JS Morisset

Add a user locale drop-down menu item in the WordPress admin back-end admin and front-end toolbar menus.
Perfect for anyone that needs to switch languages quickly and easily – allows logged-in users to change their preferred locale / language setting right from the toolbar menu (instead of having to update their WordPress user profile page).
The default WordPress behavior is to apply the user locale preference to the admin back-end only – this plugin extends the user locale / language preference to the front-end webpage as well.
There are no plugin settings – simply install and activate the plugin.
<h4>Do you use the Polylang plugin?</h4>
If the Polylang plugin is active, the user locale menu will automatically use the correct Polylang language URLs for the current webpage.

JSM User Locale Selector

Hi, I think this plugin is really useful, stable and reliable.
I've been recommending it in the BuddyPress forum and also now in my own translation helper plugin which I designed to work with this: [link removed]
So excellent, 5 stars.

Really useful

A simple but effective plugin. The convenience of a quick admin language switcher saves precious seconds. Thanks.

Effective

Add a quick and easy user locale / language selector in the WordPress admin back-end and front-end toolbar menus.

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.

JSM User Locale Selector vs Bogo