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French Translation and XStore Child Theme

This topic has 3 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 2 days, 16 hours ago ago by Tony Rodriguez

Monark

Participant

April 10, 2025 at 15:04

Hello, I have synchronized the French translations via Loco Translate. I am using a child theme of XStore, and I would like to know if the translations should be saved in the child theme, or if I can keep them in the wp-content/languages folder without them being affected by updates to your theme? Thank you in advance for your help, and I look forward to your response.

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Alex Carter

Support staff

April 10, 2025 at 15:16

Hello, Monark,

Thank you for reaching out to us.

Translation files of the theme should be placed in /wp-content/languages/themes/ folder,
plugins, like Core plugin, in /wp-content/languages/plugins folder (this is System location),
with correct names, for example, for XStore theme: xstore-fr_FR.po, and xstore-core-fr_FR.po for XStore Core plugin, then you will not lose translation after the update – https://www.8theme.com/documentation/xstore/theme-translation/base-theme-translation/
We would recommend doing a backup of all the files before any update https://www.8theme.com/documentation/xstore/theme-installation/theme-update/
Also, after every update, you need to synchronize the translation – https://www.8theme.com/documentation/xstore/theme-translation/translation-files-update/. Sometimes new strings are added, and only after synchronization, you’ll be able to translate new strings or strings that were changed. Not always, but some strings can be missing after the sync and you need to find and translate them one more time, this is independent of us and relates to WP functionality.

The translation should be done for the parent theme, and it will be automatically inherited by the child theme.
The child theme should be translated only in case you added custom code in the child theme that includes localization functions.

If you have any additional questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out to us. Our support team is always available to assist you.

Warm Regards,
The 8Theme Team

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Tony Rodriguez

Support staff

April 14, 2025 at 16:27

Dear Monark,

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