[wp-hackers] Internationalizing plugin meta-data...

[Jacob Santos]

Basically, you can do this, but it is seriously hackish way to do it.

<?php

__('Plugin Name', 'textdomain');
__('Plugin Description', 'textdomain');
__('Plugin Author', 'textdomain');
__('Plugin URL', 'textdomain');
// ...

?>

Jacob Santos

Jennifer Hodgdon wrote:
> I'm trying to follow the instructions in 
> http://codex.wordpress.org/I18n_for_WordPress_Developers for how to 
> get the plugin meta-data into my plugin's POT file, for a plugin that 
> is not in the repository.
>
> This involves running a PHP file 
> http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress-i18n/tools/trunk/makepot.php
>
> That file doesn't run, though... First, there's a required file 
> "not-gettexted.php", which isn't mentioned in the instructions -- this 
> is not a huge deal, as it could be downloaded from the same location.
>
> However, that second file requires "pomo/po.php" and "pomo/mo.php". 
> Neither of those is in evidence. Where can I get these? And are there 
> any other files required by these includes that I would need? And does 
> this script work once the required files are there? Has anyone tested it?
>
> Thanks,
>    Jennifer
>
> ps: I don't think this discussion belongs on the Polyglots mailing 
> list. This is an issue for all plugin developers, as every plugin 
> should be internationalized, whether the author wants to provide 
> translations or not.
>