Title: WP_Translations::make_entry
Published: April 3, 2024
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# WP_Translations::make_entry( string $original, string $translations ): 󠀁[Translation_Entry](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/translation_entry/)󠁿

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_translations/make_entry/?output_format=md#description)
    - [See also](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_translations/make_entry/?output_format=md#see-also)
 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_translations/make_entry/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_translations/make_entry/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_translations/make_entry/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_translations/make_entry/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_translations/make_entry/?output_format=md#changelog)

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This function’s access is marked private. This means it is not intended for use 
by plugin or theme developers, only by core. It is listed here for completeness.

Builds a [Translation_Entry](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/translation_entry/)
from original string and translation strings.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_translations/make_entry/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

### 󠀁[See also](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_translations/make_entry/?output_format=md#see-also)󠁿

 * [MO::make_entry()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/MO/make_entry/)

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_translations/make_entry/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$original`stringrequired

Original string to translate from MO file. Might contain 0x04 as context separator
or 0x00 as singular/plural separator.

`$translations`stringrequired

Translation strings from MO file.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_translations/make_entry/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 [Translation_Entry](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/translation_entry/)
Entry instance.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_translations/make_entry/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    private function make_entry( $original, $translations ): Translation_Entry {
    	$entry = new Translation_Entry();

    	// Look for context, separated by \4.
    	$parts = explode( "\4", $original );
    	if ( isset( $parts[1] ) ) {
    		$original       = $parts[1];
    		$entry->context = $parts[0];
    	}

    	$entry->singular     = $original;
    	$entry->translations = explode( "\0", $translations );
    	$entry->is_plural    = count( $entry->translations ) > 1;

    	return $entry;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/l10n/class-wp-translations.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/l10n/class-wp-translations.php#L88)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/l10n/class-wp-translations.php#L88-L103)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_translations/make_entry/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [Translation_Entry::__construct()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/translation_entry/__construct/)`wp-includes/pomo/entry.php` |  |

| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_Translations::__get()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_translations/__get/)`wp-includes/l10n/class-wp-translations.php` |

Magic getter for backward compatibility.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_translations/make_entry/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [6.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/6.5.0/) | Introduced. |

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