alexkazik

<p>Just tag parts of your text to be in different languages, and a flag will appear next to the text and allows users to switch between them.</p>
<p>No other elements of the blog will be translated.</p>
<p>Use <code>[:gb]</code> to specify that the following text part is english, or use any other two char language code.<br />
To use one text block in multiple languages use e.g. <code>[:gb,de]</code>, which is handy for parts like images.<br />
Write <code>[:*]</code> to use the block in all (within the text already known) languages.<br />
You can without any problem mix many of those tags. e.g. <code>[:gb]english-intro[:de]german-intro[:*]common image[...]</code>.</p>
<p>Optionally also the title of a text can be multilingual, but requires theme modification.</p>
<p>The flags can be placed:</p>
<ul>
<li>next to the text. This is the default and do work out of the box.</li>
<li>next to the title. This requires a template change.</li>
<li>an other place. If you would like to place e.g. the flags in a widget (which is included).</li>
</ul>
<h3>Thanks</h3>
<p>Thanks to:</p>
<ul>
<li>zorun for the flags</li>
<li>Tamas, Anton for beta testing</li>
</ul>
<h3>Contributing</h3>
<p>You may overwork the readme and also the other texts… that would be great.</p>
<p>If you have ideas/bugs please contact me.</p>
<h3>Code</h3>
<p>The package also contains an version for PHP5.3+. The file is functional identical to the other one (which only requires PHP 5.2) but makes usage of a nice new feature and is easier to read/write.</p>
<p>When WordPress requires PHP5.3+ (sometime in the future) that file will be used.</p>
<h3>Flags</h3>
<p>The flags are from http://www.free-country-flags.com/ and under CC-BY-SA License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/).</p>


Multilingual Text

With this plugin you can have a text in multiple languages. Easy to use, no requirements.

sbouey

<p>Falang is a multilanguage plugin for WordPress. It allows you to translate an existing WordPress site to other languages. Falang natively supports WooCommerce (product, variation, category, tag, attribute, etc.)<br />
You can use translation services such as Google, Azure, DeepL (Pro), or ChatGPT (Pro) to assist you.</p>
<h4>Free vs Pro</h4>
<p>Pro version:<br />
– Enabled popup translation for (menu/post,product…)<br />
– ChatGPT translation service<br />
– DeepL translation service<br />
– Translate/configure WooCommerce email<br />
– has on-site support and language filtering – <a href="https://www.faboba.com/en/wordpress/falang-for-wordpress/documentation/134-how-to-use-lang-filtering.html" rel="nofollow ugc">documentation</a><br />
– WP User Manager<br />
– YITH WooCommerce Compare<br />
– WC Product addons<br />
– CookieYes<br />
– and more….</p>
<h4>Concept</h4>
<ul>
<li>Easy setup</li>
<li>Supports all languages supported by WordPress (RTL and LTR)</li>
<li>Translate additional plugins like WooCommerce, Yoast SEO, etc.</li>
<li>You can use Google, Azure, Lingvanex to help you with the translation (DeepL services available in Pro version)</li>
<li>Translation are set in the meta, the original content is not modified.</li>
<li>When you add a language in Falang, WP language packages are automatically downloaded and updated</li>
<li>Easy to use: Translate Posts, Pages, Menus, Categories from the plugin or linked from the WP interface</li>
<li>Translate Posts and Terms permalinks</li>
<li>Displays the default language if the content is not yet translated</li>
<li>The Language Switcher widget is configurable to display flags and/or language names</li>
<li>Language Switcher can be put in Menu, Header, Footer, Sidebars</li>
<li>Image captions, alt text and other media text translation without duplicating the media files</li>
<li>Language Code directly in the URL</li>
<li>No extra database tables created, no content duplication</li>
<li>Very good website speed performance (low impact)</li>
<li>Contains translations for IT, FR, DE, ES, NL</li>
<li>Falang is not meant for WordPress multisite installations!</li>
</ul>
<h4>Falang’s goal is to let you translate everything on your page</h4>
<ul>
<li>Taxonomies</li>
<li>Menu items</li>
<li>Theme and plugin strings</li>
<li>Custom fields</li>
<li>Page builder content</li>
<li>Widgets</li>
<li>Shortcode outputs</li>
<li>URL slugs</li>
<li>WooCommerce products</li>
<li>Page title and description</li>
<li>Image alt text and captions</li>
</ul>
<h4>Quick start video</h4>
<p>Falang and Falang for Elementor Lite<br />
<em>(English version)</em><br />
<span class="embed-youtube" style="text-align:center; display: block;"><iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZEgIMY5mock?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe></span></p>
<p><em>(French version with english subtitles)</em><br />
<span class="embed-youtube" style="text-align:center; display: block;"><iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BibeMgPEgME?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe></span></p>
<h4>Also available</h4>
<ul>
<li>Falang WPML Importer <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/falang-wpml-importer/" rel="ugc">Falang WPML Importer</a></li>
<li>Falang Q-Importer <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/falang-q-importer/" rel="ugc">qTranslateX to Falang</a></li>
<li>Falang for Divi <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/falang-for-divi-lite/" rel="ugc">Falang for Divi</a></li>
<li>Falang for Elementor <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/falang-for-elementor-lite/" rel="ugc">Falang for Elementor</a></li>
<li>Falang for WPBakery <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/falang-for-wpbakery-lite/" rel="ugc">Falang for WPBakery</a></li>
<li>Falang for YooTheme <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/falang-for-yootheme-lite/" rel="ugc">Falang for YOOtheme</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Falang integration</h4>
<ul>
<li>My Agile Privacy</li>
</ul>
<h3>Known issues</h3>
<ul>
<li>The WooCommerce attribute slug doesn’t have to be translated</li>
</ul>


Falang multilanguage for WordPress

After spending many hours searching for a solution for a multi-lingual site, I came across Falang.
It exactly solves my use-case. I don't need translation services and don't want to pay for an expensive premium plugin that includes 'translation credits' .. and it actually works!
I use Divi so installed Falang for Divi Lite.. also seamless and totally useful

I'm so happy I'm going to buy the (modestly priced) premium version anyway even though I don't need to for my functionality (which is rare for me!)

I did spend a few hours getting setup with my second language which is NZ Māori, which is not in Falang's or Wordpress' predefined languages. See my post in the Support section on this.

Absolutely Brilliant!

Falang is the easiest multilanguage plugin you can use to translate a WordPress site.

Multilingual Text vs Falang multilanguage for WordPress