Title: Force Update Translations Author: Mayo Moriyama Published: August 29, 2018 Last modified: December 22, 2025 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/force-update-translations/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=2976092) ![](https://ps.w.org/force-update-translations/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=2747608) # Force Update Translations By [Mayo Moriyama](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mayukojpn/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/force-update-translations.0.6.2.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/force-update-translations/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/force-update-translations/#reviews) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/force-update-translations/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/force-update-translations/) ## Description Apply WordPress.org theme and plugin translations to a site even if translations are not yet approved or language packs have not been released. **Note about Translation Playground:** The [Translation Playground](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2023/04/19/wp-translation-playground/) is now available for quick translation testing. However, if you need to test translations on your actual site, this plugin may remain the practical solution. ⚠️ Warning ⚠️ Currently this plugin downloads only strings from Development project instead of Stable for plugins. Please wait for an update or see [the issue on GitHub](https://github.com/mayukojpn/force-update-translations/issues/37). ⚠️ Warning ⚠️ Currently this plugin is not able to generate the JSON files that is needed for JavaScript to consume some translations. Please wait for update or see [the issue on GitHub](https://github.com/mayukojpn/force-update-translations/issues/24). ### Theme translation To download the translation files for a theme: 1. Activate the theme you want to get the translation files. 2. Visit ‘Appearance’ > ‘Update translation’ in WordPress menu, or click ‘Update translation’ on theme details of current theme on ‘Themes’ page. 3. Click the ‘Update Translations’ button. ### Plugin translation To download the translation files for a plugin: 1. Visit ‘Plugins’ in WordPress menu. 2. Click ‘Update translation’ under the name of the plugin for which you want to get the translation files. ## Screenshots [⌊"Update translation" link will be shown in your plugins list.⌉⌊"Update translation" link will be shown in your plugins list.⌉[ “Update translation” link will be shown in your plugins list. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4f202270f93ddf7eb5cb985382c22fdf79c577655a21a2cf4ccadf153d77c4cb? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Very, very convenient!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-very-convenient/)󠁿 [Irina](https://profiles.wordpress.org/irinashl/) December 11, 2021 Very handy when editing a translation! Thanks for the plugin you need! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/649fb2ded934d53d79b98a1f98c694d175ef9c644e28b89ea0eb8c3a64fdda39? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Very handy for PTE/GTE or just … everyone](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-handy-for-pte-gte-or-just-everyone/)󠁿 [Yui](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fierevere/) October 17, 2020 Fetches freshly translated strings in a jiffy. Essential. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7380236aa72a4ef0e6489d96e76e52426e9d492b2aeceedcf52317499636c716? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Awesome plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/awesome-plugin-5453/)󠁿 [Alex Lion (阿力獅)](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alexclassroom/) October 15, 2020 Oh, this is an awesome plugin so I fully localize this plugin’s UI and page for zh_TW. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f2949e1420c186ba7fe9eafb8f5c406b6b29ddebb639e7c7da6f93d39b784643? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Very helpful for translators](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-helpful-for-translators/)󠁿 [Martin Sauter](https://profiles.wordpress.org/martinsauter/) September 15, 2020 If you are translating a plug-in or a theme, this plug-in is a must-have. It allows you to pull your translations from translate.wordpress.org into your website to see these translations in context – which is often the only way to tell whether something is well translated or not. In the most recent version of the plug-in, this works not only for plug-in translations but for theme translations as well. Easy to use, works fine. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/74ade01f874b2417bc33452103d3df57bace60ccc3eb35d4cd958ecede8e647f? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Very helpful!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-helpful-878/)󠁿 [(Nok) Pantip Treerattanapitak](https://profiles.wordpress.org/imnok/) June 11, 2020 This plugin is very helpful! We able to use themes/plugins in our language, even it is not 100% translation. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3362aeb3baa12c95b1e680c95e2e548db0c408d949e89b1748823bad561a9605? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Amazing](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/amazing-2340/)󠁿 [NSquared](https://profiles.wordpress.org/croixhaug/) September 20, 2019 I am so glad to find this plugin. We have international users for our plugin that help out by submitting translations. The problem is, there is no way for them to use the translations until it goes through a formal approval process. This is a wonderful solution, we can point our users to this plugin so they can use the translations right away. Thanks so much for making this! [ Read all 11 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/force-update-translations/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Force Update Translations” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Mayo Moriyama ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mayukojpn/) * [ Naoko Takano ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nao/) * [ Krzysztof Grabania ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dartui/) * [ Pedro Mendonça ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pedromendonca/) * [ Pascal Casier ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/casiepa/) * [ Sayaka Kosugi ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mekemoke/) * [ Takayuki Miyauchi ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/miyauchi/) * [ Pieterjan Deneys ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nekojonez/) * [ まーちゅう ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rocketmartue/) “Force Update Translations” has been translated into 38 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/force-update-translations/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Force Update Translations” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/force-update-translations) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/force-update-translations/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/force-update-translations/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/force-update-translations/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/force-update-translations/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog To read the changelog for the latest the plugin release, please navigate to the [GitHub](https://github.com/mayukojpn/force-update-translations#changelog). ## Meta * Version **0.6.2** * Last updated **7 months ago** * Active installations **1,000+** * WordPress version ** 4.7 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.9.5** * PHP version ** 5.6 or higher ** * Languages * [Albanian](https://sq.wordpress.org/plugins/force-update-translations/), [Arabic](https://ar.wordpress.org/plugins/force-update-translations/), [Chinese (China)](https://cn.wordpress.org/plugins/force-update-translations/), [Chinese (Taiwan)](https://tw.wordpress.org/plugins/force-update-translations/), [Danish](https://da.wordpress.org/plugins/force-update-translations/), [Dutch](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/force-update-translations/), [Dutch (Belgium)](https://nl-be.wordpress.org/plugins/force-update-translations/), [English (Australia)](https://en-au.wordpress.org/plugins/force-update-translations/), [English (Canada)](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/force-update-translations/), [English (New Zealand)](https://en-nz.wordpress.org/plugins/force-update-translations/), [English (South Africa)](https://en-za.wordpress.org/plugins/force-update-translations/), [English (UK)](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/force-update-translations/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/force-update-translations/), [French (Belgium)](https://fr-be.wordpress.org/plugins/force-update-translations/), [French (Canada)](https://fr-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/force-update-translations/), [French (France)](https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/force-update-translations/), [German](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/force-update-translations/), [German (Switzerland)](https://de-ch.wordpress.org/plugins/force-update-translations/), [Greek](https://el.wordpress.org/plugins/force-update-translations/), [Hungarian](https://hu.wordpress.org/plugins/force-update-translations/), [Italian](https://it.wordpress.org/plugins/force-update-translations/), [Japanese](https://ja.wordpress.org/plugins/force-update-translations/), [Korean](https://ko.wordpress.org/plugins/force-update-translations/), [Nepali](https://ne.wordpress.org/plugins/force-update-translations/), [Norwegian (Bokmål)](https://nb.wordpress.org/plugins/force-update-translations/), [Polish](https://pl.wordpress.org/plugins/force-update-translations/), [Portuguese (Brazil)](https://br.wordpress.org/plugins/force-update-translations/), [Portuguese (Portugal)](https://pt.wordpress.org/plugins/force-update-translations/), [Russian](https://ru.wordpress.org/plugins/force-update-translations/), [Spanish (Argentina)](https://es-ar.wordpress.org/plugins/force-update-translations/), [Spanish (Chile)](https://cl.wordpress.org/plugins/force-update-translations/), [Spanish (Colombia)](https://es-co.wordpress.org/plugins/force-update-translations/), [Spanish (Ecuador)](https://es-ec.wordpress.org/plugins/force-update-translations/), [Spanish (Mexico)](https://es-mx.wordpress.org/plugins/force-update-translations/), [Spanish (Spain)](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/force-update-translations/), [Spanish (Venezuela)](https://ve.wordpress.org/plugins/force-update-translations/), [Swedish](https://sv.wordpress.org/plugins/force-update-translations/), [Thai](https://th.wordpress.org/plugins/force-update-translations/), and [Ukrainian](https://uk.wordpress.org/plugins/force-update-translations/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/force-update-translations) * Tag * [translation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/translation/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/force-update-translations/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.6 out of 5 stars. * [ 9 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/force-update-translations/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/force-update-translations/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/force-update-translations/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/force-update-translations/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 1 1-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/force-update-translations/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/force-update-translations/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/force-update-translations/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Mayo Moriyama ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mayukojpn/) * [ Naoko Takano ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nao/) * [ Krzysztof Grabania ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dartui/) * [ Pedro Mendonça ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pedromendonca/) * [ Pascal Casier ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/casiepa/) * [ Sayaka Kosugi ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mekemoke/) * [ Takayuki Miyauchi ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/miyauchi/) * [ Pieterjan Deneys ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nekojonez/) * [ まーちゅう ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rocketmartue/) ## Support Issues resolved in last two months: 0 out of 1 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/force-update-translations/)