Multilingual WordPress Sites

Overview

Information about setting up multilingual support for WordPress sites.

WPML WordPress plugin

WordPress Multilingual Plugin

Installation

WordPress "Installer" plugin

There is a page on the site that describes using the "Installer" WP plugin to install WPML components. The Installer plugin allows you to install paid plugins, as they cannot be hosted by WordPress.org.

The Installer plugin did not work when installed on my development server. It needs to search "repositories" which should be loaded by default. Even when I manually entered the WPML repository it did not load.

Installing on local development server

It's possible to download the WPML components as zip files from the WPML website. Each component gets unzipped into the WP plugins directory. After the files are installed, return to the WP admin, click on "Plugins" and activate the component.

Translating posts and pages

Once the WPML CMS component is installed, activated, and configured, a column is added to the Posts and Pages listings pages. If the page has not been translated then a "plus" sign will appear in the column.

Clicking on the plus sign will lead to a page where a translated version of the page can be entered.

Translating themes

See theme localization