Hi,
The reason I am not using the __() function for the customizer settings is because localization functions shouldn’t be used to translate dynamic data such as variables or user input, these functions should only be used to localize “fixed” strings.
When you translated them via the string translations settings did everything work correctly in the secondary language but not the primary? If so, I’m thinking maybe this could be an issue with the setup as perhaps WPML is using the string translation for all languages as opposed to using the default customizer values for the primary one.
The Customizer is a core WordPress function and there are hooks available to modify the return value of theme mods – https://developer.www.ads-software.com/reference/hooks/theme_mod_name/ – so translation plugins should be able to hook into these to modify the return value and provide native support.
When looking at their docs, this is the only thing they mention in the docs – https://wpml.org/documentation/getting-started-guide/string-translation/finding-strings-that-dont-appear-on-the-string-translation-page/#strings-arent-selected-for-translation – which is basically just to search and register the theme mods, essentially as I mentioned above.
Now, since you are using a child theme it would be possible for you to manually register the strings with WMPM instead of using their admin panel. I wrote some sample code for you based on their docs here: https://wpml.org/documentation/support/translation-for-texts-by-other-plugins-and-themes/
if ( function_exists( 'icl_register_string' ) ) {
$easy_nb_settings = array(
'message' => esc_html( 'This is your default message which you can use to announce a sale or discount.', 'easy-notification-bar' ),
'button_text' => esc_html( 'Get started', 'easy-notification-bar' ),
'button_link' => 'https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/easy-notification-bar/',
);
$easy_nb_mods = get_theme_mod( 'easy_nb' );
foreach( $easy_nb_settings as $key => $default ) {
$mod = $easy_nb_mods[$key] ?? $default; //note: this code requires PHP 7.0+
do_action( 'wpml_register_single_string','Easy Notification Bar', 'easy_nb__' . $key, $mod );
}
}
One more thing to mention, looking at their pricing page it seems that only their more expensive solutions offer support for “Translate texts in theme and plugins admin” – so perhaps if you are on the basic solution you aren’t able to actually properly translate customizer settings?
I can try my best to assist but can only help so much without having access to the latest version of the premium WPML plugin or a deeper understanding on it’s internal functions. And since the plugin is only using native WordPress functions it should be supported by all 3rd party plugins.
If you do contact WPML and get a response from them, I would love to know what the fix was incase any other customer runs into similar issues. Thanks!
– AJ
