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WordPress WordPress Theme Development Finishing Your WordPress Theme Testing Your WordPress Theme

Posted by Marie Kolanda
Marie Kolanda
3,658 Points

text domain

Why do you use the name of the theme as the text domain? I don't understand.

Jason Braun
Jason Braun
22,509 Points
Jason Braun
Jason Braun
22,509 Points

Hi Marie, They just do that in the video - you don't have to do it that way, you can make the domain name whatever you like. Same with the theme.

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Marie Kolanda
Marie Kolanda
3,658 Points
Marie Kolanda
Marie Kolanda
3,658 Points

But what does wordpress think the domain is and what does it do with it?