I seem to have a problem loading WordPress language files into my custom theme.
In functions.php I have the following code in my setup:
load_theme_textdomain( 'theme_textdomain', get_template_directory() . '/langs' );
In my stylesheet I have the textdomein defined:
Text Domain: theme_textdomain
In my theme folder I have a folder /langs with 2 different file types:
en_GB.mo
nl_NL.mo
Default language of my theme is nl_NL.
In one of my templates I use:
<?= __('Zoeken'); ?>
Just to test I added a translation of this in both language files:
For en_GB = search, for nl_NL = zoeken2. However, both nl_NL and en_GB are not being loaded by the theme. What I’m I doing wrong?
I think you need to specify your theme domain in your call to the
__()function. I don’t think it’s picked up automatically from your stylesheet header. So rather thantry