xili-dictionary
by Michel - xiligroup dev 3.3 (3 reviews)

xili-dictionary

xili-dictionary is a multilingual dictionary storable in CPT and terms to create and translate .po files or .mo files and more (import, export...)

xili-dictionary ranks #15,405 among WordPress.org plugins with 100+ active installations, is #84 of 480 in the Education & Support category, a 3.3/5 rating from 3 reviews, and was last updated Jun 1, 2025. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 4.9 (Current: 7.1)
v2.12.5.2 Current Version v2.12.5.2
Updated 1 year ago Last Update on 01 Jun, 2025
Refreshed 8 hours ago Last Refreshed on
#84 of 480 in Education & Support Top 25% by installs No update in over a year
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Review 3.3 out of 5
3.3 (3 reviews)

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

2 known vulnerabilities on record · 2 in the last 24 months · checked 1 month ago

  1. UNPATCHED

    xili-dictionary [xili-dictionary] <= 2.12.5.2 (unfixed)

    CVE-2025-52778 · No fix released

  2. xili-dictionary [xili-dictionary] < 2.12.5.1

    CVE-2025-30840 · Fixed in v2.12.5.1

TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for theme and plugin developers who need to manage translations for WordPress themes and plugins. It creates a multilingual dictionary stored in custom post types and taxonomies to generate, update, and manage .po, .mo, and .pot translation files.

  • Create and update .po files
  • Create and update .mo files
  • Generate .pot files
  • Import .mo files
  • Compatible with xili-language plugin
  • Compatible with xili-tidy-tags plugin
  • Compatible with Polylang
  • Collects terms from taxonomies and theme

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about xili-dictionary

because xili-dictionary is available for non multilingual site to manage theme and plugin translations. because it is possible to desactivate xili-dictionary after creation of .po .mo files used by WP, xili-language or other extensions.
Twenty Fifteen 2015 - contains also tips and tricks about WordPress Twenty Fourteen 2014 - contains also latest informations and documentions about xili-language trilogy Twenty Thirteen 2013 Twenty Twelve 2012 Twenty Eleven 2011 Twenty Ten 2010 Responsive responsive The reference website under renovation: dev.xiligroup.com here And as you can see in stats, thousand of sites use xili-language.
The msgid line is equal to the term or sentence hardcoded in the theme functions like _e() or __(). msgstr is the translation in the target language : by instance fr_FR.po for a french dictionary. (the compiled file is fr_FR.mo saved in the theme folder. The root language is in Wordpress currently en_US, but with xili-dictionary, it is possible to create a en_US.mo containing the only few terms that you want to adapt or modify.
Yes and now automatically detected ! For example, to modify the results of a translation for your site with your words.
Today works with .mo or .po with simple twin msgid msgstr couple of lines and themes with functions like _e() or __() for localization AND _n() which manage singular and plural terms like msgid, msgid_plural, msgstr[0],...
It is a text file like this (here excerpt) with different types of msgid : msgctxt "comments number" msgid "%" msgstr "%" msgid "Leave a reply" msgstr "Laisser une réponse" msgid "One thought on &ldquo;%2$s&rdquo;" msgid_plural "%1$s thoughts on &ldquo;%2$s&rdquo;" msgstr[0] "Une réflexion au sujet de &laquo&nbsp;%2$s&nbsp;&raquo;" msgstr[1] "%1$s réflexions au sujet de &laquo&nbsp;%2$s&nbsp;&raquo;" msgctxt "sentence" msgid "comment" msgid_plural "comments" msgstr[0] "commentaire" msgstr[1] "commentaires"
xili-dictionary is able to import a .mo of the target language and rebuild a .po editable in backend or a text editor. Example: if it_IT is in your language list, it_IT.mo can be imported, completed by webmaster and export as it_IT.po text file in languages sub-folder of the theme (as text backup).
Poedit is a standalone desktop application. Poedit offers the ways to translate apps and sites (that use gettext). This application is used by us to create localization of this and other plugins. xili-dictionary is online and based on WP Core and essentially made for files used by WP (theme, plugin, custom terms of site...). For technicians, some advantages: possible to recover .mo files, to translate online items, to export .pot files, and more... It is also possible to import msgid present in new template default functions introduced in recent versions.
xili-language, xili-tidy-tags, xili-dictionary Since WP 3.0, if multisite is activated, the trilogy is compatible and will include progressively some improvements dedicaded especially for WP network context.

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