{"id":7666111,"date":"2020-12-15T10:11:29","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T10:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/?post_type=faq&p=7666111"},"modified":"2025-02-12T12:37:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T12:37:29","slug":"how-to-generate-a-po-file-for-a-plugin-or-a-theme","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/he\/faq\/how-to-generate-a-po-file-for-a-plugin-or-a-theme\/","title":{"rendered":"How can I generate a PO file for a plugin or theme?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You can use the Theme and plugins localization feature in WPML to generate a PO file that contains a list of all translatable text in a plugin or theme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To get started, make sure you have the WPML and WPML String Translation plugins installed on your site. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To generate a .po<\/strong> file for a theme or plugin:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Go to WPML \u2192 Theme and plugins localization<\/strong> and select the theme or plugin you want to generate a PO file for.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Click to scan the selected components for strings.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n
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    Selecting a theme or plugin and scanning it for strings
    <\/span><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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    1. Once the scanning finishes, click the download<\/strong> icon next to the theme or plugin.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n
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      \"\"<\/a>
      Downloading the .po file generated by WPML<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      You can generate a PO file for a plugin or theme by using the Theme and plugins localization feature in WPML. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":228164,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":50,"template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"faq-category":[26137],"class_list":["post-7666111","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry","faq-category-how-to"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq\/7666111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/faq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/228164"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq\/7666111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16690075,"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq\/7666111\/revisions\/16690075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7666111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq-category?post=7666111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}