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In case you didn’t know, WPML has a twin brother. It’s a Drupal module called Translation Management. WPML wants to be more like Translation Management, who’s mature and bug-free. In the Drupal world, plugins are called modules. Each module comes with its own issue tracking system, where issues are assigned, tracked and handled. When fellow [...]

WPML, through ICanLocalize, is now offering completely free professional translation for any WordPress theme to over 16 major languages. How we’re doing it No, we’re not crazy. We’ve built a powerful resource file localization system, we’re using it ourselves and for a tiny additional cost we can offer free translation for anyone who needs it. [...]

We’re ready with the first release candidate of WPML 1.6.0. This version allows translating other plugins, includes a much improved string translation interface and fixes many bugs. New features in WPML 1.6.0 WPML can translate other plugins too WPML can now translate everything in your site, include other plugins. You can do that without asking [...]

We’ve just started translating our own WPML.org. First languages are Spanish and German. It’s mostly working, but still has some childhood problems. I thought it would be interesting to share how this is going, tell about the problems we’re facing and how to they’re being fixed. Some of the problems are just bugs that we’re [...]

We’re almost ready for the release of WPML 0.99. This is yet another maintenance release, but due to popular demand, we’ve already pushed in some major functions folks have been requesting in WPML forum. Besides fixing bugs (which we’re eagerly working on, as I’m writing these lines), the two most popular requests have been: Build [...]

We’ve finally created an official roadmap page listing the features we’re working on, what’s planned and when. Features are grouped into different sections including navigation, multilingual system and content translation. Many of these features are a result of great feedback we got from folks in the forum. Since many of the people visiting the forum [...]

Did you know there are over 320 million native Spanish speakers in the world? This release of WPML will make a small percentage of these people a bit happier, as it’s localized to Spanish. It’s just a pilot language. Soon, we’re adding other popular languages including German, French, Japanese and Chinese. And, when our translation [...]