Author: Sebastián Méndez Artavia

Continuing the work With the first strings already submitted, I returned to translate.wordpress.org to keep building on the progress. This time I focused on a different section of the Astra theme — strings related to the transparent header settings and digital product features. What I translated Some of the strings in this batch were more…

The first real step After setting up my account and exploring the platform, it was time to make my first real contribution. I opened the Astra theme project for es_CR, filtered by “Untranslated”, and started suggesting translations one by one. First strings translated My first translated string was “Logo settings updated” → “Configuración del logotipo…

Accessing the translation platform With my WordPress.org account already set up, the next step was accessing translate.wordpress.org and finding the Astra theme strings for the es_CR locale. The direct URL is: translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-themes/astra/es-cr/default/ First contact with the strings Once inside, I filtered by “Untranslated” to see only the strings that still needed work. The Astra theme…

Why WPCredits? I’m Sebastian Méndez, a Computer Systems Engineering student at Universidad Fidélitas in Costa Rica. This semester I’m part of WPCredits, a program that integrates real contributions to the WordPress ecosystem as a formal part of the curriculum. Instead of a traditional project, I’m contributing directly to open source software used by more than…