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Manage WordPress translations from community repositories — install, update, delete with one click
Install
Upload it under Plugins → Add New Plugin → Upload Plugin, then activate.
Install straight from GitHub with WP-CLI:
wp plugin install https://github.com/lwplugins/lw-translate/releases/download/v1.2.3/lw-translate-1.2.3.zipOn Packagist as lwplugins/lw-translate:
composer require lwplugins/lw-translateManage WordPress translations from community repositories — directly from your admin dashboard.
LW Translate connects to GitHub-hosted translation repositories (like hellowpio/wordpress-translations) and lets you browse, install, update, and delete translations for your installed plugins and themes with a single click.
Features
- Translation browser — WP_List_Table with search, sort, filter, and pagination
- One-click install/update — download translation files directly to
WP_LANG_DIR - SHA-based update detection — compares git blob hashes, no unnecessary downloads
- Formal & informal tone — switch between translation variants (e.g. polite vs. familiar)
- Multi-locale support — works with any locale available in the repository
- Bulk actions — install, update, or delete multiple translations at once
- Smart caching — GitHub API responses cached with configurable TTL
- Safe file operations — uses
WP_Filesystemfor all writes
Requirements
- PHP 8.1+
- WordPress 6.0+
Installation
Via Composer
composer require lwplugins/lw-translateManual
- Download the latest release ZIP from Releases
- Upload to
wp-content/plugins/ - Activate in WordPress admin
Usage
- Go to LW Plugins → Translate to browse available translations
- Click Install or Update next to any item
- Configure tone, locale, and cache TTL in LW Plugins → Translate Settings
Translation Status
| Icon | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ✔ Green | Up to date — local and remote SHA match |
| ↻ Orange | Update available — remote version differs |
| — Grey | Not installed — no local translation file |
How It Works
- Fetches the full repository tree via GitHub Trees API
- Parses files matching
{tone}/{plugins|themes}/{locale}/{slug}/ - Cross-references with installed plugins/themes
- Compares local
.mofile SHA with remote SHA to detect updates - Downloads files via raw GitHub URL and writes them with
WP_Filesystem
Settings
| Option | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tone | formal |
Formal or informal translation variant |
| Locale | hu_HU |
Target locale code |
| Cache TTL | 43200 |
GitHub tree cache duration in seconds (12h) |
Documentation
See docs/user-guide.md for the full user guide.
Development
# Install dependencies
composer install
# Run code standards check
composer phpcs
# Auto-fix fixable issues
composer phpcbfLicense
GPL-2.0-or-later — see LICENSE
Sponsor
Supported by Sinann
Releases
20 releases. Each count is every asset in that release; expand a row for the breakdown.