Internationalization is the process of developing your application in a way it can easily be translated into other languages. WordPress is used all over the world, by people who speak many different languages. If you're building a plugin or theme, you need add any text strings in your code in such a way that they can be easily translated into other languages. The process of translating those strings is known as localization. In this session, we will define what Internationalization and localization is, why it's important, and show you examples of how to implement this in your code.

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Common WordPress APIs:
Internationalization
Jonathan Bossenger
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Internationalization
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6. Learning outcomes
○ What is Internationalization?
• What Internationalization is not.
○ How to internationalize your code.
○ How test your internationalization functions.

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8. Requirements
○ A default local WordPress install
○ A text editor
○ Test Twenty Twenty-Three clone
• https://github.com/jonathanbossenger/twenty-twenty-three-
clone/releases/download/1.0.0-beta/twentytwentythreeclone.zip

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10. Resources
○ https://github.com/jonathanbossenger/twenty-twenty-three-clone/releases/download/1.0.0-
beta/twentytwentythreeclone.zip
○ https://developer.wordpress.org/apis/internationalization/
○ https://developer.wordpress.org/apis/internationalization/localization/
○ https://developer.wordpress.org/apis/internationalization/internationalization-functions/
○ https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/i18n/make-pot/