[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #30559: Plugins and themes translations aren't downloaded when language is changed

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#30559: Plugins and themes translations aren't downloaded when language is changed
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 Reporter:  dimadin          |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement      |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Upgrade/Install  |     Version:
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch      |     Focuses:
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Comment (by afercia):

 Quoting from #47108:

 > Code-wise this seems to be the intended behavior, but there are some
 undesirable side-effects:
 > - User experience is not ideal: there's nothing to inform users they
 have to update [Edit: click Update Translations in the Updates screen] to
 actually get plugins and themes translations.
 > - Plugins (and themes) code relying on `is_textdomain_loaded()` will
 fail because the new language .mo file doesn't exist yet. While this is
 technically correct, it's a bit misleading as developers might expect it
 returns true once a new language has been set.

 > I'd tend to think software should have smart default behaviors and not
 require users to do manual tasks that can be avoided. Seems to me a better
 behavior would be automatically downloading also the plugin and theme
 language packs.

 I'd like to propose to give this ticket some higher priority. /Cc
 @swissspidy @ocean90

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