Bilingual site on single URL

  • I’m creating a bilingual website (French and English) on a single URL with a language link to switch to English. What is the best way to install both language versions of WP on a single domain?

    – Can both versions be installed, one in the root directory and the other in a folder (e.g., …/english) in the same root directory? Or,

    – Will I have to create a sub-domain, e.g, en.mysite.ca?

    Many thanks in advance,

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  • Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    have read of this and see if it helps

    Thread Starter celebryson

    (@celebryson)

    Thanks for the link. By the looks of it, there is no way around installing both versions and running two databases.

    Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    there is no way around installing both versions and running two databases.

    If there is a question in it somewhere, I am not sure. Hopefully someone who is expert may respond.

    Install a single instance of WordPress in your preferred language and then use a translation plugin.

    I am in the same boat as you, celebryson. I had understood that the way to do this was to open a Networked site (what used to be called a MultiUser or MU site) with two subdirectories (or subdomains) running under a single WP system. But there seem to be no off-the-shelf plugins to do the file management between the two versions. Hence I am planning to hack it together myself if I can find no alternative – as a novice WP user, this is going to take me a little while… The language translation stuff will help, but it seems to localize the language, not allow multiple versions to work together. I am as curious as you are regarding other possible solutions!

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