Block Translation

Gutenberg block types are parsed as a tree during translation. For each block type MFK needs to know which attributes and inner HTML to translate. Core WordPress blocks are pre-configured. For custom blocks paste a WPML-style <gutenberg-blocks> XML config below.

Custom block rules (WPML-compatible XML)

Save rules

Registered block types (34)

Block	Translatable attributes	Inner HTML
core/paragraph	content	yes
core/heading	content	yes
core/list	—	yes
core/list-item	content	yes
core/quote	citation	yes
core/pullquote	value, citation	no
core/preformatted	content	no
core/verse	content	no
core/code	—	no
core/html	content	yes
core/table	caption	yes
core/button	text	yes
core/buttons	—	yes
core/image	alt, caption, title	yes
core/cover	alt	yes
core/gallery	caption	yes
core/video	caption	yes
core/audio	caption	yes
core/media-text	mediaAlt	yes
core/file	fileName, downloadButtonText	yes
core/embed	caption	no
core/search	label, placeholder, buttonText	no
core/navigation-link	label, description	no
core/navigation-submenu	label	yes
core/site-tagline	—	no
core/post-excerpt	moreText	yes
core/read-more	content	yes
core/latest-posts	—	no
core/calendar	—	no
core/tag-cloud	—	no
core/archives	displayAsDropdown	no
core/separator	—	no
core/spacer	—	no
core/shortcode	—	no

Example XML

<wpml-config>
  <gutenberg-blocks>
    <gutenberg-block type="my-plugin/testimonial" translate="1">
      <xpath>//blockquote</xpath>
      <attrs>
        <attr>author</attr>
        <attr>quote</attr>
      </attrs>
    </gutenberg-block>
    <gutenberg-block type="my-plugin/hero" translate="1">
      <attrs>
        <attr>heading</attr>
        <attr>subheading</attr>
        <attr>buttonText</attr>
      </attrs>
      <inner-content>0</inner-content>
    </gutenberg-block>
  </gutenberg-blocks>
</wpml-config>