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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) [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

Using WooCommerce and want to run a multilingual site? Now you can. We’re ready with (beta) versions for WooCommerce, WooCommerce Multilingual and a new WPML version that supports them. The nice thing was that WooCommerce uses WordPress in a very clean way. This allowed us to turn it multilingual without resorting to any hacks. We [...]

Today, we completed a long test cycle for WPML and the Domain Mapping plugin. The bottom line, with the current versions of WordPress, WPML and Domain Mapping, everything is working for us. The Domain Mapping and WPML tutorial include complete, step-by-steps for you to follow. There’s also a small patch for Domain Mapping, making it [...]

Update – the qTranslate to WPML importer is ready. Please see the complete documentation and download. We’re starting to work on an importer from qTranslate to WPML. This importer will convert the mixed-content that qTranslate creates into per-language posts and taxonomy. How this works qTranslate holds all content in the same post, taxonomy or custom [...]

Types is ready to download and use. It allows creating custom post types, custom taxonomy and custom fields. It’s fully integrated with WPML and with Views, letting you build complex multilingual sites with WordPress without any coding. Setting Up Types creates three things: Custom post types Custom taxonomy Custom fields (meta boxes) First, download Types [...]

We’re growing and need help. WPML and our two new plugins, Types and Views, require more support and applications experts. We want to pay you $500 (USD) for referring great applicants to us. In order to keep up with demand for expert support, we’re looking for developers, who want to join our support and applications [...]

Custom data types make all the difference between a cool blogging tool and a true CMS. To date, there isn’t a complete solution for managing custom data for multilingual sites. Types and Views will change all this! Update – Types and Views are ready. Get Types from the WordPress plugin repository. For Views, go to [...]

We received great applications. Thanks for everyone who contacted us. This position is closed for now. We’re in the midst of a new major project and want to come out with a polished and beautiful product. For that, we need a graphics designer, to accompany the project. The work can start right now, but we [...]

With WPML 2.3.4 out, we’re starting work on WPML 2.4.0. As always, we have more ideas for features than time to build them, so I’d like to hear your voice before we choose what’s in and what’s out. First, the “big picture”. Our goal is to make it easier for you to build multilingual websites. [...]

Back in the days when WordPress introduced plugins and themes, a centralized repository was the best thing imaginable. However, the WordPress ecosystem has evolved and a single repository no longer fills all needs. Is it time to open the doors for commercial repositories? Today, many quality themes are commercial. Plugins are following this path. What [...]