Internationalization

Text inside Template or Template parts that are HTML files can not be made translatable.

A pattern block can be used to insert translatable content inside a block template. Since those files are PHP-based, there is a mechanism to mark strings for translation or to supply dynamic URLs.

Example block pattern:

<?php
register_block_pattern(
    'myfirsttheme/wordpress-credit',
    array(
        'title'      => __( 'WordPress credit', 'myfirsttheme' ),
        'content'    => '
                        <!-- wp:paragraph -->
                        <p>' .
                        sprintf(
                            /* Translators: WordPress link. */
                            esc_html__( 'Proudly Powered by %s', 'myfirsttheme' ),
                            '<a href="' . esc_url( __( 'https://wordpress.org', 'myfirsttheme' ) ) . '" rel="nofollow">WordPress</a>'
                        ) . '</p>
                        <!-- /wp:paragraph -->',
        'inserter'   => false
    )
);

WordPress assures that texts in theme.json keys are translation ready. The theme developer does not need to wrap text strings inside gettext functionality like __().

The following keys are translatable in WordPress 6.1:

• Style variation name
• Font size name
• Font family name
• Color name
• Gradient name
• Duotone name
• Custom template name
• Template part name

Learn more about internationalization or Block patterns.