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How to create a multilingual WordPress website

By default, WordPress does not come with features required to create a proper multilingual site, but G5Theme offers WordPress themes that all are compatible with multilingual plugins. If you want to build an e-commerce site that will serve a diverse community that speaks multiple languages, then you don’t have many choices. You can use free plugins such as Polylang, qTranslate etc or use a premium plugin like WPML.

We strongly suggest using WPML since it’s the most complete solution for creating a multilingual WP website.

Configuration

After installing and activating the WPML, then you should configure it, the wrong configuration can create many problems for your website so please configure it with caution. We suggest to read this article carefully and proceed with its instructions: How to Create a Multilingual WordPress Site with WPML

Also, you can check WPML official guide for language configuration: WPML Language Setup

Translating

After configuration, then you need to start translating your website contents. Please check the following articles for each section.

Translating Posts/Pages

Translating Categories/Tags/Custom Taxonomies

Translating Menus

Translating Widgets

Translating Strings

Anything that doesn’t fall inside posts, pages or taxonomy goes into String Translation. This includes the site’s tagline, general texts in Admin screens, widget titles and many other texts.

Language Switcher

After translating your website contents, then you should place a language switcher into your website so visitors can simply choose their desired language. Also, you may check language switcher options to achieve your desired style.

Here is our guide on how to translate language on our theme: https://support.g5plus.net/knowledge-base/how-to-change-language-in-g5theme-using-loco-translate-plugin/

Hopefully that this article could give you more details on how to create a multilingual site that used our premium WordPress themes. If you have any questions or concerns, don’t hesitate to let us know by leaving a topic in our support forum. Thank you very much!

 

How To Change Language in G5Theme Using LOCO Translate Plugin

Themes that support multi-language is not an automatically translate content function, it is the feature that allows us to write more than one language on the website.  It means that you have to translate the phrase in theme and plugins into many different languages by yourself.

Translating using Poedit

First of all, you will need to download .PO/.pot file editor like Poedit or other. It is possible to use any text editor but it will be so much easier to use Poedit than regular text edit so I strongly recommend to download it. It’s free, works on Mac, Windows, and Linux and there is no reason not to use it.

I had an article on How to change languages via po/mo file which makes it easier to use Poedit to translate G5Theme  into your own language.

Translating using LOCO Translate plugin

We hope you find out how to translate a WordPress theme and now can give back to the community by translation themes and plugins for others to use. G5Theme proudly provides Premium WordPress themes with over 5000 satisfied users every year and we hope you will do that with theme translations as well.