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<p><strong>EffortLess Multisite Language Switcher</strong> is a lightweight plugin designed for WordPress Multisite networks.<br />
It adds a floating globe icon on the frontend, allowing users to quickly switch between subsites — each typically representing a different language or locale.</p>
<p>The plugin detects each site’s locale setting and displays an appropriate flag icon. Flags are automatically mapped using a JSON file and preloaded to enhance performance. Optimized caching ensures fast rendering of the switcher.</p>
<p>This plugin is ideal for multilingual networks using subdirectories or subdomains.</p>
<p><strong>Features:</strong><br />
– Automatically detects and displays flags for each site in the network.<br />
– Uses a floating, always-visible globe icon for an intuitive language switcher.<br />
– Intelligently switches to equivalent pages/posts with matching slugs across language sites.<br />
– Falls back to site homepage if equivalent page doesn’t exist on target site.<br />
– Option to hide the language switcher on all sites via network admin settings.<br />
– Customizable switcher position (top-left, top-right, bottom-left, bottom-right) with adjusted top spacing.<br />
– Flag menu appears below the switcher for top positions and above for bottom positions.<br />
– Smart caching using WordPress transients for flag mappings and site lists.<br />
– Fully compatible with subdirectory and subdomain multisite setups.<br />
– Optimized for performance with minimal resource usage.</p>
<h3>License</h3>
<p>This plugin is released under the GPLv2 or later.<br />
You can use it freely in commercial or personal projects.</p>
<h3>Donate</h3>
<p>If you enjoy using this plugin, please consider supporting its development:</p>
<p>💖 <a href="https://domclic.com/wordpress/plugins/effortless-multisite-language-switcher/donate" rel="nofollow ugc">Buy me a coffee</a></p>


EffortLess Multisite Language Switcher


EffortLess Multisite Language Switcher is a lightweight and elegant solution for WordPress multisite networks looking to offer a seamless language-switching experience. With a floating globe icon that adapts to your site's locale, users can easily switch between translations without cluttering your layout.



The plugin smartly detects available languages, uses country flags for intuitive navigation, and offers clean code that respects WordPress best practices. It’s perfect for multilingual publishers who want a straightforward, visually appealing, and non-intrusive way to link their translated subsites.



Whether you're running a multilingual blog or managing corporate sites across regions, this plugin helps unify your user experience effortlessly.


Simple and Stylish Language Switching for WordPress Multisite

Adds a floating globe icon to WordPress Multisite to switch between different languages or subsites easily.

Ayebare Mucunguzi Brooks

<p>Zanto WP Translation enables you to convert blogs in a multisite into translations of each other. It provides a language switcher to switch between the different translations<br />
of  pages, posts, categories, custom types and custom taxonomies. The plugin keeps track of what has been translated and what has not and provides an intuitive interface<br />
that allows you to carry out translation. The number of languages you can run are unlimited. Get more WordPress multilingual, Localization and Internationalization addons from here<br />
<a title="WordPress translation, localization and Internationalization addons" href="http://shop.zanto.org" rel="nofollow ugc">multilingual addons</a> or keep up to-date with the best Internationalization and<br />
localization practices at <a title="WordPress translation, localization and Internationalization" href="http://zanto.org" rel="nofollow ugc">zanto.org/blog</a></p>
<h4>Demo and Documentation</h4>
<p><a title="Demo" href="http://lang1.zanto.org" rel="nofollow ugc">zanto.org/Demo</a></p>
<h4>Features:</h4>
<ul>
<li>Translation of posts, categories, custom taxonomies, custom types.</li>
<li>Browser Language re-direct  i.e re-direct users to their preferred language in their browser language settings.</li>
<li>An easily customizable language switcher.</li>
<li>Ability to use custom made Language switcher themes.</li>
<li>Add a language parameter to the URL for SEO purposes</li>
<li>Ability to create multiple translation networks within the same multisite. i.e blog A is a translation of Blog B and C. Blog X a translation of blog Z, while all blogs are in the same multisite.</li>
<li>Different languages for both the front and back end.</li>
<li>Each admin will have his admin language preferences stored</li>
<li>Over 60 in-built languages and flags.</li>
<li>Ability for users to add their own native languages i.e from the ones not included.</li>
<li>Integrated support for domain mapping plugin</li>
<li>Translated posts highlighting to prevent double translation</li>
<li>Copy posts data from one blog to the translation area</li>
<li>A translation editor to translate all posts from one blog to all others without switching between blogs. (Additional Translation Manager plugin required)</li>
<li>Create and Manage translators from a single blog. Translators have their own dashboard. (Additional Translation Manager plugin required)</li>
<li>Assign Translations to individual translators.(Additional Translation Manager plugin required)</li>
<li>Export and Import XLIFF translations for posts taxonomies, comments, custom fields. (Additional Translation Manager plugin required)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Tutorials</h4>
<p>Learn how to use Zanto WP Translation plugin with these tutorials</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://zanto.org/wordpress-translation-docs/" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation</a></li>
<li><a href="http://zanto.org/wordpress-translation-docs/installing-zanto/" rel="nofollow ugc">Installation</a></li>
<li><a href="http://zanto.org/wordpress-translation-docs/language-url-formats/" rel="nofollow ugc">Language Url formats</a></li>
<li><a href="http://zanto.org/wordpress-translation-docs/browser-language-re-direct/" rel="nofollow ugc">Browser Language Redirect</a></li>
<li><a href="http://zanto.org/wordpress-translation-docs/language-switcher-custom-flags/" rel="nofollow ugc">Custom flags for your language switcher</a></li>
<li><a href="http://zanto.org/wordpress-translation-docs/creating-a-custom-language-switcher-theme/" rel="nofollow ugc">Creating a custom language switcher theme</a></li>
<li><a href="http://zanto.org/wordpress-translation-docs/sharing-users-across-the-wordpress-network/" rel="nofollow ugc">Sharing users across the translation network</a></li>
<li>Many more to come!</li>
</ul>
<h4>Translations</h4>
<ul>
<li>The french translation shall be ready soon for both the site and plugin</li>
</ul>
<p>Please <a href="http://zanto.org/contact" rel="nofollow ugc">let us know</a> if you would like to contribute a translation.</p>


Zanto WP Translation (For Multisites)

Zanto WP Translation helps you run a multilingual site by providing linkage between content in blogs of different languages in a WordPress multisite.

EffortLess Multisite Language Switcher vs Zanto WP Translation (For Multisites)