Two WP installs with same database, content and users.

  • I’ve spent a lot of time creating a new wordpress site, where people can register, submit their own content (posts, images etc.) and interact with each other (private messages, comments etc.).
    I use some plugins:
    – Buddypress (+ BP Followers + BP Registration Captcha)
    – WordPress social login
    – WP User Frontend

    Now i want to make the website multilingual.
    Is it possible install another copy of wordpress and only share the databases for users, posts and the data stored by the plugins?

    So i could create another version of the theme with the 2nd language texts and install 2nd language versions of the plugins.

    Thank you.

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  • Is it possible install another copy of wordpress and only share the databases for users, posts and the data stored by the plugins?

    Shared users is not terribly difficult to set up, but having two sites with the same content is never a good idea as that destroys SEO with Google and such. In other words, making one site multilingual is not the same as having separate sites with duplicate content and shared users.

    Most themes and plugins are “multilingual ready” in the sense they will run in more than one language, but it is my understanding that WordPress, itself, can only run in one selected language at a time. So, the challenge becomes that of making it possible for WordPress in whatever language to display content in a multilingual format…and WPML seems to be one of the most-comprehensive ways to do that. I happen to have WPML ready-to-go at one site, but I cannot really offer much of anything more about that since I have yet to actually get it running. Overall, I would suggest you do some research and reading here:

    https://www.google.com/search?q=multilingual+wordpress

    Edit: If you might want to have a look, I do presently (and only temporarily) have the Google Translator plugin working here:
    https://www.morethan100.net/
    However, I believe that level of translation is not all that great and would not be a good substitute for page-by-page, post-by-post, comment-by-comment work done by actual human translators.

    Thread Starter Pintolus

    (@pintolus)

    Thank you so much for your answer!
    Yes SEO seems to be an issue, since the content will be duplicated – could even lead to a google-ban.

    but it is my understanding that WordPress, itself, can only run in one selected language at a time

    I thought this too, but just 5 Minutes ago i’ve read about ‘WPLANG’ which is defined in the wp-config.php. This may look constant, but it seems that you can also set it up, that it changes for every individual user using sessions.
    Source:https://code.tutsplus.com/articles/new-wp-config-tweaks-you-probably-dont-know–wp-35396 => Nr. 6

    I will try this out tomorrow, but first i have to translate my theme and some plugins.

    …first i have to translate my theme and some plugins.

    I do know that is one of the things WPML can do, but I believe there are other (and free) plugins that can do the same. The big question, however, comes down to who will do the content translations to be served to site users/visitors. In relation to that, you might see my edit posted above at the same time you were posting.

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