- If you do not already have it, download Poedit
- Access to your FTP server
- Go to wp-content/YOUR-THEME-OR-PLUGIN/languages
- Download the .POT file
- Open Poedit
- Click on Create New Translation
- Select the .POT file you previously downloaded
- Select the language of translation, for example: French (France)
- Now you can either use CMD+F/CTRL+F to find a certain string and translate it or you can bulk translate the file using the Pre-translate tool. (Catalogue > Pre-translate > only check “Don’t mark exact match as needing work” > click on “Pre-translate”)
- Save the file in .PO without modifying its name (File > Save)
- Compile to .MO without modifying its name (File > Compile to MO)
- Upload both files (.PO and .MO) to wp-content/[YOUR-THEME-OR-PLUGIN]/languages/here or in wp-content/languages/[YOUR-THEME-OR-PLUGIN]/here