Loads the theme’s translated strings.
Description
If the current locale exists as a .mo file in the theme’s 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
$domain
stringrequired- Text domain. Unique identifier for retrieving translated strings.
$path
string|falseoptional- Path to the directory containing the .mo file.
Default:
false
Source
return false;
}
if ( ! $path ) {
$path = get_template_directory();
}
$wp_textdomain_registry->set_custom_path( $domain, $path );
// If just-in-time loading was triggered before, reset the entry so it can be tried again.
if ( isset( $l10n[ $domain ] ) && $l10n[ $domain ] instanceof NOOP_Translations ) {
unset( $l10n[ $domain ] );
}
return true;
}
/**
* Loads the child theme's translated strings.
*
* If the current locale exists as a .mo file in the child theme's
* root directory, it will be included in the translated strings by the $domain.
*
* The .mo files must be named based on the locale exactly.
*
* @since 2.9.0
*
* @param string $domain Text domain. Unique identifier for retrieving translated strings.
* @param string|false $path Optional. Path to the directory containing the .mo file.
* Default false.
* @return bool True when the theme textdomain is successfully loaded, false otherwise.
*/
function load_child_theme_textdomain( $domain, $path = false ) {
1st example
The
load_theme_textdomain()
function should generally be called from within theafter_setup_theme
action hook.The .mo files must use language-only filenames, like
languages/de_DE.mo
in your theme directory.Unlike plugin language files, a name like
my_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. Language files for themes should include the language shortcut ONLY.Since WordPress 6.7 this can only be called on init or later.
2nd example
you can use this example if you wish to switch theme language using a variable passed within the URL, for example to load the Tamazikht language, your URL would look like;
www.example.com/?l=tz_MA
, this will search for a.mo
file with nametz_MA.mo
in the language directory inside your theme.