In this section you will learn how to translate LEVELUP theme using PoEdit. Let’s review an example of translation for German.
Unpack theme archive and find the translation template file called levelup.pot in the levelup/languages folder. Open it with PoEdit and press “Create new translation” button
Select your language from drop-down and press OK (in our case it’s German)
So now we can make our translation. When translation is done save your .po file with appropriate locale name, for German it’s de_DE.po (to find your WP locale go here). In PoEdit menu select File > Save/Save as, it will generate automatically .mo file also.
Then you need upload both .po and .mo files to a server, where your site is located. You can do it using FTP connection or via File Manager of your hosting panel. Place them into wp-content/themes/levelup/languages folder.
When translation files are uploaded log in to your WP Dashboard and go to Settings > General > Site Language and choose your language and save changes
LevelUp Core plugin translation
Let’s view how to translate LEVELUP Core plugin. Find the plugin archive in theme package in the levelup/inc/plugins folder and unpack it. In the plugin folder enter languages directory and open LEVELUP.pot template with PoEdit to generate own .po translation file as described in the first part of this article. Note your translation file for the plugin should be named as LEVELUP-{your WP locale}.po (for example, LEVELUP-de_DE.po).
When translation is completed upload your .po and .mo files on a server either in wp-content/plugins/levelup-core/languages or in the wp-content/languages/plugins folder.
