RRZE WEB-T Translator

Integrates the WEB-T translation API into the WordPress block editor so authors can translate posts (title and content) without leaving the editor.

Features

• Sidebar panel in the block editor to trigger WEB-T translations.
• Supports both synchronous and asynchronous responses from WEB-T via custom REST endpoints.
• Translation history limited to the three most recent jobs per post with detailed status (pending/completed/failed).
• Manual source/target selections.
• Stores translations in post meta to keep context across sessions.

Requirements

• WordPress 6.8 or newer.
• PHP 8.2 or newer.
• Valid WEB-T (eTranslation) API credentials (application name & password).

Installation

1. Copy the plugin folder into wp-content/plugins/.
2. Activate RRZE WEB-T Translator via Plugins → Installed Plugins in WordPress.
3. Go to Settings → WEB-T Translator and configure your API endpoint, application name, and password.
4. Open any post in the block editor, use the WEB-T Translation sidebar to request translations.

Configuration

Setting	Description
API Endpoint URL	Full URL to the WEB-T translate endpoint, e.g. https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/etranslation/si/translate.
Application Name	Application identifier provided by WEB-T.
Password	Password/secret for the application.

Usage

1. Edit or create a post using the block editor.
2. Open the WEB-T Translation panel from the sidebar.
3. Choose the target language (defaults to the site language).
4. Choose a source language.
5. Click Translate content. A job is created and monitored until WEB-T responds.
6. When complete, the post title and content update automatically. The translation history shows job details.

Development

• PHP autoloading follows PSR-4 via spl_autoload_register (namespace RRZE\WebT).
• Source assets live in src/ (ESNext + SCSS). Compiled and minified files are emitted to build/ by the npm scripts.
• Translation jobs are stored in post meta (_rrze_webt_job_*), with an index key _rrze_webt_jobs_index.
• REST endpoints reside in includes/RestController.php (namespace rrze-webt/v1).

Scripts

• npm run build – Bundles src/editor.js and src/editor.scss into build/editor.js and build/editor.css.
• npm run start – Watches the same sources and rebuilds into build/ on changes.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.