Descripziun
This project uses a new approach to handle translation files in WordPress, making localization blazing fast.
An in-depth i18n performance analysis showed that localized WordPress sites load significantly slower than a site without translations.
With this plugin’s new approach to localization, this overhead is massively reduced, making your site fast again.
If your site is using a language other than English (US), you should see immediate speed improvements simply by activating this plugin.
The primary purpose of this plugin is to allow broader testing of these enhancements, for which the goal is to eventually land in WordPress core.
Performant Translations supports multiple file formats (.mo, .php, and .json), as well as multiple text domains and locales loaded at the same time. By default, it converts existing .mo files to .php and afterwards only loads the translations from the .php file.
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Chart showing the load time improvement achieved with this plugin.
Installaziun
Installation from within WordPress
- Visit Plugins > Add New.
- Search for Performant Translations.
- Install and activate the Performant Translations plugin.
Manual installation
- Upload the entire
performant-translationsfolder to the/wp-content/plugins/directory. - Visit Plugins.
- Activate the Performant Translations plugin.
FAQ
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What makes this plugin so fast?
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By converting
.mofiles to.phpfiles, the translations can be parsed much faster.
Plus,.phpfiles can be stored in the so-called OPcache, which provides an additional speed boost. -
Can I use this plugin on my production site?
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While the plugin is mostly considered to be a beta testing plugin, it has been tested and established to a degree where it should be okay to use in production.
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Has this plugin been tested with other multilingual plugins?
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Yes. This plugin has been tested with common multilingual plugins, such as WPML, Weglot, TranslatePress, MultilingualPress, and Polylang.
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Do I need to do anything special to enable this plugin?
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No. Once the plugin is activated, it just works, and you should see speed improvements right away. If you run into issues, please open a new support topic.
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Can I safely remove this plugin after installation?
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Yes. Once you deactivate and uninstall the plugin, all
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How can I contribute to the plugin?
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Contributions are always welcome! Learn more about how to get involved in the Core Performance Team Handbook.
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Where can I submit my plugin feedback?
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If you have suggestions or requests for new features, you can submit them as an issue on the GitHub repository.
If you need help with troubleshooting or have a question about the plugin, please create a new topic on our support forum.
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Where can I report security issues?
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To report a security issue, please visit the WordPress HackerOne program.
Reviews
Contributors & Developers
“Performant Translations” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
“Performant Translations” has been translated into 14 locales. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.
Translate “Performant Translations” into your language.
Interested in development?
Browse the code, check out the SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS.
Changelog
For the plugin’s full changelog, please see the Releases page on GitHub.
1.0.3
- Enhancement: Improved compatibility with Query Monitor’s developer tools panel.
- Enhancement: Added new
performant_translations_load_translation_filefilter. - Enhancement: enforce network-only activation on Multisite.
1.0.2
- Fixed: Add hardening for invalid values being passed to translation functions.
1.0.1
- Enhancement: Regenerate translation files when Loco Translate updates MO files.
- Fixed: Add hardening for invalid context being passed.
- Fixed: Fix handling of locales without plurals, such as Persian.
1.0.0
- Initial release.