Title: There are strings in wp admin which have… Author: akerbeltzalba Published: August 24, 2016 --- [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/akerbeltzalba/) [akerbeltzalba](https://profiles.wordpress.org/akerbeltzalba/) 5:48 am _on_ August 24, 2016 Tags: [request ( 1,481 )](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/tag/request/) # There are strings in wp admin which have… There are stringsString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. in wp-admin which have wrong plural formatting, they currently come up as 2 strings which only allows localizers to follow English style plurals: %s pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress. org Plugin Directory [https://wordpress.org/plugins/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/) or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party. succesfully updated %s plugins succesfully updated wp-admin/includes/update.php:644 wp-admin/includes/update.php: 656 %s theme succesfully updated %s themes succesfully updated wp-admin/includes/update. php:649 wp-admin/includes/update.php:661 %s update failed %s updates failed wp-admin/includes/update.php:671 wp-admin/includes/ update.php:676 also (not sure why the one stringString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. has 4 references?) % d pixels wp-admin/custom-header.php:534 wp-admin/custom-header.php:545 wp-admin/ custom-header.php:557 wp-admin/custom-header.php:567 These need properly prepared so each localeLocale Locale = language version, often a combination of a language code and a region code, for instance es_MX denotes Spanish as it’s used in Mexico. A list of all locales supported by WordPress in [https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/) has the option to translate the correct number of plurals (in our case, we need 4 different translations). 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[Taco Verdonschot](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tacoverdo/) 12:15 pm _on_ August 24, 2016 3. I’ve created ticket [https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/37811](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/37811) for the stringsString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. in `wp-admin/includes/update.php`. 4. Update: this problem was already reported in [https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/37287](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/37287), so please follow that ticket for updates. 5. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/dad360d6d33cc359ccc77beb0de91ea2ac1c3ccaf28550b1e2727d5f6127ad00? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 6. [Petya Raykovska](https://profiles.wordpress.org/petya/) 8:15 pm _on_ August 24, 2016 7. Thanks for reporting this, @akerbeltzalba! 8. As it’s a coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. issue and the team is going to handle it, I’m going to mark this request as resolved and let’s continue to follow progress on the core ticket. 9. Kind regards, Petya 10. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ece531cfef717ffe8bc65b36b4280c16d7879e123e76384544525c22faf13cce? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 11. [akerbeltzalba](https://profiles.wordpress.org/akerbeltzalba/) 10:57 pm _on_ August 24, 2016 12. Understood. 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