WP Multilang
Multilingual plugin for WordPress.
Description
WP Multilang is a multilingual plugin for WordPress.
Translation for any post types, taxonomies, meta fields, options, text fields in miltimedia files, menus, titles and text fields in widgets.
Features of the plugin WP Multilang:
- 100% free.
- Translation at PHP.
- Compatible with REST.
- Support configuration for translate multidimensional arrays in options, meta fields, post content.
- Support multisite.
- Support WordPress in a sub-folder.
- Separate menu items, posts, terms, widgets, comments per language.
- Many filters for dynamic applying translation settings.
- No duplicate posts, terms, menus, widgets.
- No sub-domain for each language version.
- No additional tables in database.
- Possibility set many languages with one localization. For example, for localization in the region.
- Possibility to set custom locale for html(If installed locale is en_US, you can set locale like: en, en-UK, en-AU etc. Without installation another localization)
- Possibility for add new languages for any user with capability
manage_options
. - Exist the role "Translator" for editing posts, terms. It can not publish or delete.
- No limits by languages or by possibilities.
WP Multilang compatible out of the box with the plugins:
- ACF, ACF Pro
- WooCommerce
- WooCommerce Customizer
- Gutenberg
- Yoast Seo
- Contact Form 7 (added mail tag [_language] for send user language in mail)
- WPBakery Visual Composer
- Page Builder by SiteOrigin
- NextGEN Gallery
- All in One SEO Pack
- MailChimp for WordPress
- Newsletter
- Maps Builder
- Max Mega Menu
- MasterSlider
- WP-PageNavi
- BuddyPress
- Meta Slider
- TablePress
- Download Monitor (Redefine templates for links in your theme and translate link texts)
- Better Search
- Rank Math SEO (thanks for @pratikmts)
Supports configuration via json.
Add in the root of your theme or plugin file wpm-config.json
settings.
Sample configurations can be viewed in a configuration file in a folder configs in the root of the plugin.
Configuration is updated after switching a theme off/on or after update any plugin.
The plugin has filters for dynamic applying configuration for translate.
For disabling translation set null
into the desired configuration.
For example, you should turn off translation for a post type post
.
There are two ways:
-
In json. Create the root of the subject, or the roots of its plugin file
wpm-config.json
with:{ "post_types": { "post": null } }
-
Through the filter.
Add in functions.phpadd_filter( 'wpm_post_post_config', '__return_null' );
To enable translation pass an empty array in php array()
or empty object in json {}
.
Supports translation multidimensional array of options, meta fields and post_content.
Supports the removal of established localizations.
Supports translation via GET parameter. Add in the GET parameter lang
code desired language.
Supports clean database of translations when removing the plugin. Translations are only removed from the built-in tables.
Supports import term translations from qTranslate(by Soft79).
Supports automatically redirect to the user's browser language, if he visits for the first time.
Ideal for developers.
For display language switcher in any place add the code to your template if ( function_exists ( 'wpm_language_switcher' ) ) wpm_language_switcher ();
Function accepts two parameters:
$type - 'list', 'dropdown', 'select'. Default - 'list'.
$show - 'flag', 'name', 'both'. Default - 'both'.
Or using the shortcode wpm_lang_switcher
. It accept two not necessary parameters 'type' and 'show'.
Available features for translation:
wpm_translate_url( $url, $language = '' );
- translate url
wpm_translate_string( $string, $language = '' );
- translate multilingual string
wpm_translate_value( $value, $language = '' );
- translate multidimensional array with multilingual strings
Update translation occurs at PHP. Therefore plugin has high adaptability, compatibility and easily integrates with other plugins. This is what distinguishes it among similar.
Available translation html tags by JS for strings what do not have WP filters before output.
Add your tags in config:
"admin_html_tags": {
"admin_screen_id": {
"attribute": [
"selector"
]
}
}
Where:
admin_screen_id
- admin screen id.
attribute
- attribute what need to translate. Available 'text' - for translate text node, 'value' - for translate form values. Or other tag attribute, like 'title', 'alt'.
selector
- css selector for search needed tag. Each selector is a new array item.
If You need to add translation for multidimentional array for repeated elements You can use custom tag 'wpm_each' for set config to each element in array. Example, add config for each item 'title' in custom post field array:
"post_fields": {
"custom_field": {
"wpm_each": {
"title": {}
}
}
}
For set translation uses the syntax:
[:en]Donec vitae orci sed dolor[:de]Cras risus ipsum faucibus ut[:]
Added shortcode for translate text in any place:
[wpm_translate][:en]Donec vitae orci sed dolor[:de]Cras risus ipsum faucibus ut[:][wpm_translate]
If You translate text in established language, add lang parameter:
[wpm_translate lang="de"][:en]Donec vitae orci sed dolor[:de]Cras risus ipsum faucibus ut[:][wpm_translate]
Support translating from syntax qTranslate-X, WPGlobus etc.
Compatible with REST-API.
Support transfer the required translation through option lang
in the GET request to REST.
Has the ability to keep recording the target language through the transmission parameter lang
in the request.