Step 1:
Add languages
directory to your theme
Step 2:
Download correct .mo
file into the languages
directory you created
Step 3:
Generate .po
file from the .mo
file using PoEdit
Step 4 (if using child theme):
Add in the following to your functions.php
file, changing the name for the parent theme:
// Load translation files from your child theme instead of the parent theme
function my_child_theme_locale() {
load_child_theme_textdomain( 'YOUR-PARENT-THEME', get_stylesheet_directory() . '/languages' );
}
add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'my_child_theme_locale' );