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How to improve navigation on a multilingual WordPress site

Translate the pages that your menus link to, then create or synchronise a menu for each language and add a clearly labelled language switcher. Check s…

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How to create a multilingual WordPress site

WordPress does not create a multilingual front end by itself, so you need either a multilingual plugin or separate WordPress sites linked together. A…

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How to translate theme and plugin strings in WordPress

Translate theme and plugin strings with WordPress gettext files: edit a PO file, compile its MO file, and place it where WordPress expects it. For a f…

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How to translate media in WordPress

WordPress does not translate media by itself. With WPML, you can translate image titles, alt text, captions and descriptions in the content translatio…

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How to export and import translations in WordPress

For translation jobs, WPML can export XLIFF files and import the completed translations. For strings, use PO files. Moving posts, custom post types, t…

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How to translate custom fields in WordPress

WordPress does not translate custom fields by itself. Use a multilingual plugin to decide which fields are translated, copied, or copied once, then en…

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How to create a multilingual WooCommerce store

You need a multilingual plugin for a properly connected WooCommerce store. It links translated products, categories, menus, checkout text and emails,…

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How to translate WordPress forms into multiple languages

WordPress does not translate arbitrary form plugins by itself. For a simple form, create a version for each language and place it on the matching tran…

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