GWTD: I18N Improvements in WordPress 4.6 And Beyond

Slides for my presentation at the 2nd Global WordPress Translation Day on November 12th, 2016.

Transcript

1. Internationalization Improvements in WordPress 4.6 and Beyond
2. Pascal Birchler
 @swissspidy
3. First, Some History
4. Language Packs
5. Automatic Updates
6. Language Chooser
8. Change Your Mind
10. Language Packs for Plugins and Themes
11. WordPress 4.6
12. Localized Datepicker
14. Bonus: wp_add_inline_script()
15. Language Packs More Important Than Ever
16. Loading Translations in Different Order
17. load_plugin_textdomain( 'myplugin', false, 'languages' )
18. wp-content/plugins/myplugin/ languages/… ! wp-content/languages/plugins/…
19. wp-content/languages/plugins/… ! wp-content/plugins/myplugin/ languages/…
20. On Demand Translations™
21. Just-in-time Loading for Translations
22. wp-content/languages
23. // Do stuff. _e( 'Hello World’, 'myplugin' ); // …Magic happens… // Prints: Hallo Welt
24. wp-content/languages/plugins/myplugin-de_DE.mo
25. Demo
26. Good bye, load_plugin_textdomain()
27. WordPress 4.7
28. User Admin Language
31. Back End: Español Front End: English
33. Locale Switching
34. switch_to_locale()
35. $switched = switch_to_locale( get_user_locale() ) // Do stuff. if ( $switched ) { restore_previous_locale(); }
36. Send Emails In the User’s Language
37. What About the Admin Toolbar?
39. Demo
40. Beyond
41. Preferred Languages
43. JavaScript Internationalization
44. // PHP: wp_localize_script( 'myplugin-script', '_myPluginL10n', array( 'helloWorld' => __( 'Hello World','myplugin' ) ) ); // JS: alert( _myPluginL10n.helloWorld );
45. if ( 1 == number ) { use( _myPluginL10n.singularString ); } else { use( _myPluginL10n.pluralString ); }
46. wp.i18n.__( 'Hello World' )
47. wp-content/languages/plugins/myplugin-de_DE.json
49. Good bye, wp_localize_script()
50. User Timezones
52. Open Floor
53. Thanks!