Jetpack CRM: Translations loaded too early

[swissspidy]

Impacted plugin

CRM

Quick summary

1. Main plugin file calls ZeroBSCRM::instance() immediately, without waiting for init or similar hook
2. ZeroBSCRM::__construct() calls ZeroBSCRM::includes()
3. That method includes ZeroBSCRM.Config.Init.php which calls __()`

In short, __() is called too early without waiting for init or similar. That's the prime example from the https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/10/21/i18n-improvements-6-7/ post. This message means there are some __() calls in the plugin that won't ever work, which the developer should fix.

While this doing_it_wrong message was already introduced in 6.7, there were some edge cases where it didn't fire. In 6.8 that's not the case anymore. See https://make.wordpress.org/core/2025/03/12/i18n-improvements-6-8/

Steps to reproduce

1. Update to WP 6.8
2. Optionally change the site locale or user locale to e.g. de_DE
3. Activate Jetpack CRM
4. See doing_it_wrong message

Site owner impact

More than 60% of the total website/platform users

Severity

Minor

What other impact(s) does this issue have?

No response

If a workaround is available, please outline it here.

No response

Platform (Simple and/or Atomic)

No response

[github-actions]

OpenAI suggested the following labels for this issue:

• [Feature Group] Customer Seller Experience: The issue relates to the Jetpack CRM plugin, which is integral for managing customer relationships.
• [Feature] CRM: The issue specifically involves the Jetpack CRM plugin, highlighting a problem with translation loading.
• [Feature] Error Reporting: This label is relevant as the issue deals with a 'doing_it_wrong' message indicating a problem in the code that should be reported and resolved.

[coder-karen]

Thanks for the report!

For internal tracking: https://github.com/Automattic/zero-bs-crm/issues/3542