How to create a second language version of my site?

  • Resolved Kaljakelluja

    (@kaljakelluja)


    10 years, 4 months ago

    Hi all,

    I am very new to WordPress and don’t have much knowledge on it yet. I recently set up a website for a Finnish beer festival called “Kaljakellunta” (kaljakellunta.org) and I would like to do an English version of it to cater for tourists and expats.

    The site would have a British flag on the top banner that you would be able to click on any page you are on and it would switch it to an English version under a subdomain (Kaljakellunta.org/en/). Ideally, I would first have simply a duplicate of the site that I could then manually translate into English.

    The plugins I currently have on the site include:
    -Wonderplugin gallery
    -Facebook plugin
    -BBpress forum
    -BSW contact form
    -Google Analytics Dashboard for WP
    -Backup

    What would be the easiest way to realise this?

    Thanks in advance!

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  • From the “Multilingual WordPress” page of the Codex:

    “WordPress does not support a bilingual or multilingual blog out-of-the-box. There are however Plugins developed by the WordPress community which will allow you to create a multilingual blog easily.”

    The page goes on to list a number of potential plugin solutions, and describes the types of multilingual approaches that various plugins might employ.

    I have personally used both Polylang (a free plugin) and WPML (a paid plugin) with success on a number of projects. Both work well.

    I would suggest reading the Codex page that I have linked to, and then researching some of the plugins that are mentioned on that page, to see which one will likely meet your needs.

    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Multilingual_WordPress

    Thread Starter Kaljakelluja

    (@kaljakelluja)

    I have personally used both Polylang (a free plugin) and WPML (a paid plugin) with success on a number of projects. Both work well.

    Awesome, just installed Polylang and it makes this whole thing so easy for me. Thanks!

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