wcm/wcm-lang-switch

Adds a button to the admin toolbar. This buttons allows users to seamlessly switch between available languages..

WCM User Language Switcher

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Contributors: Stephen Harris, Franz Josef Kaiser Tags: Language, switcher, localisation Tested up to: 4.1 Stable tag: 1.8.1 Requires at least: 3.6.1 License: GPL3 License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html, _(*2)

Adds a button to the admin toolbar. This buttons allows users to seamlessly switch between available languages., _(*3)

Description

WCM Language Switcher adds a button to the admin toolbar that allows users to seamlessly switch between available languages., _(*4)

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• our GitHub repository

Installation

Extract the zip file and just drop the contents in the ~/wp-content/plugins/ directory of your WordPress installation and then activate the Plugin from Plugins page., _(*7)

It scans the language directory to build the list of available languages. To add a language, simple download the appropriate mo file and add to your WordPress languages folder., _(*8)

This plugin was originally built as a means of plugin and theme developers to test translations of their plugins or themes., _(*9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Filters

If you want to extend the list of available languages, then please use the provided filter. Here's an example (mu)plugin:, _(*10)

<?php
/* Plugin Name:** (WCM) Add additional languages */
add_filter( 'wcm_get_langs', 'wcm_add_languages' );
function wcm_add_languages( $languages )
{
    return array_merge( $languages, array(
        'de_DE', // German
        'es_ES', // Spanish
        'ja',    // Japanese
    ) );
}

Screenshots

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Changelog

1.8.1

• Add github action to deploy plugin

1.8.0

• Fix hook for additional item inside the Admin Bar, #37
• Update screenshot, #25
• Test in Multisite, Network activation, #27
• Set code style in each line for PSR1-2
• See also on front-end, if Admin Bar is active fir the user, #32

1.7.6

• Fixes admin bar menu item on mobile
• Adds dashicon to admin bar
• Fixes some styling issues

1.7.5

• Removed legacy method.
• Removed empty lines to shorten file.

1.7.4

• Fixed wrong assumption about default language.

1.7.3

• Added support for composer.

1.7.2

• Removed deprecated wcm_get_user_locale() from public API.

1.7.1

• PHP 5.2 work-around for json_last_error()

1.7

• Changes to feat. request/enhancement #18: Now shows the native string in the toolbar menu
• Removes the current language as menu item
• Adds the international/English language string + ISEO 639-2 code as HTML title attr. to the items.
• Switched from $wp_admin_bar->add_menu() to the newer API method add_node().

1.6.6

• Improved dev tools. Now also counts the number of available ISO 639-2 language codes.

1.6.5

• Deprecated wcm_get_user_locale() (replaced with wcm_get_user_lang() and tell users about it.
• Improved code readability on format_code_lang()

1.6.4

• Consistent naming according to GitHub issue #21
• Devlopers: The filter names changed as well as the public API function.

1.6.3

• Start earlier on plugins_loaded hook to let other plugins jump in with the default priority.

1.6.2

• phpDocBlock fixes
• fixed references to static values so PhpStorm can handle them
• Slightly faster checks against NULL
• fixes E_STRICT error in reset() inside format_lang_code(). Props toscho.

1.6

• Dev Tools extended and running stable. Now updating from the remote source works perfectly.
• Better file organisation. Moved JSON files to separate folder.
• Fixed (due to refactoring) broken JSON compress dev tools.

1.5

• Added local/native JSON strings data file.
• Extended the dev tools parser to include the native data for the JSON files that are used for the UI.

1.4

• Added remote location to fetch a complete list of ISO 639-x strings from.
• Added a parser to the dev tools.

1.3

• Added dev tools

1.2

• Bug fix: Now has right language string.

1.1

• Initial Version in the official repo.
• Now works with the ISO 639-2, which adds support for nearly every language.

1.0

• Bug fixes
• Speed improvements. Props Thomas "toscho" Scholz

0.9

• Moved to JSON file. Works with compressed file. Has an uncompressed version for live sites.

0.9

• Moved to JSON file. Works with compressed file. Has an uncompressed version for live sites.

0.9

• Moved to JSON file. Works with compressed file. Has an uncompressed version for live sites.
• Switched license to GPL3

0.8

• Reworked plugin code to a more readable code styling and maximum line length (GitHub page width).

0.7

• Bug fixes

0.6.

• Moved from a GitHub Gist to a GitHub.