Robin

<p><strong>PiedWeb AI Polyglot</strong> is the multilingual infrastructure for your WordPress + WooCommerce site — routing, SEO, admin UI, virtualized stock and reviews — without duplicating content. It does <strong>not</strong> translate text itself: you bring your own translation provider (an LLM, a translation API, or a human translator), and the plugin handles everything else.</p>
<p>It uses a <strong>Master/Shadow architecture</strong>: you manage content in your primary language, and the plugin creates linked shadow copies for each target locale. Each language gets its own domain (or subdomain), with full SEO support out of the box. WP-CLI commands expose the master content as JSON so you can pipe it into any LLM or translation API and push the result back.</p>
<p>Designed to fit AI-powered translation workflows — but works just as well with human translators or a flat-file editing loop.</p>
<h4>Why PiedWeb AI Polyglot?</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>No content duplication</strong> — shadows are linked copies, not clones. Update the master, shadows follow.</li>
<li><strong>No separate database</strong> — everything lives in a single WordPress install. No sync headaches.</li>
<li><strong>No performance penalty</strong> — stock, images, and reviews are virtualized at query time, not copied.</li>
<li><strong>No plugin lock-in</strong> — all data is stored as standard WordPress post meta. Remove the plugin, your content stays.</li>
<li><strong>AI-ready</strong> — WP-CLI commands expose master content as JSON, ready to pipe into any translation API or LLM.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Domain-based routing</strong> — one domain per language, detected via <code>HTTP_HOST</code>. Each domain serves only its locale’s content.</li>
<li><strong>Virtualized stock</strong> — shadow products read stock from the master in real time. Orders on any domain decrement the same inventory.</li>
<li><strong>Virtualized reviews</strong> — reviews submitted on any domain are stored on the master product. Star ratings are aggregated across all locales.</li>
<li><strong>Virtualized images</strong> — shadow products inherit the master’s featured image and gallery without duplicating media files.</li>
<li><strong>Hreflang SEO</strong> — automatic <code><link rel="alternate" hreflang="..."></code> tags plus sitemap annotations with <code>xhtml:link</code>.</li>
<li><strong>Locale-filtered sitemaps and RSS</strong> — each domain’s sitemap and feed only expose its own content.</li>
<li><strong>WooCommerce i18n</strong> — shipping labels, checkout legal texts, cart product names, and permalink slugs are all translated per locale.</li>
<li><strong>Human lock</strong> — manually edited translations are protected from automated overwrite (unless you <code>--force</code>).</li>
<li><strong>Language suggestion banner</strong> — auto-detects the visitor’s browser language and suggests switching locale, with dismiss + localStorage persistence.</li>
<li><strong>Draft link handling</strong> — internal links pointing to drafts are auto-hidden for public visitors and re-activate once the target is published. Editors keep working links.</li>
<li><strong>Language switcher</strong> — drop-in function for your theme with WooCommerce cart session transfer across domains.</li>
<li><strong>Admin UI</strong> — locale filter dropdown, language badge column, shadow warning banner, and translations metabox on masters.</li>
<li><strong>Flat-file export/import</strong> — bulk export all translations to TSV + HTML files, edit offline, re-import.</li>
<li><strong>WP-CLI powered</strong> — list untranslated content, push translations, manage slugs — all from the command line.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Works without WooCommerce</h4>
<p>All WooCommerce features (stock, reviews, cart, slugs) activate only when WooCommerce is present. On a standard WordPress site, the plugin handles routing, hreflang, admin UI, and translation management with no extra dependencies.</p>
<h4>Full documentation</h4>
<p>For the complete documentation (data model, WP-CLI command reference, hooks, draft link handler, configuration examples), see the <a href="https://github.com/PiedWeb/wp-ai-polyglot" rel="nofollow ugc">README on GitHub</a>.</p>
<h3>Credits</h3>
<p>Brought to you by Robin (<a href="https://en.piedweb.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Pied Web</a>), inspired by <a href="https://pushword.piedweb.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Pushword CMS</a>, sponsored by <a href="https://woodrockclimbing.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Woodrock Climbing</a>.</p>
<p>Country flag SVGs in <code>assets/flags/</code> are from <a href="https://github.com/lipis/flag-icons" rel="nofollow ugc">flag-icons</a> by Panayiotis Lipiridis, licensed under the MIT License.</p>


PiedWeb AI Polyglot

Multilingual infrastructure for WordPress + WooCommerce. One install, one database, zero duplication. Bring your own translator (AI or human).

Abdiel

<p><strong>Abdiel Multilingual Manager</strong> is a lightweight and developer-friendly multilingual plugin for WordPress.</p>
<p>It is designed to manage <strong>language structure, content relationships, and SEO signals</strong>, without automatic translations or heavy overhead.</p>
<p>You keep full control over:<br />
– Your content<br />
– Your URLs<br />
– Your SEO strategy<br />
– Your performance</p>
<p>This plugin is ideal for projects where translations are created manually and quality matters.</p>
<h4>Key features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Define multiple site languages with one default language</li>
<li>Assign a language to each page, post, and selected custom post types</li>
<li>Link translation equivalents between languages</li>
<li>Automatically generate hreflang and alternate URLs</li>
<li>Language switcher via shortcode, menu, or floating button</li>
<li>Optional menu switching per language</li>
<li>Elementor compatible (headers, footers, and Nav Menu widgets)</li>
<li>Flexible URL modes (prefix or query-based)</li>
<li>Bulk language assignment for content</li>
<li>Clean, predictable, and SEO-friendly behavior</li>
</ul>
<h4>Important note about translations</h4>
<p>This plugin <strong>does NOT translate content automatically</strong>.</p>
<p>Abdiel Multilingual Manager is built for:<br />
* Manual, high-quality translations<br />
* SEO-focused multilingual sites<br />
* Full control without forced workflows<br />
* Minimal performance impact</p>
<h4>Optional translation tools (Beta)</h4>
<p>Automatic translation features are intentionally <strong>not included in the core plugin</strong>.</p>
<p>An optional <strong>beta translation module</strong> may be offered separately for users who want assisted translations, while keeping the core plugin clean, fast, and predictable.</p>
<h4>Ideal for</h4>
<ul>
<li>Developers</li>
<li>Designers using Elementor</li>
<li>SEO professionals</li>
<li>Multilingual business websites</li>
<li>Projects that require full control over URLs and content</li>
</ul>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<ul>
<li>Insert the language switcher anywhere using the shortcode:<br />
  [abdiel_language_switcher]</li>
<li>Optionally enable the floating switcher from <strong>Settings</strong>.</li>
<li>Link translation equivalents to activate hreflang and alternate URLs automatically.</li>
</ul>


Multilingual Manager – Abdiel

Lightweight multilingual manager for WordPress focused on language structure, SEO, and full content control.

PiedWeb AI Polyglot vs Multilingual Manager – Abdiel