Multilanguage by BestWebSoft – WordPress Translation Plugin and Language Switcher

Description

Multilanguage plugin is a great way to translate your WordPress website to other languages. Add translated content to pages, posts, widgets, menus, custom post types, taxonomies, etc. Let your visitors switch languages and browse content in their language.

Create and manage your multilingual website today!

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Free Features

• Manually translate:
  • Pages
  • Posts
  • Post category names
  • Post tag names
  • Menus (partially)
• 80+ pre-installed languages
• Add new languages
• Choose the default language
• Search website content by:
  • Current language
  • All languages
• Add language switcher to:
  • Navigation menu
  • Widgets
• Change display order in the language switcher
• Multiple language switcher layouts
  • Drop-down list with languages and icons
  • Drop-down flag icons
  • Flag icons
  • Languages list
  • Google Auto Translate
• Choose language flag icon:
  • Default
  • Custom
• Translate Open Graph meta tags
• Display translation availability in the posts and taxonomy lists
• Compatible with:
  • Classic Editor
  • Block Editor (Gutenberg)
• Add hreflang links to section
• Hide link slug for the default language
• Translation-ready admin dashboard
• Add custom code via plugin settings page
• Compatible with latest WordPress version
• Incredibly simple settings for fast setup without modifying code
• Detailed step-by-step documentation and videos
• Multilingual and RTL ready

Pro Features

All features from Free version included plus:

• Translate custom:
  • Post types
  • Taxonomies
  • Fields
• Translate:
  • Post category and tag descriptions
  • Post slugs (only in Classic Editor)
  • Widget titles (Legacy widgets)
  • Website title
  • Website tagline
• Compatible with Elementor Page Builder
• Compatible with Advanced Custom Fields
• Compatible with Yoast SEO
• Change language slug position in the website URL
• Create separate menus for different languages
• Display/hide widgets for different languages (Legacy widgets)
• Switch language automatically based on user’s IP
• Add short language slug to the URL
• Get answer to your support question within one business day (Support Policy)

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If you have a feature suggestion or idea you’d like to see in the plugin, we’d love to hear about it! Suggest a Feature

Documentation & Videos

• [Doc] User Guide
• [Doc] Installation

Help & Support

Visit our Help Center if you have any questions, our friendly Support Team is happy to help – https://support.bestwebsoft.com/

Affiliate Program

Earn 20% commission by selling the premium WordPress plugins and themes by BestWebSoft — https://bestwebsoft.com/affiliate/

Translation

• Czech (cs_CZ) (thanks to Michal Ku?era, www.n0lim.it, PaMaDeSSoft, www.pamadessoft.cz)
• Spanish (es_ES) (thanks to Ibidem Translations, www.ibidem-translations.com/spanish.php)
• Polish (pl_PL) (thanks to Emil Król)
• Russian (ru_RU)
• Ukrainian (uk)
• German (de_DE)
• French (fr_FR)
• Italian (it_IT)
• Japanese (ja)
• Portuguese (pt_BR)

Some of these translations are not complete. We are constantly adding new features which should be translated. If you would like to create your own language pack or update the existing one, you can send the text of PO and MO files to BestWebSoft and we’ll add it to the plugin. You can download the latest version of the program for work with PO and MO files Poedit.

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• Updater – Automatically check and update WordPress website core with all installed plugins and themes to the latest versions.
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Credits

• The plugin uses Google Translate (Google LLC) services to process website data for translation. https://translate.google.com/ Terms of service https://policies.google.com/terms. Privacy Policy https://policies.google.com/privacy.
• This plugin incorporates a license verification mechanism to ensure the authenticity of your license key and provide access to premium features and updates. The verification process involves connecting securely to our external service hosted at BestWebSoft website https://bestwebsoft.com. Privacy Policy https://bestwebsoft.com/privacy-policy/. End user license agreement https://bestwebsoft.com/end-user-license-agreement/.

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Installation

1. Upload the multilanguage folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
2. Activate the plugin using the ‘Plugins’ menu in your WordPress admin panel.
3. You can adjust the necessary settings using your WordPress admin panel > “Multilanguage”.
4. Plugin page is located in main menu.

View a Step-by-step Instruction on Multilanguage Installation

FAQ

Does Multilanguage plugin translate website content automatically?

Yes, you can add Google Auto Translate switcher using widget or via the corresponding shortcode.

How do I change the language my content is displayed in?

You can change content display language through the widget, which is activated automatically when you activate the plugin if you have an active sidebar. If you have several active sidebars, the widget is added to the sidebar, which features a search widget. But if you do not have an active sidebar, you need to create it and add Multilanguage widget manually.

Where do I get these language packs of the extra languages?

You can find all official translation files in WordPress language repository.

So whenever I change the language for my content, WordPress localization in the frontend also changes?

In the plugin settings, you can enable/disable an option to switch WordPress localization when the language is changed in the frontend. If you enable this option, you must install additional language packs for WordPress to have this function working. However, in the backend, WordPress localization corresponds to the default language, and cannot be changed.

There is no adding block for Multilanguage switcher in Edit Menus

It seems like this block is disabled in Screen Options of your page. Please open Screen Options on the page (in the upper right corner of the screen) and enable Multilanguage checkbox.

Can I use Multilanguage plugin on a multisite?

Yes, you can use Multilanguage on a multi-site without any problems as well. The plugin settings on each site will be unique.

How can I add more alternate links for current page?

You can use ‘bwsplgns_mltlngg_add_alt_links’ filter to do that. For example, you want that search engines firstly indexed exactly English-language pages of your site for people from New Zealand and South Africa. Just add the following code into “functions.php” of your theme:

function get_additional_links( $links_attr ) {
    /* English for New Zealand */
    $links_attr[] = array( 'hreflang' => 'en_NZ', 'link_param' => 'en_GB' );
    /* English for South Africa */
    $links_attr[] = array( 'hreflang' => 'en_ZA', 'link_param' => 'en_GB' );
    return $links_attr;
}
add_filter( 'bwsplgns_mltlngg_add_alt_links', 'get_additional_links' );

Note: before you have to choose English (for England) as one of languages of your website.

I added several whitespaces between words during the post content editing in the text mode. They are gone after I switched to the visual mode. Why?

After the mode switching, the post content has been automatically filtered to remove all odd symbols or HTML tags which can disrupt pages layout on your website. This functionality is related to WordPress core and our plugin does not affect it in any way.

When title and content is empty, none of the changes get saved when I update the post

When title and content fields in active language tab are empty when you are trying to update the post after editing, the changes will not be saved and an error message will appear. You need to fill at least one field or switch to another language tab (which contains some content in the specified input fields) and try to update once again.

How can I change element’s style in the frontend for certain language?

“mltlngg-{current language slug}” class type has been added to <body> tag for an ability to stylize content of certain language. For example, if you want to set a green color for <p> when the English language is selected, it is necessary to:
1. Go to WordPress admin panel “Multilanguage” -> “Custom Code”;
2. Check off “Activate” in “Editing bws-custom-code.css” block and enter the following code:

.mltlngg-en_US p {
    color: green;
}

1. Save changes.

How can I add a language that is not in the list?

You can add the necessary language by adding the appropriate line with language data to “languages.php” file (wp-content/plugins/multilanguage/include/languages.php).
Follow the next steps:
1. Find the wp-content/plugins/multilanguage/include/languages.php using the FTP software.
2. Open the languages.php file in a text editor.
3. Add a language following the example of others from the list.
4. Save changes.
5. Add the corresponding flag icon image (png, 16x11px) to the ‘images/flags/’ folder using the FTP software.

When done, update the plugin settings page and you’ll see the added language in the languages list.

In order to find the correct language name and language locale please visit the following page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes

I have some problems with the plugin’s work. What Information should I provide to receive proper support?

Please make sure that the problem hasn’t been discussed yet on our forum (https://support.bestwebsoft.com). If no, please provide the following data along with your problem’s description:
– The link to the page where the problem occurs
– The name of the plugin and its version. If you are using a pro version – your order number.
– The version of your WordPress installation
– Copy and paste into the message your system status report. Please read more here: Instruction on System Status

Reviews

Great support team

dedansph January 30, 2024

The support team had been of great help, diligently fixing a bug, and ensuring a smooth user experience.

Free version lacks a lot of features + deactivation broke pages

startab February 20, 2023

The free version is very limitied, and when I disabled the plugin, some pages were gone, which made me have to restore the site to a previous backup. Use with caution!

face issue on arabic language

zahidansari February 8, 2023 1 reply

hi we are face 404 page on select language in arabic. how to fix it

Totally useless

kimomalcolmx May 28, 2022 3 replies

Totally useless plugin, unless you buy the pro version you are stuck with HTTP and no HTTPS option is available to non paying users, not nice.

errors when switching to languages

leali December 12, 2021 1 reply

the idea of the functionality is just super! but… gives a lot of errors when switching to languages. result: I decided to abandon this plugin.

Best Block Translator Localization

edanco May 22, 2021

Thank you very much, its a very great work. <3

Contributors & Developers

Changelog

V1.4.8 – 25.07.2024

• Update : Plugin optimization comleated.
• Update : All functionality for WordPress 6.6 has been updated.
• Bugfix : Fixed bug with Gutenbert language select.

V1.4.6 – 29.01.2024

• Bugfix : Widget language switcher has been fixed.
• Update : Plugin optimization comleated.

V1.4.5 – 01.01.2024

• Bugfix : Syntax errors has been fixed.
• Update : Plugin optimization comleated.

V1.4.4 – 16.11.2023

• Bugfix : Language switcher in Gutenberg has been fixed.
• Update : All functionality for WordPress 6.4 has been updated.

V1.4.2 – 10.05.2023

• Update : BWS Panel section was updated.
• Update : All functionality for WordPress 6.2 has been updated.
• Bugfix : Page Not Found bug for widget Multilanguage Switcher has been fixed.
• Bugfix : The issue with compatibility with All in One SEO (Open Graph Markup) has been fixed.
• Pro : The issue with compatibility with All in One SEO (Open Graph Markup) has been fixed.
• Pro : Elementor bug has been fixed.

V1.4.1 – 08.08.2022

• Update : BWS Panel section was updated.
• Update : All functionality for WordPress 6.0 has been updated.
• Bugfix : “Headers already sent” bug has been fixed.
• Bugfix : Default Language Switcher Type bug has been fixed.
• Bugfix : Permalinks bug has been fixed.
• Bugfix : Same content for two languages issue has been fixed.
• Bugfix : Message in the widget removed.
• Pro : Fixed Switch Language Automatically option.
• Pro : Elementor bug has been fixed.
• Pro : ACF bug has been fixed.

V1.4.0 – 23.09.2021

• Pro : The issue with compatibility with Elementor has been fixed.
• Bugfix : The issue with rest api has been fixed.
• Bugfix : The issue with localize exerpt has been fixed.
• Update : BWS Panel section was updated.
• Update : All functionality for WordPress 5.8.1 has been updated.

V1.3.9 – 30.08.2021

• Pro : Functionality for downloading and updating the country table was updated.
• Update : All functionality for WordPress 5.8 has been updated.

V1.3.8 – 06.07.2021

• NEW: The ability to edit the title of language has been added.
• Update : The plugin settings page was changed.
• Update : BWS Panel section was updated.
• Update : All functionality for WordPress 5.7.2 has been updated.
• Pro: The ability to edit the post slug in different languages has been added.
• Pro: The compatibility with Yoast SEO has been added.

V1.3.7 – 22.01.2021

• Update : BWS Panel section was updated.
• PRO: Functionality for downloading and updating the country table was updated.
• Update : The plugin settings page was changed.
• Update : All functionality for WordPress 5.6 has been updated.
• Bugfix : Bug with displaying the language switcher in the admin panel has been fixed.
• Bugfix : Bug with tags was fixed.

V1.3.6 – 03.06.2020

• NEW: The compatibility with page builder Gutenberg has been added.

V1.3.5 – 27.04.2020

• PRO: The compatibility with Advanced Custom Fields has been added.
• Update : All functionality for WordPress 5.4 has been updated.
• Update : BWS menu has been updated.

V1.3.4 – 04.09.2019

• Update: The deactivation feedback has been changed. Misleading buttons have been removed.

V1.3.3 – 02.05.2019

• PRO : The compatibility with page builder Elementor has been added.
• Update : All functionality for WordPress 5.1.1 has been updated.

V1.3.2 – 20.11.2018

• Budfix : Plugin optimization has been completed.
• PRO : Bug related to the custom fields was fixed.

V1.3.1 – 23.04.2018

• Bugfix : The compatibility with WooCommerce has been improved.
• Bugfix : The bug with paragraphs was fixed.
• Update : Czech language file has been updated.

V1.3.0 – 19.02.2018

• Bugfix : Bug related to the incorrect homepage URL has been fixed.

V1.2.9 – 14.02.2018

• NEW : Ability to translate Open Graph metadata has been added.
• PRO : Ability to translate post category and tag descriptions has been added.

V1.2.8 – 08.11.2017

• NEW : Google Auto Translate switcher type has been added.

V1.2.7 – 05.10.2017

• Bugfix : Bug with broken redirection connected with SSL has been fixed.
• PRO : The compatibility with WooCommerce has been improved.

V1.2.6 – 28.09.2017

• Update : Spanish language file has been added.
• Update : Czech language file has been updated.
• Bugfix : Bug with terms translation has been fixed.
• Bugfix : Bug with ‘www.’ in the URL has been fixed.

V1.2.5 – 29.08.2017

• Update : The compatibility with Visual Composer has been improved.
• Bugfix : Bug with subdirectory WordPress installation has been fixed.
• Bugfix : Bug with multiple lang slugs in the link has been fixed.
• PRO : Ability to set language slug position in the URL has been added.
• PRO : Bug with multiple text editors on the page has been fixed.

V1.2.4 – 13.06.2017

• Update : The list of languages has been updated.
• Update : Czech language file has been updated.
• Bugfix : Bug with website’s default language switching has been fixed.
• Bugfix : Bug with website search has been fixed.
• Bugfix : Bug with hidden current language tab during post editing has been fixed.
• Bugfix : Yoast SEO compatibility issue has been fixed.
• Bugfix : WP-CLI compatibility issue has been fixed.

V1.2.3 – 24.03.2017

• Bugfix : Bug with hiding link slug for the default language was fixed.
• Update : Czech language file was updated.

V1.2.2 – 22.03.2017

• NEW: Ability to change a language flag icon was added.
• NEW: New language switcher type was added.
• Update : The plugin settings page has been updated.
• NEW: Translation Saving Mode was added.
• Bugfix : Bugs with search were fixed.
• Bugfix : Wrong link formation bug in the menu Language switcher was fixed.

V1.2.1 – 14.12.2016

• NEW: Compatibility with Visual Composer Backend Editor and Divi builder was added.
• PRO: Compatibility with Page Builder by SiteOrigin was added.

V1.2.0 – 30.09.2016

• NEW : The arabic language file was added.

V1.1.9 – 18.08.2016

• NEW: Compatibility with PDF & Print by BestWebSoft plugin.
• Pro: Ability to translate custom fields.

V1.1.8 – 15.07.2016

• Update : BWS panel section was updated.

V1.1.7 – 28.06.2016

• Bugfix : Bug with displaying the list of languages was fixed.
• NEW : “mltlngg-{current language slug}” class type has been added to tag for an ability to stylize content of certain language.

V1.1.6 – 30.05.2016

• NEW : Ability to display aligned languages switcher in the site menu has been added.
• Bugfix : Bug with displaying alternative page links was fixed.
• Bugfix : The conflict with WooCommerce REST API was resolved.

V1.1.5 – 04.04.2016

• NEW : Ability to add languages switcher into site menu.
• NEW : The column which displays translation availability has been added to the posts and taxonomies list.
• Update : Displaying Language switcher widget as Drop-down languages list was changed.
• NEW : Ability to add custom styles.
• NEW : The Czech language file was added.
• Update : Saving data for languages in admin panel has been improved.

V1.1.4 – 22.02.2016

• NEW : Abiliy to add links to your current page for each language from your site into the tag has been added.
• NEW : Ability to hide link slug for default language has been added.
• Update : Widget with languages switcher has been updated.

V1.1.3 – 04.12.2015

• Bugfix : The bug with default searching was fixed.
• Bugfix : The bug with plugin menu duplicating was fixed.

V1.1.2 – 29.09.2015

• Bugfix : We fixed the bug with missing argument 2 for mltlngg_the_title_filter.
• NEW : A button for Multilanguage shortcode inserting to the content was added.
• NEW : Ability to restore settings to defaults.
• NEW : Ability to default searching by the language which is currently selected for the site or all available languages.

V1.1.1 – 17.08.2015

• New : We added new languages.

V1.1.0 – 10.07.2015

• Bugfix : We fixed not saving data error when switching between tabs.

V1.0.9 – 11.06.2015

• Bugfix : We added post updating when the plugin is deactivated for some time.
• Bugfix : We fixed the bug with adding Russian language.

V1.0.8 – 29.04.2015

• Bugfix : We fixed the bug when using the plugin with the php version less that 5.3.
• Bugfix : We fixed the bug when using editor in the frontend.
• Bugfix : We fixed the bug with read more tag when using it on pages.

V1.0.7 – 21.04.2015

• NEW : The Polish language file is added.
• Bugfix : A bug with displaying video was fixed.
• Bugfix : A bug with compatibility with the Promobar plugin was fixed.
• Bugfix : Page address changing bug when and address features letter combinations from the translation slug was fixed.
• Bugfix : Display of categories translation in the Dashboard was fixed.
• Bugfix : Access to the files in WP root directory bug was fixed.
• Bugfix : Excerpt translation bug was fixed.
• Bugfix : A bug with displaying messages when language chart is being edited was fixed.
• Bugfix : A bug with compatibility with Booking System (Booking Calendar) plugin was fixed.
• Bugfix : A bug with uploading images in NextGEN Gallery plugin when working with Multilanguage was fixed.
• Update : An image for en_US was changed for the USA flag, and en_GB language was added.
• Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 4.2-RC2.

V1.0.6 – 24.02.2015

• NEW: We added shortcode and the strings to paste into the template source code.
• Bugfix : Fixed pagination for default permalinks.
• Bugfix : Fixed author link for default permalinks.

V1.0.5 – 19.01.2015

• Bugfix : Bugs with page title is fixed.

V1.0.4 – 14.01.2015

• Bugfix : Private and password protected posts display was fixed.
• Bugfix : We fixed errors while using .
• Bugfix : Bugs that occurred if SERVER_PORT was present in the website address were fixed.

V1.0.3 – 26.12.2014

• Bugfix : Error that occurs when WP is installed in a subfolder was fixed.

V1.0.2 – 22.12.2014

• Bugfix : We fixed errors while front page displays a static page.
• Bugfix : We removed constant DIR.
• Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 4.1.

V1.0.1 – 30.10.2014

• Bugfix : We fixed errors while saving custom posts.

V1.0.0 – 22.10.2014

• Release date of Multilanguage.