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WordPress WordPress Theme Development Building Page Templates in WordPress The page.php File

Posted by Marie Kolanda
Marie Kolanda
3,658 Points

_e( 'Sorry, page not found.', 'treehouse-portfolio' );

In the video, the code is: _e( 'Sorry, page not found.' ); but in the final-theme version I see: _e( 'Sorry, page not found.', 'treehouse-portfolio' );

Why is the meaning of the second argument(parameter)? I have seen this quite a bit in other themes.

2 Answers

Mark Truitt
Mark Truitt
17,230 Points
Mark Truitt
Mark Truitt
17,230 Points

Hi Marie,

The second parameter is optional. As far as I can honestly tell, its only helpful for translated text.

https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/_e

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,148 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,148 Points

Mark is right, it's optional and it's for translating text using WP's system to do so. One other link I'll provide, it's quite dry, but it's official, is here: https://codex.wordpress.org/I18n_for_WordPress_Developers