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We’re glad to announce that all of our ‘glue’ e-commerce plugins (yep, every single one of them) have now been updated. This updates includes fixes a number of bugs and a few small improvements. Besides that good news, WPML now fully supports JigoShop. JigoShop Multilingual First, a very big thanks to the fine folks from [...]

We’ve spent a good amount of time testing Headway 3 with WPML and I’m happy to announce that everything is working fine. I’d like to use this opportunity to tell you a bit about Headway – based on our recent experience. First, just to clarify. We’re writing about Headway because I think that it’s an [...]

They say that we only use 10% of our brain and we’re doing just fine. However, if we use 100% of it, we would become superheroes. I want to help you become WPML experts, so that you can build great multilingual websites with minimal effort. Just a quick recap. WPML includes these modules: Core (which everyone uses) [...]

We’ve received word that Jigoshop, with the filters for WPML compatibility is ready – which means that you’ll soon be able to run multilingual e-commerce sites with Jigoshop and WPML. Right now, we’re starting the final testing with the Jigo team. If you’re interested, please leave messages here and we’ll send you private test versions [...]

We’ve added a ton of new functionality to WooCommerce multilingual and we’d like you to take it for a spin. It’s in Beta, but has passed our extensive QA, so you might be able to use this in production sites, after carefully checking. New features in this release are: Multiple-currencies – now, you can enable [...]

In case you haven’t noticed, WPML forum is now available in English and Spanish. The Spanish forum is right here: http://wpml.org/es/forums/forum/soporte-en-espanol/ The Spanish support is provided by our native Spanish-speaking staff. When you need help, you can ask for it in English, or in Spanish and you’ll get the same great level of support you’re [...]

Indeed, this took a bit more than we planned, but it’s ready. You’re welcome to convert qTranslate to WPML sites using our brand new qTranslate Importer. The plugin is available right now from the WordPress repository: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/qtranslate-to-wpml-export/ It’s a two-trick pony. In its cleanup mode, it will remove all those qTranslate language meta tags from [...]

In a global market, we know how important having a fully-functional multilingual CMS, that’s why we’ve been working with a wide group of plugin developers to make sure that WPML works seamlessly with popular WordPress plugins and tools. We’ve even been producing our own plugins built from the ground up with WPML in mind; these [...]

WPML 2.4.3 is a comprehensive stability overhaul and fixes a number of bugs, glitches and notices. Although there’s no big new feature, this update is highly recommended for everyone. This release fixes some 36 issues. None of these issues was a showstopper, but they needed fixed none-the-less. Fix highlights: URL preview display bug for some [...]

It must be Beta season, because we have another one for you today. We’re ready with a new release (beta) for BuddyPress Multilingual. This release improves compatibility with the current BuddyPress (today, it’s 1.5.3.1). It fixes a number of bugs and feature gaps that opened since our last release. To try this, download the current [...]

There’s a nagging bug in WPML 2.4.2, which drove us half crazy too. It’s fixed now and you can get the updated version in WPML 2.4.3 Beta 3. The bug caused the permalinks preview box to display incorrect URLs in certain cases. It’s a long story, full of drama and boring SQL. The bottom line [...]

We’re ready with a new version of NextGen Gallery, with updated WPML support. This version will let you manage your galleries and maintain full translation using WPML’s String Translation module. Update (Jan 22, 2012): NextGen Gallery now includes full support for WPML (tested on NGG 1.9.2). Please download the official release. To translate your gallery, [...]

Everyone loves faster sites. Speed is important to human visitors as well as search engines and it’s certainly worth spending time on, to optimize. Here are a few tips that can make your multilingual site faster. Speed and performance optimization are an endless tunnel. No matter where you are, there’s always room for improvement. There [...]

I hope that you had a great holiday season. Just like you, we’re working on plans for 2012 and I want to share our. WPML became a commercial product in 2011. While last year, we focused on adding new features, our goal for this year is broader. We’re seeing major trends in the WordPress landscape, [...]

We want to provide localized support in both Japanese and Chinese and want to hire developers to help with that. If you live in Japan or China and want to work with us, we’d love to talk with you. This can be either full-time or part-time position. Your responsibilities would be: Helping in dedicated Japanese [...]