Language Fallback

Description

Starting with WordPress 4.3, you can use languages such as “Deutsch (Sie)” (formal German) in your WordPress installation. But if the themes or plugins you are using do not have a
translation file for this language, WordPress would use the default language, usually English, instead. With the help of this plugin, you can set a fallback for your chosen language.
Every time a translation file is loaded, the plugin will then load the fallback, if a translation for the originally chosen language was not found.

A list of all of my plugins can be found on the WordPress Plugin page on my blog kau-boys.com.

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Installation

Install the plugin as usual from the plugins page on your dashboard (by search or uploaded ZIP file) or upload it with FTP. You should than choose your fallback language in “Settings > General”.

FAQ

Does this plugin only work with formal German?

No. You can choose any fallback language that fits your original language. Think about fallbacks from “Spanish (Mexico)” to “Spanish”.

Do I need to manually install the fallback language?

No. The plugin will automatically download the fallback language if it is not already installed.

Reviews

Effektive Sprachunterstützung mit Language-Fallback

o.heinrich March 10, 2023

Als Nutzer des WordPress Plugins “Language-Fallback” bin ich ?u?erst zufrieden mit der hervorragenden Unterstützung für mehrsprachige Websites. Die Funktion des Plugins, automatisch die Sprache einer Seite zu erkennen und eine entsprechende Fallback Sprache anzuzeigen, funktioniert einwandfrei und tr?gt dazu bei, dass Besucher aus verschiedenen Sprachregionen eine bessere Benutzererfahrung haben. Besonders beeindruckend finde ich, wie einfach das Plugin zu installieren und zu konfigurieren ist. Ich sch?tze auch die reibungslose Integration mit anderen WordPress-Plugins und -Themes. Es gab keinerlei Konflikte oder Probleme bei der Verwendung von Language-Fallback in Verbindung mit anderen Erweiterungen. Insgesamt kann ich das WordPress-Plugin Language-Fallback jedem empfehlen, der eine mehrsprachige Website betreibt oder betreiben m?chte.

Eigentlich ein muss für jede deutsche Seite

protostern May 2, 2021

Wer bei einer deutschen (Firmen)Seite seine Besucher nicht versehentlich mit ‘Du’ anreden will, für den ist dieses Plugin ein Muss. Danke Bernhard!

Works like a charm

Matt Jaworski April 7, 2020

Great tool for falling back to Spanish (Spain) from partially (or not at all) translated Spanish versions like Mexico, Colombia etc.

Best

Andrea February 18, 2019

Best solution for me. Using “German_formal” and “German”…this plugin simply helps me out of missing translations.

This plugin saved my day

kastoberlin September 22, 2018

I didn’t realize that when wordpress is set to an altertative language variant such as german_formal that there is no fallback to german if a plugin does not have a complete translation to this variant. The functionality of this plugin should definitelty be included in WP core. Great work!

Simple y útil

Felipe Romero June 15, 2018

Imprescindible en instalaciones para variedades del idioma Espa?ol, como Espa?ol de México.

Contributors & Developers

Changelog

2.0.0

• Implement a solution for “_load_textdomain_just_in_time” function not loading the fallback “.mo” files
• Time invested for this release: 150min

1.0.5

• Increment Tested up to
• Time invested for this release: 10min

1.0.4

• Remove the languages folder and prepare the plugin for automated deployments
• Time invested for this release: 10min

1.0.3

• Implementing the fallback locales as an array
• Time invested for this release: 10min

1.0.2

• Bumping version number
• Time invested for this release: 2min

1.0.1

• Small bugfix for the filter
• Time invested for this release: 15min

1.0.0

• Intitial release of the plugin
• Time invested for this release: 200min