Background of the issue:
I am working on a site under development and trying to translate a Coming Soon page built using the WP Maintenance Mode plugin. I am not following any specific documentation.
Symptoms:
No specific issue or error message mentioned.
Questions:
How can I translate a Coming Soon page built with the WP Maintenance Mode plugin using WPML?
I have never used this plugin before but probably through those steps, you will be able to scan the plugin, find the strings that show up on your coming soon page and then translate them from inside WPML > String Translation.
If that won't work, please also follow the next steps that will also help you to search for strings that WPML can't see by default in order to add them to WPML > String Translation so that you can translate them afterward.
So, certain strings may require a specific procedure to be located and translated. There may also be duplicate strings; we need to find and translate the correct ones.
Moreover, the proper method for translating strings greatly depends on how they have been incorporated into the theme/plugin.
Please attempt both methods and check if either of them resolves the issue.
Method 1:
Navigate to WPML > String Translation and at the bottom of the page, you will find a checkbox labeled "Look for strings while pages are rendered." You can enable (check) that option, then go to the front end to a page where the string is displayed, and afterwards return to WPML > String Translation to search for that string and see if it now appears.
Method 2:
If you can't locate them within WPML > String Translation, they might be included as admin text strings.
PS: There is also something important to mention; if the strings come from outside of WordPress, it would be impossible for WPML to see or translate them.
Hi there, and welcome back. I am not sure with whom you talked—did you talk with the plugin's developers? If they say it's not doable, then that means their plugin is not fully compatible with WPML.
