Translating the plugin with WPML

Overview

WP Go Maps Basic and Pro support translation with WPML.

WPML allows you to easily translate the user interface of WP Go Maps on your site. This document does require you to have WPML installed on your site.

The following documentation shows how to add translations for WP Go Maps within WPML, and assumes that you have already Set up WPML on your site.

Setup

Prerequisites

The Following Plugins need to be installed and active

• WP Go Maps
• WP Go Maps Pro Addon (optional)
• WPML Multilingual CMS
• WPML String Translation

Translate Page/Post

Navigate to the page/post where the WP Go Maps shortcode or widget will be placed.

Ensure the page is translated to the target language to fully support language switching.

Ensure your page is translated



Scan WP Go Maps for translation strings

Navigate to the “Themes and plugins localization” area within WPML

WPML -> Themes and plugins localization

Access WPML plugin localization area



Select “WP Go Maps” and/or “WP Go Maps – Pro Add-on” and click “Scan selected plugins for strings”.

Scan WP Go Maps for Strings



WPML will scan and locate all the strings within our plugin which can be translated.

Translation String Scan Results



Once the scan is complete, you should see updated string counters within this area.

Updated string counters



String translation

Navigate to the “String Translation” page

WPML -> String Translation

Access String Translation area



Search for the string that you would like to translate with WPML.

Click on the “+” icon under the flag of the language that you would like to translate.

Select string to translate



The translation window will appear where you may enter in your preferred translation.

You can save your translation by hitting the Enter or Tab keys on your keyboard or by simply clicking out of the window.

Translated String



Once you have completed translation, they will become available on your site, depending on the language option selected.

Example

We have prepared an example of our store locator, translated with WPML below.

Before

Map before Translation



After

Map after Translation



Troubleshooting

Should you be experiencing issues whereby the translations are not being implemented on the frontend, please may you enable the “Look for strings while pages are rendered” setting (WPML -> String Translation).

Look for strings while pages are rendered setting in WPML