load_child_theme_textdomain( string $domain, string $path = false )
Load the child themes translated strings.
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Description Description
If the current locale exists as a .mo file in the child themes root directory, it will be included in the translated strings by the $domain.
The .mo files must be named based on the locale exactly.
Parameters Parameters
- $domain
-
(string) (Required) Text domain. Unique identifier for retrieving translated strings.
- $path
-
(string) (Optional) Path to the directory containing the .mo file.
Default value: false
Return Return
(bool) True when the theme textdomain is successfully loaded, false otherwise.
Source Source
File: wp-includes/l10n.php
function load_child_theme_textdomain( $domain, $path = false ) {
if ( ! $path ) {
$path = get_stylesheet_directory();
}
return load_theme_textdomain( $domain, $path );
}
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Changelog Changelog
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 2.9.0 | Introduced. |
More Information More Information
Internationalization and localization (other common spellings are internationalisation and localisation) are means of adapting computer software to different languages.
- l10n is an abbreviation for localization.
- i18n 18 stands for the number of letters between the first i and last n in internationalization.
User Contributed Notes User Contributed Notes
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The load_child_theme_textdomain() function should generally be called from within the after_setup_theme action hook, just the same as with its related load_theme_textdomain() function.
/** * Loads the child theme textdomain. */ function wpdocs_child_theme_setup() { load_child_theme_textdomain( 'my_parent_theme', get_stylesheet_directory() . '/languages' ); } add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'wpdocs_child_theme_setup' );‘my_parent_theme’ = The name of the Main theme
The .mo files must use language-only filenames, like languages/de_DE.mo in your child theme directory.
Unlike plugin language files, a name like my_child_theme-de_DE.mo will NOT work. Although plugin language files allow you to specify the text-domain in the filename, this will NOT work with themes and child themes. Language files for themes should include the language shortcut ONLY.
Might be useful for beginners to also know that in the note above
‘wpdocs_child_theme_setup’ = The name of your child theme,
hence that needs to be changed in line 4 and line 7 in the code snippet shown above.
And in that same example the .mo and .po files are not uploaded to the child-theme root, but to a folder named languages inside the child-folder.