So, I’m learning how to hack around these bbpress themes pretty nicely, but sometimes the php confounds me. For example, here’ some code from a basic front page:

<th><?php _e('Posts'); ?></th>

<th><?php _e('Last Poster'); ?></th>

<th><?php _e('Freshness'); ?></th>

Simple table headers, but what’s the point of the php? Why don’t I just slap the words in there exactly how I want it? Isn’t this just churning resources? Why wouldn’t I just do this:

<th>Posts</th>

<th>Last Poster</th>

<th>Freshness</th>

Thanks!

[@delayedinsanity Member 15 years, 3 months ago]

https://codex.wordpress.org/I18n_for_WordPress_Developers

Same concept for bbPress. You could make all those plain text if you like, they’re built that way by default for people who need to translate their sites.

[@nickaster Member 15 years, 2 months ago]

Okay cool…. so two questions:

1) Does keeping the PHP there burn resources?

2) If I don’t care about translations, is there any reason to keep that stuff?

Thanks!

[@delayedinsanity Member 15 years, 2 months ago]

1) Yes. Not much per, but add them all together… in any site where you expect to have any respectable amount of traffic it’s always a good idea to make your templates static where and whenever possible.

2) Nope.