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  1. dear i want to know if you have lifetime membership for unlimites sites or not ?
    if yes plese let me know how i could purchase it .
    thank you

  2. Hi,
    I have a few questions:
    1. Will the original URL will save? I don’t want to lose all the links I’ve accumulated so far.
    My intention is that the site in English will be as follows:https://www.netafim55.com/
    And in Hebrew for example: https://www.netafim55.com/he/
    2. Once I have finished translating the site, do I have to keep paying every year?
    3. Is the plugin lets translate Yoast SEO too?
    4. Can images, for example, be translated into an elementor?
    Thank you!

    • Hello,
      thank you for your interest in WPML.
      1. The links you have accumulated so far won’t disappear after installing WPML. They will be still available and from WPML’s point of view, they will be assigned to the language you have chosen as your primary language in WPML (English for example). Yes, if you add Hebrew as your secondary language during the WPML setup and choose the subdirectory option, you will get links as in your example.
      2. No, you don’t. You can cancel your subscription anytime and still use WPML plugins but after the first year you will lose access to updates and our support forum.
      3. Yes, we are compatible with Yoast SEO and you can translate strings from that plugin too.
      4. Yes, we are compatible with Elementor too.

  3. Hello,

    I would like to know if with WPML, Im able to fetch posts, pages, categories, tags, menus, etc in several languages using REST API endpoints. Are there endpoints differents from the default ones that WordPress provide? Can I see an example of a request and response for a post id before purchasing?

    Im asking this because im interested in buying a “Multilingual CMS” but only if the plugin provides these options, since im using WordPress as a Headless CMS.

    Regards, Pedro

  4. Hello. Can I use all the plugins when I receive your $ 29 package? For example: Contact form 7 wpml or yoast seo wpml

    • Hello,
      yes, WPML works with Arabic.
      Yes, we are compatible with WooCommerce and Learn Dash and you need the Multilingual CMS package in that case.

  5. WPML used to offer a free solution for non-profit organizations. Is this still an option? If so, what is the registration process?

    • Hello Matt,
      yes, we used to have a free solution for non-profit organizations but no longer have. We are considering offering some discounts but since it involves a kind of validation process it’s not ready yet. We are working on it. If you need WPML now, you would need to buy it, but if you could wait about a week, please let me know.

  6. Hi,
    I have a wordpress website using DIVI as the theme with lots of content. I want to be able to partially translate content (i.e. not translate some of the menus etc or skip some pages and posts). Will your plugin show content for both languages (for example if the chosen language does not have translated content to show the original language and avoid showing blank pages as polylang does). Will the basic version do that or do I need the CMS version? Our initial plan was to go with Polylang but the content is really a lot and we dont want to recreate every page in the second language.

  7. Here are my questions :

    1.Do we have a grace period to regret and get our money back? if yes, how many days.

    2. How is the automatic translation quality? can you explain why your translation is better than Google Translate?

    3. Are the translated texts copiable or they are just there till we make the payment?

    4. Can we modify the translations that the plugin generates? we might need to change the tone for some of translations

    5. Is the fee per month or per year?

    6. If we buy 100 000 words, do we need to pay for it very month?

    • Yes, you can “transfer” your “license? (the key) from your development site to your live site. This is how to do it:
      1. In your WPML Account go to Sites and delete your development domain
      2. Add your production domain, a new key will be generated. Copy the key.
      3. Go to your WPML site: Plugins -> Add new -> Commercial tab. Click unregister and then register again using the new key.

      Please note that deleting the domain/key in your WPML account won’t delete the WPML plugins and you can use them even without registration. Registration is required only to get updates from within the wp-admin.

  8. Hello,
    Our website is defaulted in English. I was wondering if your plugin allows for only specific pages to automatically show up in Japanese, for our Japan readers. Is there a special URL we can send people to for the Japanese versions of those pages?

    • Hello Marc,
      if a theme is on our list, there is a good chance it will work without any issues. But I cannot say “for sure” and if you find anything not working as expected, you would need to open a ticket on our support forum and then our developers will look into it.

  9. Hi, does your plugin support changing the date format of “Last updated On” the blog page?
    For example, our site is using English and French languages and we wanted the English post date to be in M/D/Y then the French date format should be D/M/Y

    Could this be possible?

    Thank you!

    • Hello there,

      If your theme is using the standard date format from WordPress, WPML is able to translate this format using our WPML String Translation. In case it is using a custom function, it would depend on how that feature has been built and if it is multilingual ready.

      Regards,
      Andrés

      • Hi Andres,

        We’re using The7 Theme, is it possible to have different Last Update on (see sample: https://prnt.sc/sfx2co) date format for English( M/D/Y ) and French ( D/M/Y ) posts?

        Does your plugin has this functionality or would still need some customization on the code?

        Thank you!

        • Our Compatibility team declare your The7 theme as compatible a few months ago. Thus I would say you should be able to translate your date format using WPML String Translation.
          https://wpml.org/theme/the7/

          There is a really small chance that a few things have changed since then but I would say that there shouldn’t be any issue. If so, you can always open a ticket in our support forum:
          https://wpml.org/forums/

          Regards

  10. Hello
    1) I am exempt from VAT and should not pay VAT. SO how can I buy your product without VAT?
    2) Why is it auto renewal & payment every year? I only want to buy the product as a one-time expense. How do I do that?
    3) I now read many posts about their webshops gets very slow after installation of WPML. Is that fixed? Or will I get a really bad website by buying & installing your tool?
    4) Should I buy the product via your website or via wordpress backend plugin install?
    5) Is the OnTheGoSystems WPML plugin the same? or competitor? or something needed to make your product work?
    Thanx
    Martin

    • 1) In our checkout page, there’s a field to enter your VAT number. When you enter a valid VAT, we don’t charge it.

      2) You can cancel the automatic renewal after you buy WPML.

      3) WPML, like any other plugin, will add some execution time to your site. It’s not going to make your site painfully slow. There are over 1 million commercial websites running WPML. Some sites do have performance problems, many not related to us. We work with any client who has a performance problem, get to the bottom of it and make sure that sites run smoothly.

      4) There’s only one place to buy WPML and this is our purchase page:
      https://wpml.org/purchase/

      5) OnTheGoSystem is the company who makes WPML (that’s us).

      I hope this helps. Let us know if you have any other questions or concerns.

  11. Not sure I understood… no machine translations?: ” WPML lets authors write content in different languages and translate content. It also includes advanced features for translation management and an interface for professional content translation.”

    Would it be possible to have the backend (WordPress admin) only in English and the frontend (actual website) appear in the Slovak language, with an option to translate into English. When potential client click on the search engine results or social media search result, can I have the website immediately open in Slovak language?

    There are bulk translations: If I go to pages in WordPress admin, can I have it all translated at once? Or do I have to translate (machine translation) each page separately.

    Regards,

  12. Dear Sir / Madam,

    1. With CMS version ($79,-) can I translate every page / plug-in in my website? (I want also to translate the terms and conditions page of my website).
    2. What does 2000 per month mean – does that means that I can only translate 2000 words per month?
    3. Is it also possible to translate advertisements in Google Ads by WPML-translators?
    4. How does a customer change from my normal website, to the website in his/hers native language? (Can it be done with a flag in the main-menu)?
    5. Can I create a site-wide NEW path PER country, per example: (Deutschland: /de/product etcetera) and can it be done by using WPML?

    Love to hear from you, many thanks in advance.

    Best regards,
    Bart

    • 1. Yes. Our Multilingual CMS ($79) package includes all of WPML’s features and will let you translate everything in your site.
      2. WPML lets you translate as much as you want YOURSELF without any quota. Additionally, we offer 2000/words per month of free machine translation.
      3. Google will automatically show ads in the right language in translated content.
      4. Yes. WPML lets you display language switchers in different places in the site. On of the most popular spots for a language switcher is in a menu (typically the top menu).
      5. Yes. WPML will organize languages in your sites in virtual folders (like /de/, /es/, etc.).

  13. Hello,

    I have been a member for about 3 years. I made a licensed purchase. I made two payments. And how do I become unable to use a service I pay for a ridiculous reason, like the expiration date? You can lock the settings on my web page and do not allow me to intervene. Moreover, can you disrupt the working side of my web page? What happened to the English store page was broken? What happened to the font on the page is not read? And your add-on causing all of this? I gave money and bought it. I have the right to use my purchase without any problems. Give up your ridiculous money laundering models. Did you think you would win like this? Now correct my page and upload the products I purchased to my subscription. I can carry this issue up to the courts. Because I am a customer and I am 100% right about a purchase I made. Because you lock some features on my web page and disrupt the function of the page. This is not your right! I also appeal to all prospects who will purchase the add-on. The most expensive thing in life is experience. I have experienced this.

    Thanks.

  14. i would like my online shop to focus in china market

    since china blocked google service
    i want to know if your translation is based on google translate ?

    will it be functionable for china user ?

    • Hello, no, we don’t use Google translations, we use Azure’s MT engine but you can also provide your own translations.

  15. Hello WPML-team,

    I am looking for a solution to translate an internal e-learning plattform. It should a) be a good translation and b) have options to implement the languages easily into the present page setup (via language switcher).
    Is it possible to get a refund if the automated translation is not what we are looking for? We are unsure because there is no possibility to test it.

    Thanks and have a nice day.

    Susanne Duckhorn

  16. Good afternoon, we purchased WPML but we are unable to download the WPML Multilingual CMS plug, BuddyPress Multilingual has downloaded it. We have purchased WPML Multilingual CMS, why can’t we download it after paying for it ?. Thank you, I await your kind reply, Antonio

    • Hello,
      something is wrong with your WPML account. In our system, I can see this msg: “This user has no subscriptions for this status.” which in most cases means that your order didn’t complete. Have you been charged? What can you see in your bank account? We are gonna check this out as well. We might want to ask you to purchase again. We will keep you posted.

  17. Dear Support,

    Can I use different logos for the different languages? Eg. If the logo contains a text which needs to be translated in the different languages view.

    Thank you.

    Best regards,

    Csaba Szilagyi

  18. I was currently using multicurrency, but i had some caching problems as I didn’t buy it yet, and am using WP_rocket. So I was looking as I want to evolve to WPML someday soon, and see that currency is supported directly in the plugin?

    However, I’m not sure it will do what you want as far as currencies are concerned. As far as I understand this, you can change the currency when they are displaying a specific language, e.g. if you have Japanese they will display prices in Yen.

    In my case, it will be Engish for the UK and English, e.g. for Greece. I’m not sure if the plugin can geolocate and display the correct currency without changing the language.

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