Poedit

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Poedit Translation

We’re going to be using the free version of Poedit. You will need to install and activate the software before the process. It is more of an alternative option as per your requirements.

Prerequisites:

Before you start translating, you must have the following:

.POT file – You will find this in the plugin folder > Languages > .pot file
A free version of POEdit software.

Download Poedit Software

Translation Process:

You need to use POEdit to open the.POT file to create .po(Portable Object) file and transform it into.mo(Machine Object) files.

Here, .POT is the file created when you translate your POT file to a particular language. For example, fr_FR.po.

.MO is the file that the machine can read, it’s a binary file. You’ll have to convert your .po file to .mo file. For example, fr_FR.mo.

Steps:

Get your .pot file from the languages folder
open the file into poedit software

Select the language in which you want to translate the plugin.

Now translate the strings one by one. Once finished, click on the “Save” button and rename the file adding the slug of the plugin.

the .po and .mo files will be created automatically in the “languages” folder of the plugin.

Change the language of your WordPress site from Settings > General > Language

All Done.

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