Going Global with WordPress Multilingual (WordCamp Denpasar 2016)
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The document discusses the concepts of internationalization (i18n) and localization (l10n) within WordPress, outlining their significance for creating multilingual websites. It emphasizes the importance of human translations over automated translations, lists translation management options, and considers URL formats and hreflang tags. Additionally, it provides recommendations for preparing themes and plugins for localization and notes tools available for multilingual content management.
Going Global with WordPress Multilingual (WordCamp Denpasar 2016)
- 1. WordCamp Denpasar 2016 - WordCamp Manila 2016 Going Global with WordPress Multilingual
- 2. WordCamp Denpasar 2016 - WordCamp Manila 2016 Dat Hoang Community and Support Documentation
- 3. WordCamp Denpasar 2016 - WordCamp Manila 2016
- 4. WordCamp Denpasar 2016 - WordCamp Manila 2016 Why? 948 751 271 573.9% % 2,227.9% 1,424.3% Number of users (millions) User growth on Internet 2000-2016 Source: http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats7.htm
- 5. WordCamp Denpasar 2016 - WordCamp Manila 2016 Why? Reach more clients / users
- 6. WordCamp Denpasar 2016 - WordCamp Manila 2016 i18n -> l10n -> Multilingual Internationalization (i18n) is the process of developing your theme/plugin language, so it can easily be translated into other languages. Localization (l10n) describes the subsequent process of translating an internationalized theme/plugin. Multilingual means there are more than one language in sites.
- 7. WordCamp Denpasar 2016 - WordCamp Manila 2016 Internationalization Wrong echo 'WordPress is the best!'; Right (use gettext functions) echo __( 'WordPress is the best!', 'my-text-domain' ); Source: https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/functionality/internationalization/
- 8. WordCamp Denpasar 2016 - WordCamp Manila 2016 Localization File Types â POT (Portable Object Template) #: plugin-name.php:123 msgid "Page Title" msgstr "" â PO (Portable Object) #: plugin-name.php:123 msgid "Page Title" msgstr "TĂtulo de la pĂĄgina" â MO (Machine Object) Source: https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/functionality/localization/
- 9. WordCamp Denpasar 2016 - WordCamp Manila 2016 Multilingual?
- 10. WordCamp Denpasar 2016 - WordCamp Manila 2016 Consideration: Human translations Bots and visitors â LOVE human translations â HATE automated translations
- 11. WordCamp Denpasar 2016 - WordCamp Manila 2016 Consideration: All elements get translated One language per page â Posts / pages â Menus â Taxonomies and terms â Custom fields â Images â Widgets â Theme/plugin/core texts â Theme/plugin options
- 12. WordCamp Denpasar 2016 - WordCamp Manila 2016 Consideration: All elements get translated
- 13. WordCamp Denpasar 2016 - WordCamp Manila 2016 Consideration: URL format â Domain: my-site.com my-site.es â Parameter: my-site.com/?lang=en my-site.com/?lang=es â Directory: my-site.com/en/ my-site.com/es/
- 14. WordCamp Denpasar 2016 - WordCamp Manila 2016 Consideration: âhreflangâ tags Example: <link rel="alternate" hreflang="en-US" href="http://www.domain.com/"/> <link rel="alternate" hreflang="en-GB" href="http://www.domain.co.uk/"/> <link rel="alternate" hreflang="pt-PT" href="http://www.domain.pt/"/> <link rel="alternate" hreflang="es-ES" href="http://www.domain.es/"/> <link rel="alternate" hreflang="fr-FR" href="http://www.domain.fr/"/> See more: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/189077
- 15. WordCamp Denpasar 2016 - WordCamp Manila 2016 Consideration: Translation Management In-house External Translator Translation Service
- 16. WordCamp Denpasar 2016 - WordCamp Manila 2016 Consideration: E-commerce
- 17. WordCamp Denpasar 2016 - WordCamp Manila 2016 Approaches â One language per post - WPML - Polylang - Bogo â All language content in a single post - qTranslate (X) â Each language is a sub-site of multi-site network - Multilingual Press
- 18. WordCamp Denpasar 2016 - WordCamp Manila 2016 Tips â Themes and plugins are ready for localization and internationalization. â When the things are complicated (WooCommerce, listing site, LMS, etc), check more about: â The compatibility â Price (free - paid) â Custom coding â Test and backup.
- 19. WordCamp Denpasar 2016 - WordCamp Manila 2016 Discussion
- 20. WordCamp Denpasar 2016 - WordCamp Manila 2016 Big Thanks! Dat Hoang A member of OnTheGoSystems @tiendathoang
- 21. WordCamp Denpasar 2016 - WordCamp Manila 2016 Icon Credit http://www.flaticon.com/free-icon/networking_125830 http://www.flaticon.com/free-icon/translation-and-localization_48632 http://www.flaticon.com/free-icon/multiple-raising-hands-with-musical- notes_31165 http://www.flaticon.com/free-icon/light-bulb-on_78387 http://www.flaticon.com/free-icon/idea-hand-drawn-symbol-of-a-side-he ad-with-a-lightbulb-inside_35497
- 22. WordCamp Denpasar 2016 - WordCamp Manila 2016 Reference https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2010/03/working-with-multilingual- websites.html https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/189077 https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/182192 https://wpml.org/documentation/support/multilingual-seo/ https://wpml.org/documentation/support/adding-hreflang-wordpress/