Satinder Singh

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Language Switcher – Polylang for Divi is a WordPress plugin that helps you add a language switcher to your website using the Divi Builder. This plugin connects the Polylang multilingual plugin with the Divi theme, making it easier to build a multilingual website.
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Normally, Polylang and Divi don’t work smoothly together when it comes to showing a language switcher inside your pages. You need to create different WordPress menus for each language, and then assign a menu to each language page manually, which is a time-consuming and tiring task. That’s where Language Switcher – Polylang for Divi helps.
With this plugin, you can place a customizable language switcher on your Divi pages using a dedicated Divi module.
<h3>Why use this Plugin?</h3>
Language Switcher – Polylang for Divi is a simple and easy way to add a language switcher to any Divi page. Here’s why you should use this plugin:
<ul>
<li>Language Switcher module</li>
<li>No Separate Menus for Each Language</li>
<li>Add Anywhere on the Page</li>
<li>Customizable Language Switcher</li>
<li>Time-saving</li>
</ul>
<h3>Key Features</h3>
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Support for Divi Module: This plugin works directly inside the Divi builder. Simply drag and drop the language switcher module anywhere on your page, just like other Divi elements. No need to write any code or use external widgets.
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Layout Options: The plugin offers three layout styles, Dropdown, Horizontal & Vertical. Choose how you want the language switcher to appear on your website.
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Customize Switcher Elements: Easily customize the appearance of the language switcher elements by enabling or disabling the following:
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Language Flag: Show a small flag icon next to each language (e.g., 🇺🇸).
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Language Name: Display the full language name (e.g., English, Spanish).
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Language Code: Show language short codes like EN, FR, DE, etc.
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Hide Current Language: Hide the language that is currently active.
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Hide Untranslated Languages: Hide specific languages if the current page has no translated version available in that language.
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Frontend Display Preview: Preview the changes from the frontend and make sure everything appears correctly before publishing.
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Fully Compatible with Polylang Free and Pro.
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User-friendly.
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Fully Responsive.
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<h3>How to Add the Language Switcher</h3>
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<li>Go to your WordPress Dashboard.</li>
<li>Open the page, post, header, or footer where you want to add the language switcher using the Divi Builder or Theme Builder.</li>
<li>Drag and drop the Language Switcher module to your desired section (body, footer, header, sidebar, etc.).</li>
<li>Customize its layout and visibility settings according to your preferences.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Explore More: AI Translation Addon for Polylang</h3>
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<a href="https://coolplugins.net/product/autopoly-ai-translation-for-polylang/?utm_source=lspd_plugin&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=get_pro&utm_content=atfp_check_out" rel="nofollow ugc">AutoPoly – AI Translation for Polylang</a> reduces your translation workload by translating your Gutenberg and Elementor pages, sections, and widgets within a few minutes.
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<a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/language-switcher-for-elementor-polylang/" rel="ugc">Language Switcher for Elementor & Polylang</a> is a WordPress plugin that helps you add a language switcher to your website and translate Elementor Templates. This plugin connects the Polylang multilingual plugin with Elementor, making it easier to build and manage a multilingual website visually.
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<a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/duplicate-content-addon-for-polylang/" rel="ugc">Polylang Duplicate Content </a> addon effortlessly duplicate your original or default language post content into other languages of the same post, making the translation process easier.
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</ul>
Use of 3rd Party Services: This plugin connects to the Cool Plugins API to display information about related plugins inside the dashboard. It also offers optional usage tracking and optional feedback submission on deactivation. Data is sent only after explicit user consent. No hidden tracking is performed, and no frontend visitor or site user data is collected. For more details, please review our <a href="https://my.coolplugins.net/terms/usage-tracking/" rel="nofollow ugc">Data Usage Policy</a>, <a href="https://my.coolplugins.net/terms/" rel="nofollow ugc">TOS</a>, and <a href="https://my.coolplugins.net/terms/privacy-policy/" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy Policy</a>.

Language Switcher – Polylang for Divi

Language Switcher – Polylang for Divi – Easily add a customizable language switcher to your Divi pages using Polylang.

Marcin Kazmierski

<h4>What is “Theme and plugin translation for Polylang”?</h4>
Extension for Polylang plugin (Polylang is an extension to make multilingual WordPress websites.). 
Plugin is needed to translate the WordPress themes and plugins by Polylang.
<h4>How to configure it?</h4>
Select themes and plugins to find texts for translation by Polylang. 
In admin dashboard:
<pre><code>Languages -> TTfP Settings
</code></pre>
<h4>How it is work?</h4>
“Theme and plugin translation for Polylang” automatically searches all files of WordPress themes and plugins. It chooses from this file only those files with extensions:
<ul>
<li>php</li>
<li>inc</li>
<li>twig</li>
</ul>
In addition, is implemented the integration with Timber library (read more: http://timber.upstatement.com) – which allows to translate twig’s skins in simple way. 
Plugin in searched skins or plugins chooses texts from Polylang functions, such as:
<ul>
<li>_e(string $text, string $domain = ‘default’);</li>
<li>__(string $text, string $domain = ‘default’);</li>
<li>_x(string $text, string $context, string $domain = ‘default’);</li>
<li>pll_e(string $text);</li>
<li>pll__(string $text);</li>
<li>esc_html(string $text);</li>
<li>esc_html_e(string $text, string $domain = ‘default’);</li>
<li>esc_html__(string $text, string $domain = ‘default’);</li>
<li>_n(string $single, string $plural, int $number, string $domain = ‘default’);</li>
<li>esc_attr_e(string $text, string $domain = ‘default’);</li>
<li>esc_attr__(string $text, string $domain = ‘default’);</li>
</ul>
In your function.php, themes or plugins.
For example:
<pre><code><?php pll_e('My text'); ?>

<?php _e('My another text', 'my_theme'); ?>
</code></pre>
On the timber context declare this functions like:
<pre><code>$context['pll_e'] = TimberHelper::function_wrapper('pll_e');

$context['pll_'] = TimberHelper::function_wrapper('pll_');
</code></pre>
See more on: <code>https://polylang.wordpress.com/documentation/documentation-for-developers/functions-reference/</code> 
These functions are defined by Polylang plugin for printing translations. 
Thanks “Theme and plugin translation for Polylang” you can find these strings to translate and add to Polylang register on very simple way. 
And then you can translate these texts from the admin dashboard. 
The scan result can be seen on the tab with translations:
<pre><code>Settings -> Languages -> String translation
</code></pre>
or
<pre><code>Languages -> String translation
</code></pre>
You don’t need programs like poedit – you don’t change files with extensions like: <code>.pot</code>, <code>.po</code>, <code>.mo</code>. 
“Theme and plugin translation for Polylang” is highly efficient because the scanner is worked only on admin dashboard in tab: 
In dashboard:
<pre><code>Settings -> Languages -> String translation
</code></pre>
or
<pre><code>Languages -> String translation
</code></pre>
<h4>Export and import string translation</h4>
In dashboard:
<pre><code>Languages -> TTfP Settings
</code></pre>
<h4>Filter reference</h4>
<pre><code>ttfp_domains
</code></pre>
Allows plugins and themes (in functions.php) to modify list of text domains (unique identifier for retrieving translated strings). 
List of text domains is displayed on “TTfP Settings” page to select them for translation by polylang engine.
Example:
<pre><code>add_filter('ttfp_domains', 'custom_ttfp_domains', 10, 1);
function custom_ttfp_domains(array $domains):array
 {
 $domains[] = "my-custom-domain";
 return $domains;
 }
</code></pre>
<h4>Filter reference</h4>
<pre><code>ttfp_translation_access
</code></pre>
Returns whether the user has capability to view and edit translations provided by TTfP.
Example:
<pre><code>add_filter('ttfp_translation_access', 'custom_ttfp_translation_access', 10, 1);
function custom_ttfp_translation_access(bool $hasAccess):bool
 {
 return current_user_can('edit_posts');
 }
</code></pre>

Theme and plugin translation for Polylang (TTfP)


Great plugin and DEV, nothing more to say.


Great plugin and DEV


Works perfectly and very simple to use!


Works perfectly!

Theme and plugin translation using Polylang for WordPress. Extension for Polylang plugin.

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