Loco Translate

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
• Clear translation: Ctrl K