The Multilingual Blog version does not include WPML’s String Translation module. You will need it to translate widgets and some texts that is not in posts. It does include menu translation.
I want to know if Multilingual CMS edition supports translation of custom created (not trough the Types plug-in but trough regular WP functions):
1. custom post types
2. custom taxonomies for custom post types
3. custom meta fields within the custom post type
Second Q.
How WPML integrates with WordPress SEO by Yoast. Does each language version has it’s own sitemap.xml given the languages are in sub-folders ie. site.com/en/, site.com/de/, etc. or?
Does each language content (post, page, custom post type) has it’s own box for title, meta description or meta keywords if used.
Yes, WPML lets you translate all these (CPTs, taxonomy and fields). It’s easier to control with Types, but works fine anyway you create them.
WPML and WordPress SEO work great together. We’re using WordPress SEO on our sites. It comes with a language configuration file which tells WPML exactly which fields and wp_options entries need translation.
Hello, I would like to have the configuration per domain in order to have different sitemaps per language.
I saw a lot of trouble topics about, so I would like to be sure it is easy to do it. My questions:
1. Does it work with subdomain without doing any special operation? I saw a lot of people having problems with subdomains and WordPress, because WordPress does not handle well the fact of a subdomain points to the same Worpdress installation. Is there any clear guide?
2. How can i modify the file http.conf if my hosting does not allow me to do it?
3. Not all hostings allow addon domains. Which are reliable hostings of about 3-4$/month which allow addon domain? What to doif a hosting does not allow addon domain?
4. I would like to have site.com and site.es, having the main site in site.com. DO i have to purchase only the domain.es or domain + web space?
I’m not sure how the hosting company calls it, but you’ll have to have all domains / sub-domains, pointing to the same physical WordPress install. You can look at the FAQ and see if your hosting company supports it. Otherwise, I don’t think that there’s a hack.
You need to buy the web space for only one site and register all the domains.
Thanks for your answer Amir. I read lot of times the page you gave me. The point is that the hosting provider does not allow the configuration of the virtual host file. He could allow me to set some sub-domain. What exactly mean with “must point to the same physical WordPress install”? Can you define the word “pointing”? When I choose a sub-domain I could only specify the folder, do I have to define this folder as “/public_html”?
I would really be pleased if you can suggest me some cheap (3-4$/month max) domains with such support. If you cannot tell in public, you can write it for email, no problem.
Last but not least, is it possible to do all this in a site with free hosting (for test), so having the wordpress install on site.freehostingprovider.com and a sub-domain en.site.freehostingprovider.com?
All the sub domains must read the content from the same WordPress directory. Meaning, there should be one single WordPress install, that will be used for all sub-domains.
Different hosting providers have different terminology for that. Sometimes they call it ‘addon’ domains and sometimes other terms.
I really suggest that you call their sales and ask when you need to order from them. There should be one WordPress site, with one database and it needs to respond to several domains or sub-domains. I don’t know how they call this setup in this system.
What is the utility of WPML with WordPress Multisite + Domain Mapping? If I want to have a network of websites in different languages I could develop different subsites each one in a language and not to use WPML, right? In this case I would not have the functionality to pass from a post in a language to the corresponding post in another language right?
So, I see WPML as a better way to have a solutions, and the other solution is WordPress MU + domain mapping. What is the utiliy of mixing ??
When you use WPML, you get full translation management. That’s the major benefit. This means that it’s one site with different languages. Translations are linked to each other, site structure is one and navigation is coherent. When we started WPML, a few years ago, we actually began with a multisite network, like you’re describing. We attempted to synchronize between content in the different sub-sites. This proved to be overly complex and we switched to a single-site architecture, which is WPML today.
Yes sure! In fact, I was asking because i read your article about domain mapping + WPMU + WPML.. If i have WPML whi doing a wordpress network? WPML can handel all in a single installation, so less rework!
I would purchase WPML but I have to find out some hosting who permits to change dns to point other domains to my main website. Any suggestion?
That article explains how to use WPML and Domain Mapping, so that you can have a network of different MULTILINGUAL sites. That’s not just a network that includes different languages for one site, but a network that includes different languages for different client sites.
Many web developers, who also provide hosting services to their clients, use this configuration. They run one multisite network for all their clients. On that network they have sites that require several domains – one per language.
Usually, people don’t run this soft of configurations on shared hostings. They get a strong dedicated server, where they host dozens of sites for all their clients. In any case, if you’re building sites for clients, I recommend that you try some of the higher-end hosting companies. The support and reliability will probably be worth a lot more than the extra monthly cost.
They specialize in dedicated servers and virtual private servers. I’m sorry, but for years we haven’t used shared hosting, so I can’t give you good recommendations on that.
Ok, I understood, thanks: multisite + domain mapping + wpml is not for me 🙂 Weel the only thing I have to understand is: I have to choose the hostings such a way they permit to do some particular operations.
The hosting which will host wordpress must have any particular characteristic, like changing dns or allowing omain parking?
Or the delicate hosting is the domain who will have to point to the wordpress site? In this domain, I would be required to do what? Changing DNS? Changing NS? Changing both? I am confused only about this topic, the guide on the site does not explain in details and it’s a very important theme.. I owuld use shared hosting, so if you cannot suggest a reliable shared hosting, I would ask you if you can clarify that points.. thanks a lot!
I’m interested in purchasing wpml to make my site multilingual. If I buy the Multilingual Blog
$29 (USD) now, can I upgrade later to the Multilingual CMS $79 (USD)?
Iposted with question yersterday, somehow got erased. I was asking you if the simpler version of your plugin, the one for bloggers is enough to translate content, menus and may be other plugins.
Thanks
Oscar
I’m sorry, but I don’t think that we’ve tested WPML with Option Tree. If you get the other author interested, we’ll be very happy to check compatibility together.
Before purchasing WPML (btw, thanks for the great plugin), I would like to make sure if it works seamlessly with Advanced Custom Types (http://www.advancedcustomfields.com/)? By “seamlessly” I mean I can translate all field labels and values, and all the data are kept (translated of course) when I switch languages in WPML.
I think that WPML and ACF plugins work well together. We’re not running them on any of our own sites, so I don’t have first hand knowledge. Clients and ACF author report that things are OK. Translation for labels may not be 100% complete. I don’t think that ACF author had tested that.
Hello,
i would like to know if it’s possible to add / remove some content in WPML for different language versions – ie. i have some pages that i want only to show in english version and not to appear on french version.
Yes, it’s possible. Normally, WPML will let you create independent content for each language. That content may be translations, but it doesn’t have to be so. You can have completely different content for each language for every part of your site.
Will the $79 version do the translations for me once I have the Plug-In Activated… or do I need someone to actually do the translations first then remake Pages and add the headlines and copy?
So I guess, is the WPML just a Management System within my Theme?
I have a website in wordpress (tirisulayoga.com) which was created by web developers.
Now I want to do up a multi-lingual site. Is this plugin compatible with my theme?
Is the blog version enough for my site or do I need to get the full cms version?
Will the language bar appear on its own after installing the plugin? Or do I need to contact the developer to do some changes to the index page? Or the best is, I can do it on my own?
WPML’s language switcher can display either as a widget or via PHP code. If your theme has widget zones, you should be able to add the language switcher using the WordPress admin. Otherwise, the theme developer may need to add it manually.
Most themes today work fine with WPML. We’re can’t tell for sure without seeing the theme. I suggest to ask the theme developers if they used gettext calls for all static texts and WordPress API to load content. If so, it should run fine on multilingual sites with WPML.
Since this is not a simple blog, you will most likely need the CMS version. It includes WPML’s String Translation module, which will allow you to translate texts that you not in posts and taxonomy. These will include the different texts in the theme, the site’s tagline and others.
Hi,
I have an ongoing questions with one of your support personnel and things seem to be moving too slowly. Currently I’m developing a WP site that another developer hasn’t finished and I do not have access/registration details for the Theme & Plugins he’s purchase, including WPML CMS.
My Question: If I re-purchase WPML CMS does your 1 year support & upgrades include PREMIER support… or is it the same as the support I’m currently receiving as (affectively) a non-paying customer.
Kind regards,
Ian
Right now, we clear all support requests in several hours. We have 3 full-time support people working in the forum, coming from different time-zones. This lets us cover support requests from anywhere in the world within several hours.
Of course, there may be cases where the support people need more information, so the support process doesn’t end in one iteration. We do try our best to help you as fast as possible. This is good for you and is also good for us.
If you buy WPML again, you will be able to access the support forum and get help from our support staff.
Hello! My WPML subscription expired 4 days ago, on November 10th. I had no chance to renew it for another year at 50% as I was not at home and didn’t get any emails. Is there a second chance to get the 50% discount? thanks
It’s pretty difficult for us to change it, as we’ll have to hack the DB and change your order date manually. If you decide to renew your subscription at the full price, drop me a note again and I’ll manually change it to lifetime, so that you don’t need to renew again. Would you like that?
How well does this work with multi-site. We have a site with 20 microsites used through multisite. Of course the translation would need to go though each site, but will the selected language be maintained between sites? If not, is there a special URL we can use to activate a different language on the site? The main site links to the micro sites and we can control the URL’s.
Hi, I work on my own multi install wordpress with wpml 2.2.1 , purchased in 2011
I woud be ready to buy again for a ne w website but I will need to install the new version of the plugin while keeping compatbility with old plugin for a complex website that might be hurt by an upgrade,
1. is this possible ? or do you keep the same plugin folder ” sitepress-multilingual-cms”
2. what happens with extra plugins I am currently using ? WPML String Translation ? WPML Translation Management? are they replaced by the whole WPML multinlingual CMS ?
When you buy WPML, you receive one year of support and upgrades. Whatever you download will never expire. However, in order to keep getting our support and upgrades, we ask for 50% of the original cost in the next years.
On 17-9-2011 i have purchased sitepress-multilingual-cms.2.3.4 from you.
i didnt have the change to try it or use it now i am website for a church that needs to be published in 3 languages english, french, arabic.
can i use the above one with wordpress 3.4.2 and a responsive theme i purchased from themeforest.net? or do i have to purchase another one? and what will the price?
or may be i can download the new version directly?
please advise as i need to configure this feature today
I’m not sure. We don’t test older versions with new WordPress versions. On every WordPress version, we run complete QA and make sure that WPML works correctly with them. We always find little things to fix. Since WPML 2.3.x is pretty old, I would expect to see some compatibility issues. They may not all be severe, but there sure are some things.
WPML costs $79 and you receive a year of upgrades and support.
I prepared in italian a small web site (www.ecosurvey.it) in WP theme SWATCH versione 1.4.8 di WooThemes with a third level domains (www.ecosurvey.it/smartstripping): can you confirm that your plug-in will provide the translation in english and spanish of the web pages?
Do you think that WPML plugin could be a good solution for the theme used?
If you know a good theme compatible with WPML (I hope free theme or with a cheap cost), please send me some info. Thank you in advance for your help. Esco
We work with WooThemes to maintain compatibility between WPML and all their themes. Most recent WooThemes are built with the exact same framework, which is a great thing. This means that compatibility comes without much effort.
I don’t have any experience with that specific theme. We’ve tested a few, but not this one. If you build that site with WPML and any theme from WooThemes, and run into any sort of trouble, we’ll be able to resolve it.
The ‘translate-this’ plugins (which there are several), use machine translation. WPML doesn’t. WPML is a tool that lets you translate yourself. See here for different translation options with WPML: http://wpml.org/documentation/translating-your-contents/
Hi, sorry for very basic requests (total WP newbie) I want to crear my mind.
1- my website must go multilingual in all its contents.
2- all translation will be done personally and manually by me
3- the language can be chosen clicking a flag on header or automatically sensing the visitor’s country (I know this is possible, but WPML does it?).
4- all translated contents go into MySql database?
5- I’ve got a main domain with WP and theme, and a second domain nested (redirected, and totally indipendent from the first,also a separate MySql), with its own WP installed. Now everything works. Have I to buy 2 licenses?
6- Which license does fit my needs? 29$ or 79$?
I downloaded the pdf manual, and hope I can find these answers. But probably your advice is essential.
Thanks
Once you use WPML, you’ll only need to have one WordPress installation with one MySQL database. Both languages will come from the same site.
The $29 doesn’t include WPML’s String Translation module. If you’re running anything more than a simple blog, you will probably need that to translate texts that are outside of posts and taxonomy.
I run a multisite network dedicated to Brazilians in the U.S. as well as local people interested in Brazilian culture, so it would be great to go bilingual.
Your product looks great but I’m a little uncertain about how it works. Does it automatically translate new posts and pages, or do we need to translate from the backend?
Also how is it in terms of bandwith/resource consumption? I’m on a VPS but of course I still have my limits.
WPML doesn’t translate your content. We don’t do any machine translation. It will allow you to translate yourself. Then, visitors will see content in the right language.
WPML will add a bit of DB queries (every plugin that you add does that). If you’re on a VPS, you should be fine.
As always, I recommend to run sites with caching plugins. This is not exactly related to WPML, but I would enable page caching for every WordPress site that I set up, with and without WPML.
What are the probabilities that I can build a functioning multilingual wp site with multisite and Buddypress (social network plugin) with WPML CMS?
Thank you very much for any advice on this.
Hi,
Can I fully traslate a website with the 29 dollars product? I mean content, menus and may be some widget.
Thanks
Oscar
The Multilingual Blog version does not include WPML’s String Translation module. You will need it to translate widgets and some texts that is not in posts. It does include menu translation.
hi, i don’t understand (becouse of my not so good english) if whit the 29$ version it’s possible to translate the menu.
Can i have a yes or no answer.
tnx.
Yes, the Multilingual Blog version includes menu translation.
Hello,
I want to know if Multilingual CMS edition supports translation of custom created (not trough the Types plug-in but trough regular WP functions):
1. custom post types
2. custom taxonomies for custom post types
3. custom meta fields within the custom post type
Second Q.
How WPML integrates with WordPress SEO by Yoast. Does each language version has it’s own sitemap.xml given the languages are in sub-folders ie. site.com/en/, site.com/de/, etc. or?
Does each language content (post, page, custom post type) has it’s own box for title, meta description or meta keywords if used.
Thank you, Saša
Yes, WPML lets you translate all these (CPTs, taxonomy and fields). It’s easier to control with Types, but works fine anyway you create them.
WPML and WordPress SEO work great together. We’re using WordPress SEO on our sites. It comes with a language configuration file which tells WPML exactly which fields and wp_options entries need translation.
Great Amir, thank you. You got yourself another client 🙂
Cheers, S.
Hi,
Will WPML work with custom posts and pages like portfolio etc?
Yes, WPML lets you translate custom post types, like portfolio and others.
Hello, I would like to have the configuration per domain in order to have different sitemaps per language.
I saw a lot of trouble topics about, so I would like to be sure it is easy to do it. My questions:
1. Does it work with subdomain without doing any special operation? I saw a lot of people having problems with subdomains and WordPress, because WordPress does not handle well the fact of a subdomain points to the same Worpdress installation. Is there any clear guide?
2. How can i modify the file http.conf if my hosting does not allow me to do it?
3. Not all hostings allow addon domains. Which are reliable hostings of about 3-4$/month which allow addon domain? What to doif a hosting does not allow addon domain?
4. I would like to have site.com and site.es, having the main site in site.com. DO i have to purchase only the domain.es or domain + web space?
Kind Regards
WPML works fine with languages in domains. Here is a FAQ that explains how to configure it in the web server:
http://wpml.org/faq/server-setting-for-languages-in-different-domains/
I’m not sure how the hosting company calls it, but you’ll have to have all domains / sub-domains, pointing to the same physical WordPress install. You can look at the FAQ and see if your hosting company supports it. Otherwise, I don’t think that there’s a hack.
You need to buy the web space for only one site and register all the domains.
Thanks for your answer Amir. I read lot of times the page you gave me. The point is that the hosting provider does not allow the configuration of the virtual host file. He could allow me to set some sub-domain. What exactly mean with “must point to the same physical WordPress install”? Can you define the word “pointing”? When I choose a sub-domain I could only specify the folder, do I have to define this folder as “/public_html”?
I would really be pleased if you can suggest me some cheap (3-4$/month max) domains with such support. If you cannot tell in public, you can write it for email, no problem.
Last but not least, is it possible to do all this in a site with free hosting (for test), so having the wordpress install on site.freehostingprovider.com and a sub-domain en.site.freehostingprovider.com?
Thanks!
All the sub domains must read the content from the same WordPress directory. Meaning, there should be one single WordPress install, that will be used for all sub-domains.
Different hosting providers have different terminology for that. Sometimes they call it ‘addon’ domains and sometimes other terms.
I really suggest that you call their sales and ask when you need to order from them. There should be one WordPress site, with one database and it needs to respond to several domains or sub-domains. I don’t know how they call this setup in this system.
What is the utility of WPML with WordPress Multisite + Domain Mapping? If I want to have a network of websites in different languages I could develop different subsites each one in a language and not to use WPML, right? In this case I would not have the functionality to pass from a post in a language to the corresponding post in another language right?
So, I see WPML as a better way to have a solutions, and the other solution is WordPress MU + domain mapping. What is the utiliy of mixing ??
When you use WPML, you get full translation management. That’s the major benefit. This means that it’s one site with different languages. Translations are linked to each other, site structure is one and navigation is coherent. When we started WPML, a few years ago, we actually began with a multisite network, like you’re describing. We attempted to synchronize between content in the different sub-sites. This proved to be overly complex and we switched to a single-site architecture, which is WPML today.
Yes sure! In fact, I was asking because i read your article about domain mapping + WPMU + WPML.. If i have WPML whi doing a wordpress network? WPML can handel all in a single installation, so less rework!
I would purchase WPML but I have to find out some hosting who permits to change dns to point other domains to my main website. Any suggestion?
That article explains how to use WPML and Domain Mapping, so that you can have a network of different MULTILINGUAL sites. That’s not just a network that includes different languages for one site, but a network that includes different languages for different client sites.
Many web developers, who also provide hosting services to their clients, use this configuration. They run one multisite network for all their clients. On that network they have sites that require several domains – one per language.
Usually, people don’t run this soft of configurations on shared hostings. They get a strong dedicated server, where they host dozens of sites for all their clients. In any case, if you’re building sites for clients, I recommend that you try some of the higher-end hosting companies. The support and reliability will probably be worth a lot more than the extra monthly cost.
We mainly use a company called Rimuhosting:
http://rimuhosting.com/
They specialize in dedicated servers and virtual private servers. I’m sorry, but for years we haven’t used shared hosting, so I can’t give you good recommendations on that.
Does this help?
Ok, I understood, thanks: multisite + domain mapping + wpml is not for me 🙂 Weel the only thing I have to understand is: I have to choose the hostings such a way they permit to do some particular operations.
The hosting which will host wordpress must have any particular characteristic, like changing dns or allowing omain parking?
Or the delicate hosting is the domain who will have to point to the wordpress site? In this domain, I would be required to do what? Changing DNS? Changing NS? Changing both? I am confused only about this topic, the guide on the site does not explain in details and it’s a very important theme.. I owuld use shared hosting, so if you cannot suggest a reliable shared hosting, I would ask you if you can clarify that points.. thanks a lot!
I’m interested in purchasing wpml to make my site multilingual. If I buy the Multilingual Blog
$29 (USD) now, can I upgrade later to the Multilingual CMS $79 (USD)?
Yes. If you buy the Blog version now, you can upgrade to the full CMS version, in the future. You’ll need to pay the difference.
Thanks Amir! You can beat that!
Hi Amir,
Iposted with question yersterday, somehow got erased. I was asking you if the simpler version of your plugin, the one for bloggers is enough to translate content, menus and may be other plugins.
Thanks
Oscar
Sorry about, that. Checked my email, You did reply.
Thank you
How accurately does the translation work into Chinese?
WPML doesn’t perform any translation. It’s a tool that lets you translate yourself.
Is the 79$ version compatible with the plugin Option tree?
I’m sorry, but I don’t think that we’ve tested WPML with Option Tree. If you get the other author interested, we’ll be very happy to check compatibility together.
Before purchasing WPML (btw, thanks for the great plugin), I would like to make sure if it works seamlessly with Advanced Custom Types (http://www.advancedcustomfields.com/)? By “seamlessly” I mean I can translate all field labels and values, and all the data are kept (translated of course) when I switch languages in WPML.
I think that WPML and ACF plugins work well together. We’re not running them on any of our own sites, so I don’t have first hand knowledge. Clients and ACF author report that things are OK. Translation for labels may not be 100% complete. I don’t think that ACF author had tested that.
If you need to build a multilingual site with custom fields, you might also look into our Types plugin:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/types/
As we’re responsible for it, Types works truly seamlessly with WPML and provides a completely integrated environment.
Hello,
At first glance, Type looks really similar to ACF. However, I didn’t see some fields very important for our current projects, which ACF provides:
– Repeater
– Flex content
Please advice if I’m wrong.
Hello,
i would like to know if it’s possible to add / remove some content in WPML for different language versions – ie. i have some pages that i want only to show in english version and not to appear on french version.
Yes, it’s possible. Normally, WPML will let you create independent content for each language. That content may be translations, but it doesn’t have to be so. You can have completely different content for each language for every part of your site.
Will the $79 version do the translations for me once I have the Plug-In Activated… or do I need someone to actually do the translations first then remake Pages and add the headlines and copy?
So I guess, is the WPML just a Management System within my Theme?
Thank you.
WPML doesn’t translate content. It’s a tool that lets you translate yourself, or using translators.
Hi
I have a website in wordpress (tirisulayoga.com) which was created by web developers.
Now I want to do up a multi-lingual site. Is this plugin compatible with my theme?
Is the blog version enough for my site or do I need to get the full cms version?
Will the language bar appear on its own after installing the plugin? Or do I need to contact the developer to do some changes to the index page? Or the best is, I can do it on my own?
Thank you.
WPML’s language switcher can display either as a widget or via PHP code. If your theme has widget zones, you should be able to add the language switcher using the WordPress admin. Otherwise, the theme developer may need to add it manually.
Most themes today work fine with WPML. We’re can’t tell for sure without seeing the theme. I suggest to ask the theme developers if they used gettext calls for all static texts and WordPress API to load content. If so, it should run fine on multilingual sites with WPML.
Since this is not a simple blog, you will most likely need the CMS version. It includes WPML’s String Translation module, which will allow you to translate texts that you not in posts and taxonomy. These will include the different texts in the theme, the site’s tagline and others.
Hi,
I have an ongoing questions with one of your support personnel and things seem to be moving too slowly. Currently I’m developing a WP site that another developer hasn’t finished and I do not have access/registration details for the Theme & Plugins he’s purchase, including WPML CMS.
My Question: If I re-purchase WPML CMS does your 1 year support & upgrades include PREMIER support… or is it the same as the support I’m currently receiving as (affectively) a non-paying customer.
Kind regards,
Ian
Right now, we clear all support requests in several hours. We have 3 full-time support people working in the forum, coming from different time-zones. This lets us cover support requests from anywhere in the world within several hours.
Of course, there may be cases where the support people need more information, so the support process doesn’t end in one iteration. We do try our best to help you as fast as possible. This is good for you and is also good for us.
If you buy WPML again, you will be able to access the support forum and get help from our support staff.
Hello! My WPML subscription expired 4 days ago, on November 10th. I had no chance to renew it for another year at 50% as I was not at home and didn’t get any emails. Is there a second chance to get the 50% discount? thanks
It’s pretty difficult for us to change it, as we’ll have to hack the DB and change your order date manually. If you decide to renew your subscription at the full price, drop me a note again and I’ll manually change it to lifetime, so that you don’t need to renew again. Would you like that?
How well does this work with multi-site. We have a site with 20 microsites used through multisite. Of course the translation would need to go though each site, but will the selected language be maintained between sites? If not, is there a special URL we can use to activate a different language on the site? The main site links to the micro sites and we can control the URL’s.
Thank you!
WPML works fine in multi-site mode. You will need to configure languages for each site and you can select them individually.
You can activate WPML as a network site or on individual sites.
Hi, I work on my own multi install wordpress with wpml 2.2.1 , purchased in 2011
I woud be ready to buy again for a ne w website but I will need to install the new version of the plugin while keeping compatbility with old plugin for a complex website that might be hurt by an upgrade,
1. is this possible ? or do you keep the same plugin folder ” sitepress-multilingual-cms”
2. what happens with extra plugins I am currently using ? WPML String Translation ? WPML Translation Management? are they replaced by the whole WPML multinlingual CMS ?
thanks for answers
It says the price is for 1 year. Does this mean the $79.00 is recurring fee?
When you buy WPML, you receive one year of support and upgrades. Whatever you download will never expire. However, in order to keep getting our support and upgrades, we ask for 50% of the original cost in the next years.
dear support,
On 17-9-2011 i have purchased sitepress-multilingual-cms.2.3.4 from you.
i didnt have the change to try it or use it now i am website for a church that needs to be published in 3 languages english, french, arabic.
can i use the above one with wordpress 3.4.2 and a responsive theme i purchased from themeforest.net? or do i have to purchase another one? and what will the price?
or may be i can download the new version directly?
please advise as i need to configure this feature today
thanks in advance
Regards
I’m not sure. We don’t test older versions with new WordPress versions. On every WordPress version, we run complete QA and make sure that WPML works correctly with them. We always find little things to fix. Since WPML 2.3.x is pretty old, I would expect to see some compatibility issues. They may not all be severe, but there sure are some things.
WPML costs $79 and you receive a year of upgrades and support.
Hi Amir,
I prepared in italian a small web site (www.ecosurvey.it) in WP theme SWATCH versione 1.4.8 di WooThemes with a third level domains (www.ecosurvey.it/smartstripping): can you confirm that your plug-in will provide the translation in english and spanish of the web pages?
Do you think that WPML plugin could be a good solution for the theme used?
If you know a good theme compatible with WPML (I hope free theme or with a cheap cost), please send me some info. Thank you in advance for your help. Esco
below details on used theme:
Theme Name: Swatch
Theme URI: http://www.woothemes.com/
Version: 1.4.8
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Author: WooThemes
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Tags: woothemes
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License: GNU General Public License v2.0
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We work with WooThemes to maintain compatibility between WPML and all their themes. Most recent WooThemes are built with the exact same framework, which is a great thing. This means that compatibility comes without much effort.
I don’t have any experience with that specific theme. We’ve tested a few, but not this one. If you build that site with WPML and any theme from WooThemes, and run into any sort of trouble, we’ll be able to resolve it.
regarding the site web structure:
the WPML plug-in need a third level site web to run? Or it create a double page in the second language preferred?
In other words, where are located the translated pages?
many thanks
You can add languages to the URLs using virtual directories, or language arguments or different domains. Have a look here for details:
http://wpml.org/documentation/getting-started-guide/language-setup/#visitor_language
can you also suggest in few point the differences between your plug-in and TranslateThisButton plug-in? many thanks.
The ‘translate-this’ plugins (which there are several), use machine translation. WPML doesn’t. WPML is a tool that lets you translate yourself. See here for different translation options with WPML:
http://wpml.org/documentation/translating-your-contents/
Hi, sorry for very basic requests (total WP newbie) I want to crear my mind.
1- my website must go multilingual in all its contents.
2- all translation will be done personally and manually by me
3- the language can be chosen clicking a flag on header or automatically sensing the visitor’s country (I know this is possible, but WPML does it?).
4- all translated contents go into MySql database?
5- I’ve got a main domain with WP and theme, and a second domain nested (redirected, and totally indipendent from the first,also a separate MySql), with its own WP installed. Now everything works. Have I to buy 2 licenses?
6- Which license does fit my needs? 29$ or 79$?
I downloaded the pdf manual, and hope I can find these answers. But probably your advice is essential.
Thanks
WPML does everything you’re describing here.
Once you use WPML, you’ll only need to have one WordPress installation with one MySQL database. Both languages will come from the same site.
The $29 doesn’t include WPML’s String Translation module. If you’re running anything more than a simple blog, you will probably need that to translate texts that are outside of posts and taxonomy.
hello
i would like to purchase a full license per our wordpress
the question is, we got a dev environment, the hostname is http://www.dev.fwmoobel.ee/
how do we make the WPML work on both environments, the production and the dev ?
You can use WPML on as many of your sites as you need. This include development sites.
Hello,
I run a multisite network dedicated to Brazilians in the U.S. as well as local people interested in Brazilian culture, so it would be great to go bilingual.
Your product looks great but I’m a little uncertain about how it works. Does it automatically translate new posts and pages, or do we need to translate from the backend?
Also how is it in terms of bandwith/resource consumption? I’m on a VPS but of course I still have my limits.
WPML doesn’t translate your content. We don’t do any machine translation. It will allow you to translate yourself. Then, visitors will see content in the right language.
WPML will add a bit of DB queries (every plugin that you add does that). If you’re on a VPS, you should be fine.
As always, I recommend to run sites with caching plugins. This is not exactly related to WPML, but I would enable page caching for every WordPress site that I set up, with and without WPML.
What are the probabilities that I can build a functioning multilingual wp site with multisite and Buddypress (social network plugin) with WPML CMS?
Thank you very much for any advice on this.
Our BuddyPress Multilingual glue plugin should make this pretty easy:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-multilingual/