Differentiate page name frome page title ?

  • Hi everyone,

    I’m developping a website in english, spanish, portuguese, chine trad. and chinese simplified. I’m using Polylang for the translations. But I got a little problem. I don’t speak nor read chinese. So, if I create a page with chinese title, my page is in chinese in the backend tree.

    In some other CMS, there is a name for managing the page in the backend and the title for the frontend. What is the solution with WP ? Perhaps do I miss something ?

    Thanks.

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  • Are you using the free or pro version? Polylang allows you to set different titles and slugs for each language. When you create a page in a specific language, check for “Slug” in the Polylang settings. When creating the Chinese version of a page, you could set the Chinese title but give it an English slug.

    Thread Starter JLBA

    (@jltest)

    Hello mary,

    Thanks for your answer. I’m using the free version.

    Even with the free version, I can use a title in chines and a slug in english. But, in the lists or in the popup menus, you see the name but not the slug. That’s why I find it a bit difficult.

    You should be able to change the language of your own user profile in the backend (top right > edit profile). Normally, the websites default language is set here, which is why this also changes for you in the backend.

    If this is not the case, I would recommend you to contact the Polylang support forum: https://www.ads-software.com/support/plugin/polylang/

    Thread Starter JLBA

    (@jltest)

    Thanks @threadi .

    My question is not about the back end language. My backend is in english, no problem.

    My question is about pages names in backend trees/lists.

    Let say I got an english page. I duplicate it to translate it in chinese. In this page, the title is in chinese characters (even if the slug is in english). But in backend, in pages list/tree, this page is displayed only with its title so in chinese. Which is not very practical.

    In many other CMS, pages have their title for frontend and a name used only in backend. (And an ID and a slug.)

    So I was asking if a plugin exists to add this “internal” page name.

    I just discovered a plugin to manage columns in backend lists. So i could add the slug column. And I could use a custom post type as my page name which I could add in another column. But not all plugins will use or display it.

    Your question refers to the options Polylang provides for various questions. There you can enter slugs in different languages. I think this is an option that you have to activate separately, but I’m not sure whether it’s included in the free or Pro version. I would therefore recommend that you contact their support forum again.

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