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[Waiting for user confirmation] Split: export the po file

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February 19, 2026 at 1:32 pm #17836200

rhondaF

Another question I had was when I make a change to translate text, I can do so via the UI. If I export the po file, I see the translated text. If i make the change there, I'd prob need to import the file for the site to register, correct?

What if I wanted to use this same file to make changes to 50 sites, how would I go about doing so? I wouldn't want to do this manually for each site.

Thanks
February 19, 2026 at 1:58 pm #17836260

Andrey
WPML Supporter since 06/2013

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You would need to manually import the same PO file of your theme into your other sites.

There is no automatic way to synchronize or share PO files across multiple sites. Each site needs to have the file imported individually to ensure the translations are applied correctly.