grunt-translation-tasks

Last Commit	1f39414 (December 7, 2025 12:00 am)
Repository	https://github.com/magicoli/grunt-translation-tasks
License	GPL-3.0-or-later

Grunt tasks for managing translations and internationalization in PHP projects using standard gettext tools.

Features

• makepot (xgettext): Extracts translatable strings from PHP files into POT template
• msgmerge: Updates existing PO files with new strings from POT file
• makemo (msgfmt): Compiles PO files to binary MO files
• i18n: Complete workflow – extract, merge, and compile translations

Installation

1. Clone this repository into your project’s dev folder:

   git submodule add https://github.com/magicoli/grunt-translation-tasks dev/grunt-translation-tasks

2. Add workspace configuration to your project’s package.json:

   "workspaces": {
    "packages": [
      "dev/grunt-translation-tasks"
    ]
   }

3. Install dependencies:

   npm install

4. Load the tasks in your Gruntfile.js:

   // Load translation tasks
   require('./dev/grunt-translation-tasks/grunt-translation-tasks.js')(grunt);

Usage

Available Tasks

• grunt makepot – Extract strings to POT file
• grunt msgmerge – Update PO files with new POT content
• grunt makemo – Compile PO files to MO files
• grunt i18n – Run complete translation workflow

Directory Structure

Uses standard gettext directory structure:

locale/
├── project-name.pot          # Template file
├── fr_FR/
│   └── LC_MESSAGES/
│       ├── project-name.po   # French translations
│       └── project-name.mo   # Compiled binary
├── nl_NL/
│   └── LC_MESSAGES/
│       ├── project-name.po   # Dutch translations
│       └── project-name.mo   # Compiled binary
└── ...

Supported Translation Functions

Extracts strings from these PHP functions:

• _(), __() – Basic translation
• _e() – Echo translation
• _c(), _x(), _ex() – Context translation
• _n(), _nx() – Plural translation
• esc_attr__(), esc_html__() – Escaped translation
• esc_attr_e(), esc_html_e() – Escaped echo translation

Requirements

• Node.js >= 14.0.0
• Grunt CLI
• Standard gettext tools (xgettext, msgmerge, msgfmt)

Configuration

The project name is automatically detected from your package.json. You can customize paths and options by modifying the task configuration in your Gruntfile.js after loading the tasks.