When developing a theme, English is set as the default language. Customer buys it and wants to change to their native language. How to do that?
To translate a theme into another language, you can use Loco Translate plugin within 3 simple steps:
Step 1: Site Language setting
Dashboard > Settings > General > Site language
To start this translating process, you need to set the site language from default to your native language. then Save it.
Step 2: Install & Setting Loco Translate Plugin
- Dashboard > Plugin > Add New > Search Plugin > Install > Active
Continue the process by installing the Loco Translate plugin. After Activating the plugin, you can go to the setting here:
– To translate strings in Theme:
Loco Translate > Themes > Woostify
- Loco Translate > Themes > New Language
- New language > WordPress Language > Location > Start Translating
– To translate strings in Woostify Pro:
Loco Translate > Plugins > Woostify Pro
- Loco Translate > Plugins > New Language
- New language > WordPress Language > Location > Start Translating
Step 3: Start translating
To start translating, please follow above the image.
Editor > Source Text > Translate into your language > Save
In this demo, we select Vietnamese as our language and show how to translate from English to Vietnamese.
Now, after translating all the text from the source to your native language. You have finished the process.