Takayuki Miyoshi

Umar Draz

Rock Lobster Inc.

Bogo is a straight-forward multilingual plugin for WordPress.
The core of WordPress itself has the built-in localization capability so you can use the dashboard and theme in one language other than English. Bogo expands this capability to let you easily build a multilingual blog on a single WordPress install.
Here are some technical details for those interested. Bogo plugin assigns <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/article/multilingual-wordpress/#different-types-of-multilingual-plugins" rel="ugc">one language per post</a>. It plays nice with WordPress – Bogo does not create any additional custom table on your database, unlike some other plugins in this category. This design makes Bogo a solid, reliable and conflict-free multilingual plugin.
<h4>Getting started with Bogo</h4>
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Install language packs
First, install language packs for languages you use on the site. You can view and install language packs in the Language Packs screen (Languages > Language Packs).
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Select your language for admin screen
Bogo lets each logged-in user select a language for their admin screen UI. Select a language from the menu on the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/article/administration-screens/#toolbar-keeping-it-all-together" rel="ugc">Toolbar</a>, or from the menu in the Profile screen (Users > Your Profile) if the Toolbar is invisible.
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Translate your posts and pages
To create a translation post, go to the editor screen for the original post and find the Language box. Bogo does only make a copy of the post; translating the copied post is your task.
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Add language switcher widgets
It would be useful for site visitors if you have a language switcher on your site. Bogo provides the Language Switcher widget in the Widgets screen (Appearance > Widgets).
You can also use the <code>[bogo]</code> shortcode to put a language switcher inside a post content. If you want to use this shortcode in your theme’s template files, embed the following code into the template:
<pre><code><?php echo do_shortcode( '[bogo]' ); ?>
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<h4>Privacy notices</h4>
With the default configuration, this plugin, in itself, does not:
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<li>track users by stealth;</li>
<li>write any user personal data to the database;</li>
<li>send any data to external servers;</li>
<li>use cookies.</li>
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Bogo


There are some functionalities needed that should be in the core like change the post language, or linking to another post.



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A straight-forward multilingual plugin. No more double-digit custom DB tables or hidden HTML comments that could cause you headaches later on.

moxu

I created this plugin because i wanted this feature (to set a specific locale for frontend) out of my themes. I’m assuming i’m not the only one who would preffer to have the backend en_US only, so here it is…
It’s not tested with other versions of wordpress except 3.4, but it should work without a problem at least from 3.0 onwards.
This plugin assumes you’re not using a translation plugin , so, if you have bilingual or multilimgual blogs, use with caution (and let me know … especially with qtranslate 🙂 ).
I’t not multisite tested/ready yet.

LanguageBack

Simple , minimalistic plugin that lets you set different locale for frontend and backend.

Bogo vs LanguageBack