I have numerous custom PHP pages that WPML doesn't recognize

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April 16, 2025 at 3:03 pm #16939745
daniilA-2	Background of the issue: I have numerous custom PHP pages that WPML doesn't recognize. These strings don't appear in String Translation at all. From the documentation, I understand the only way is manual registration using: do_action('wpml_register_single_string', $context, $name, $value) to register strings and apply_filters('wpml_translate_single_string', $original_value, $domain, $name) to display translations. However, this isn't practical - I have hundreds of custom template files. Symptoms: WPML doesn't recognize strings from custom PHP pages, and they don't appear in String Translation. Questions: Is manual registration truly the only solution for recognizing strings in custom PHP pages?
April 16, 2025 at 5:57 pm #16940751
Itamar WPML Supporter since 02/2016 Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Asia/Jerusalem (GMT+03:00)	Hi, We have extensive guides for developers. The main page is here. https://wpml.org/documentation/support/ Starting with our guides on Achieving WPML Compatibility for Your Themes and Plugins would be good. https://wpml.org/documentation/support/achieving-wpml-compatibility-for-your-themes-and-plugins/ You need to wrap the strings in your custom templates with the proper GETTEXT functions. You can read more about this here. hidden link Then, in WPML -> Theme and plugins localization, you can scan your custom theme or plugin and the strings should appear for translation in WPML -> Strings Translation. Please let me know if you have any further questions. Regards, Itamar.

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