Loco Translate

What the author says it does

Loco Translate provides in-browser editing of WordPress translation files and integration with automatic translation services.

It also provides Gettext/localization tools for developers, such as extracting strings and generating templates.

Features include:

• Built-in translation editor within WordPress admin
• Integration with translation APIs including DeepL, Google, Lecto, Microsoft and OpenAI.
• Create and update language files directly in your theme or plugin
• Extraction of translatable strings from your source code
• Native MO file compilation without the need for Gettext on your system
• JSON (Jed) file compilation compatible with WordPress script localization
• Support for standard PO features including comments, references and plural forms
• PO source view with clickable source code references
• Protected language directory for saving custom translations
• Configurable PO file backups with diff and restore capability
• Built-in WordPress locale codes

Official Loco WordPress plugin by Tim Whitlock.

For more information please visit our plugin page.

Keyboard shortcuts

The PO file editor supports the following keyboard shortcuts for faster translating:

• Done and Next: Ctrl ↵
• Next string: Ctrl ↓
• Previous string: Ctrl ↑
• Next untranslated: Shift Ctrl ↓
• Previous untranslated: Shift Ctrl ↑
• Copy from source text: Ctrl B

The opening of the plugin's own description. The full text, installation notes and changelog are on its WordPress.org page.

Questions the author answers

Latest changelog entry

2.8.9

• Base directory restriction for all file reads, with a second setting for writes.
• Download endpoint allows only po/mo/pot files as per info tab
• Fixed unescaped HTML loophole in the file path placeholder UI
• JSON and PHP source only viewable if parsed as a valid l10n schema.
• Fixed bug in backup restoration that allowed copying of an invalid PO target.
• Bumped WordPress compatibility to 7.1.2