WordCamp Geneva: Recent I18N Improvements in WordPress

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1. Internationalization Improvements in WordPress 4.6 and Beyond

2. Pascal Birchler
 @swissspidy

3. Language Packs, the Early Days

4. Automatic Updates

5. None

6. Change Your Mind

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8. Language Packs for Plugins and Themes

9. WordPress 4.6

10. Localized Datepicker

11. None

12. Language Packs More Important Than Ever

13. Loading Translations in Different Order

14. load_plugin_textdomain( 'myplugin', false, 'languages' )

15. wp-content/plugins/myplugin/ languages/… ! wp-content/languages/plugins/…

16. wp-content/languages/plugins/… ! wp-content/plugins/myplugin/ languages/…

17. Just-in-time Loading for Translations

18. wp-content/languages

19. // Do stuff. _e( 'Hello World’, 'myplugin' ); // …Magic

    happens… // Prints: Hallo Welt

20. wp-content/languages/plugins/myplugin-de_DE.mo

21. Good bye, load_plugin_textdomain()

22. WordPress 4.7

23. User Admin Language

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26. Back End: Français Front End: English

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28. Locale Switching

29. switch_to_locale()

30. $switched = switch_to_locale( get_user_locale() ) // Do stuff. if (

    $switched ) { restore_previous_locale(); }

31. Send Emails In the User’s Language

32. What About the Admin Toolbar?

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34. Beyond

35. Preferred Languages

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37. JavaScript Internationalization

38. // PHP: wp_localize_script( 'myplugin-script', '_myPluginL10n', array( 'helloWorld' => __( 'Hello

    World','myplugin' ) ) ); // JS: alert( _myPluginL10n.helloWorld );

39. if ( 1 == number ) { use( _myPluginL10n.singularString );

    } else { use( _myPluginL10n.pluralString ); }

40. wp.i18n.__( 'Hello World' )

41. wp-content/languages/plugins/myplugin-de_DE.json

42. Good bye, wp_localize_script()

43. User Timezones

44. None

45. Questions?

46. Thanks!