Translation to Spainish doesn't work

Did Loco save a MO file at <DomainPath>/wp_kildo-es_ES.mo inside your plugin folder?

So this is your own plugin? Are you loading the text domain correctly when your admin pages load? Perhaps you could provide a download link to your source code. Otherwise I’m guessing.

Yes Tim, it’s created
wp_kildo-es_ES.mo and wp_kildo-es_ES.po under <DomainPath>/languages/

And i am loading it like that

// Load translation files
add_action( ‘plugins_loaded’, ‘wp_kildo_load_plugin_textdomain’ );
function wp_kildo_load_plugin_textdomain() {
load_plugin_textdomain( ‘wp_kildo’, false, plugin_dir_url(__FILE__) . ‘/languages’ );
}

And here is sample of my plugin just to test translation
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0LLr-wdE_T6TlRTUE5MUVlkV0U/view?usp=sharing

Thanks in advance

All my plugin does is create the files. If they exist then the problem is with how you’re telling WordPress to load them. Loco does not interfere with this process at all.

The load_plugin_textdomain function takes a relative path. I’ve no idea what your STORE_LOCATOR_PLUGIN_URL contains, but I suspect that’s your problem. You should debug the load_plugin_textdomain function to see why your targeting is incorrect.

Also I notice from your examples that sometimes you are using an underscore (above) and other times a hyphen (in your code). something to be careful of.

Thanks for your reply

Sorry it’s a mistake while coping the code to test plugin to simplify the plugin code

It should be wp-kildo_PLUGIN_URL instead of STORE_LOCATOR_PLUGIN_URL
It should all hyphen not underscore as in example files.

Also i tried relative path and absolute path for function “load_plugin_textdomain”

Thanks in advance

Have you debugged the load_plugin_textdomain and looked at the exact path WordPress is trying to load?

Yes it looked at the correct path

And the path is readable? If so the problem must be in your actual translation calls. Perhaps you are trying to display them before they are loaded. I’m guessing now.

This question isn’t related related to my plugin now as we’ve established the files exist and are named correctly. I am marking as resolved for this reason.

If you need general help with localising your plugin please post complete code that can be installed and tested.

I established my plugin without existing of translation files. My plugin is just file called wp-kildo.php contain this code

<?php
/*
  Plugin Name: wp kildo
  Description: wp kildo
  Version: 1.0
  Text Domain: wp-kildo
  License: GPL
 */

if (!defined('ABSPATH')) {
    exit; // Exit if accessed directly
}

define('wp_kildo_PLUGIN_URL', plugin_dir_url(__FILE__));
define('wp_kildo_PLUGIN_PATH', plugin_dir_path(__FILE__));

//create 'wp-kildo' custom post type
add_action('init', 'wp_kildo_init');
function wp_kildo_init() {
    $labels = array(
        'name' => __('Kildo', 'wp-kildo'),
        'singular_name' => __('Kildo', 'wp-kildo'),
        'menu_name' => __(' Kildo', 'wp-kildo'),
        'name_admin_bar' => __('Kildo', 'wp-kildo'),
        'add_new' => __('Add New Kildo', 'wp-kildo'),
        'add_new_item' => __('Add New Kildo', 'wp-kildo'),
        'new_item' => __('New Kildo', 'wp-kildo'),
        'edit_item' => __('Edit Kildo', 'wp-kildo'),
        'view_item' => __('View Kildo', 'wp-kildo'),
        'all_items' => __('Kildo List', 'wp-kildo'),
        'search_items' => __('Search Kildo', 'wp-kildo'),
        'parent_item_colon' => __('Kildo Kildo:', 'wp-kildo'),
        'not_found' => __('No Kildo found.', 'wp-kildo'),
        'not_found_in_trash' => __('No Kildo found in Trash.', 'wp-kildo')
    );

    $args = array(
        'labels' => $labels,
        'description' => __('Description.', 'wp-kildo'),
        'public' => true,
        'show_ui' => true,
        'show_in_menu' => true,
        'query_var' => true,
        'rewrite' => array('slug' => 'wp-kildo'),
        'capability_type' => 'post',
        'has_archive' => true,
        'hierarchical' => false,
        'menu_position' => null,
        'menu_icon' => "dashicons-location-alt",
        'supports' => array('thumbnail')
    );

    register_post_type('wp-kildo', $args);
}

// Load translation files if exists
add_action( 'plugins_loaded', 'wp_kildo_load_plugin_textdomain' );
function wp_kildo_load_plugin_textdomain() {
    load_plugin_textdomain( 'wp-kildo', false, wp_kildo_PLUGIN_URL );
}

After installing the plugin i use your loco plugin to create translation files (Spanish) and i added translation to spanish and save.

But nothing appeared in spanish for my plugin.

You can install these code and test as you wish.
I hope you can find the issue

Thanks in advance

I don’t think you have properly debugged the function as I suggested, because I can immediately see that wp_kildo_PLUGIN_URL produces a URL, not a path.

Add the following code to inspect the MO file paths:

add_action('load_textdomain', 'debug_load_textdomain', 10, 2 );
function debug_load_textdomain( $domain, $mofile ){
    if( 'wp-kildo' === $domain ){
        echo '<pre>',esc_html($mofile),'</pre>';
    }
}

Thanks a lot Tim for your help.

I already did debugging for the path but not with this hook. I tried it relative and absolute (in my hook)

Now It’s working! i debugged it in your hook and get the right path now

Thanks again for your help