Add hook after loading WordPress locale object

[alex-ye]

We face some problems when we work on bbPress last month , see :
​http://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2219

There is no proper hook to add roles ( an example ) in WordPress ,
especially when you use a translated display name ..

You can also read some lame in bbPress source code
"This is kind of lame, but is all we have for now. "

​http://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/4773

[SergeyBiryukov]

"This is kind of lame, but is all we have for now. "

For reference, this was added in ​[BB4350].

The newer comment (in ​[BB4773]) says: "...hook in immediately after everything is included (including the theme's functions.php)". after_setup_theme seems to be the correct action for that, since the proposed after_load_locale hook would run before the theme's functions.php is included.

[alex-ye]

Replying to SergeyBiryukov:

"This is kind of lame, but is all we have for now. "

For reference, this was added in ​[BB4350].

The newer comment (in ​[BB4773]) says: "...hook in immediately after everything is included (including the theme's functions.php)". after_setup_theme seems to be the correct action for that, since the proposed after_load_locale hook would run before the theme's functions.php is included.

Yes , but I disagree with you about the correct action , Maybe some calls in theme's functions.php require that the roles must be added before ..

Many hooks in WordPress run before the theme's functions.php is included and this is not something to claim about .. after_load_locale hook can be useful for plugins and not only for adding roles .. I think it could be used in many things .

[nacin]

Roles should be added on init. Also, in general, the rule of thumb is that if you need translations, then wait for init. (Themes can jump the gun at after_setup_theme as well, but init is a more obvious and generic hook.)

[SergeyBiryukov]

Replying to alex-ye:

Many hooks in WordPress run before the theme's functions.php is included and this is not something to claim about ..

I've counted 7:

• muplugins_loaded
• registered_taxonomy
• registered_post_type
• plugins_loaded
• sanitize_comment_cookies
• setup_theme
• load_textdomain

after_load_locale hook can be useful for plugins and not only for adding roles .. I think it could be used in many things .

As noted above, roles should be added on init. Do you have a specific use case that cannot be accomplished using existing actions?