Aug 2018
- Added
- May 2015
- Requires WP
- 4.0
- Tested up to
- WP 4.9.31
- Downloads
- 104,849
Our analysis
AI-assistedPolylang Theme Strings is a WordPress plugin designed to enhance the functionality of the Polylang plugin. It automatically scans the template files and scripts of your active theme and plugins for translatable strings, adding them to the Polylang registry for easy management. This can simplify the process of developing multilingual projects by eliminating the need to manually enter strings for translation.
To use Polylang Theme Strings, you must have both the Polylang and Polylang Theme Strings plugins installed and active. It integrates seamlessly with the Polylang settings, allowing you to view and translate found strings directly from the administration panel. The plugin includes a settings page for deeper configuration of string searches and translations.
Best for: This plugin is suitable for developers working on multilingual WordPress projects.
What it does well
- ✓Automates the scanning of theme and plugin files for translatable strings
- ✓Integrates with the Polylang plugin for easy string management
- ✓Eliminates the need for manual entry of strings to translate
- ✓Includes a settings page for deeper configuration
Where it falls short
- •Requires both Polylang and Polylang Theme Strings to be active
- •Limited information on features beyond the basic functionality
Verdict
Polylang Theme Strings offers a straightforward solution for managing translations in multilingual sites, though it requires the Polylang plugin to function effectively.
From the developer
Modeewine's own description of Polylang Theme Strings, lightly tidied.
What is «Polylang Theme Strings» and what for is it?
This plugin gives additional features to the plugin Polylang. It automatically scans all templates files and scripts of the active WP theme (and all plugins) for available strings that can be translated. For example:
pll__('...');pll_e('...');
and adds them to the Polylang registery, after what you can manage the translation of finded strings using the administration panel. It will make your life easier for the development of multilanguage’s projects, because you will not need to enter the needed strings to translate manually – the plugin will do all the work for you.
Don’t forget that in the example are described the PHP-function calls, that is why they have to be inside of PHP-tags.
How works «Polylang Theme Strings»?
You have to install the plugins «Polylang» and «Polylang Theme Strings» on your multilanguage WordPress CMS project and they must be both active. When you are in the settings of plugin (Polylang) in the tab «Strings translation» the «Polylang Theme Strings» scans automatically the active theme of your project, find all the code strings that needed to be translated, adds them to the register, displays them on that page and gives to user the ability to translate these strings.
Like you can see, the «Polylang Theme Strings» is perfectly integrate with the «Polylang» plugin and works in automatically mode – it is comfortable, simple, and useful!
From version 4.0 «Polylang Theme Strings» got settings page where you can configure the search strings-translations more deeply.
Learn more in http://modeewine.com/en-polylang-theme-strings.
Tagged as
purpose
Multilingual & Translation
platform
WPML & Polylang
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