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.

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<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Imports languages and WPML options (when the same options exist in Polylang).</li>
<li>Imports posts and terms languages as well as translations (including for custom post types and custom taxonomies).</li>
<li>Imports multilingual nav menus.</li>
<li>Imports strings translations.</li>
<li>Does not delete WPML data.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Important</h4>
<p>Although WPML data should not be corrupted, as Polylang data are created without deleting anything, <strong>make a database backup before proceeding</strong>.</p>
<h4>How to proceed?</h4>
<ul>
<li>De-activate WPML</li>
<li>Activate Polylang or <a href="https://polylang.pro" rel="nofollow ugc">Polylang Pro</a> and WPML to Polylang. Do <strong>not</strong> create any language with Polylang (they will be imported).</li>
<li>Go to Tools -> WPML Importer.</li>
<li>If all checks are passed, then you can click on ‘Import’.</li>
<li>De-activate WPML to Polylang (You can even delete it).</li>
<li>Setup a language switcher either as a widget or in nav menus.</li>
<li>Check that everything is OK.</li>
<li>If something went wrong and you want to revert to WPML, you can delete Polylang using the red link in the Plugins table. To delete all data created for Polylang, Please read <a href="https://polylang.pro/doc/how-to-uninstall-polylang/" rel="nofollow ugc">how</a> <strong>before</strong> deleting Polylang. Finally you can re-activate WPML.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Notes</h4>
<p>This plugin does not include error management. It has however been tested successfully to migrate a site with about 9,000 posts and media.</p>
<h4>Credits</h4>
<p>The banner and icon were designed by <a href="http://www.alexlopez.rocks/" rel="nofollow ugc">Alex Lopez</a></p>


WPML to Polylang

Great!

it saved me some time moving my translated pages to polylang as WPML slows down my site

Multilingual Text vs WPML to Polylang