diff --git a/.metadata/samples.json b/.metadata/samples.json
index 11ae1e89bb..25af12b3af 100644
--- a/.metadata/samples.json
+++ b/.metadata/samples.json
@@ -13795,6 +13795,69 @@
       }
     ]
   },
+  {
+    "name": "pnp-sp-dev-spfx-web-parts-react-custom-localization",
+    "source": "pnp",
+    "title": "Custom Localization",
+    "shortDescription": "Shows how you can load localization files and use the localized strings if you have requirements to display localized text outside the normal SPFx/SPO processing",
+    "url": "https://github.com/pnp/sp-dev-fx-webparts/tree/main/samples/react-custom-localization",
+    "downloadUrl": "https://pnp.github.io/download-partial/?url=https://github.com/pnp/sp-dev-fx-webparts/tree/main/samples/react-custom-localization",
+    "longDescription": [
+      "Shows how you can load localization files and use the localized strings if you have requirements to display localized text outside the normal SPFx/SPO processing"
+    ],
+    "creationDateTime": "2025-01-24",
+    "updateDateTime": "2025-01-24",
+    "products": [
+      "SharePoint"
+    ],
+    "metadata": [
+      {
+        "key": "CLIENT-SIDE-DEV",
+        "value": "React"
+      },
+      {
+        "key": "SPFX-VERSION",
+        "value": "1.18.2"
+      }
+    ],
+    "thumbnails": [
+      {
+        "name": "default-behavior.png",
+        "type": "image",
+        "order": 100,
+        "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pnp/sp-dev-fx-webparts/main/samples/react-custom-localization/assets/default-behavior.png",
+        "alt": "Web Part Preview"
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "page-translation-detection.png",
+        "type": "image",
+        "order": 101,
+        "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pnp/sp-dev-fx-webparts/main/samples/react-custom-localization/assets/page-translation-detection.png",
+        "alt": "Web Part Preview"
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "specific-language.png",
+        "type": "image",
+        "order": 102,
+        "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pnp/sp-dev-fx-webparts/main/samples/react-custom-localization/assets/specific-language.png",
+        "alt": "Web Part Preview"
+      }
+    ],
+    "authors": [
+      {
+        "gitHubAccount": "brianpmccullough",
+        "pictureUrl": "https://github.com/brianpmccullough.png",
+        "name": "Brian McCullough"
+      }
+    ],
+    "references": [
+      {
+        "name": "Build your first SharePoint client-side web part",
+        "description": "Client-side web parts are client-side components that run in the context of a SharePoint page. Client-side web parts can be deployed to SharePoint environments that support the SharePoint Framework. You can also use modern JavaScript web frameworks, tools, and libraries to build them.",
+        "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/sharepoint/dev/spfx/web-parts/get-started/build-a-hello-world-web-part"
+      }
+    ]
+  },
   {
     "name": "pnp-sp-dev-spfx-web-parts-react-custompropertypanecontrols",
     "source": "pnp",