Multisite Multilanguage compatibility (MultilingualPress, Language Switcher)

Hi @chrisfo,

In our case, we recommend you use qTranslate-x or WPML. Our theme is compatible with these plugins ??

Thanks for the feedback. I will try Multisite nonetheless since I had not so amusing experiences years ago with WPML and later qTranslate while Multisite works even if any plugin is deactivated.
A year ago it looked good for WP core ML support but sadly all activity seems to have stoped: https://multilingualwp.wordpress.com/

EDIT: I found a good recent and older comparisons between WPML, qTranslate X and Polylang : https://winningwp.com/wpml-qtranslate-x-or-polylang/
https://blog.pojo.me/multilingual-wordpress/

So what I did understand is that still WPML stores content in separate posts (additional database tables), while qTranslate-x stores in the same post (no additional db tables). themes and plugins support is best with WPML but depends on the single combination. So I may try qTranslate X but still not happy if I need rely on this for a long-time page.

• This reply was modified 8 years, 3 months ago by ChrisFo.
• This reply was modified 8 years, 3 months ago by ChrisFo.

Hi @chrisfo,

Thanks for these links. however our best recommend still WPML ??

I have to give @chrisfo kudos, he is approaching the right way (Multisite) to use Multilingual in WordPress.

WPML is the easy way, but you get in trouble on the long run. Bad performance, not best solution in SEO and also conflicts with other plugins.

If the them doesn’t have any problems with multisite, which shouldn’t have, then MultilingualPress certainly won’t make any troubles.