{"id":39,"date":"2016-03-14T16:18:53","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T16:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wplook.com\/docs\/?p=39"},"modified":"2020-02-15T19:51:58","modified_gmt":"2020-02-15T19:51:58","slug":"adding-new-languages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wplook.com\/docs\/benevolence\/multilingual-benevolence\/adding-new-languages\/","title":{"rendered":"Adding New Languages"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If your site needs to be available in multiple languages, you can set up a WordPress multisite installation, with each site running the theme, to make your site appear multilingual. This method is completely free, allows every language to work independently of other languages, but on the other hand, it requires more configuration, as the settings of every site are independent of the other sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"setting-up-a-multisite-installation\">Setting Up a Multisite Installation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Follow the <a href=\"https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Create_A_Network\">Create A Network<\/a> guide from the WordPress Codex. It is recommended to set up the network using subdirectories rather than domains.<\/li><li>Once you&#8217;ve set up the network, add a site for every language you want by selecting <strong>My Sites<\/strong> \u2192&nbsp;<strong>Network Admin<\/strong> \u2192&nbsp;<strong>Sites<\/strong> from the WordPress admin bar at the top of the administration panel, and selecting&nbsp;<strong>Add New<\/strong>. Use common language codes, such as&nbsp;<code>es<\/code>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<code>fr<\/code> to keep your URLs short. You do not need to add a site for the default version of your site, only the alternative languages you are going to add.\n<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wplook.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Add-New-Site.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"896\" src=\"https:\/\/wplook.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Add-New-Site.png\" alt=\"My Sites \u2192 Network Admin \u2192 Sites \u2192 Add New\" class=\"wp-image-938\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wplook.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Add-New-Site.png 2560w, https:\/\/wplook.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Add-New-Site-300x105.png 300w, https:\/\/wplook.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Add-New-Site-768x269.png 768w, https:\/\/wplook.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Add-New-Site-1024x358.png 1024w, https:\/\/wplook.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Add-New-Site-450x158.png 450w, https:\/\/wplook.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Add-New-Site-600x210.png 600w, https:\/\/wplook.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Add-New-Site-1200x420.png 1200w, https:\/\/wplook.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Add-New-Site-900x315.png 900w, https:\/\/wplook.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Add-New-Site-1800x630.png 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><strong>My Sites<\/strong> \u2192 <strong>Network Admin<\/strong> \u2192 <strong>Sites<\/strong> \u2192 <strong>Add New<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"3\"><li>For every site created, set up theme as you would normally. Remember to follow the <a href=\"https:\/\/wplook.com\/docs\/benevolence\/multilingual-benevolence\/configuring-site-language\/\">Configuring Site Language<\/a>\u00a0instructions for every site you add, so the theme as well as your content are translated.<\/li><li>For every site, build a language menu. Head to\u00a0<strong>Appearance<\/strong> \u2192\u00a0<strong>Menus<\/strong> from the WordPress administration panel and build a menu linking to every other language site you have built. Make sure to tick\u00a0<strong>Language Menu<\/strong> under\u00a0<strong>Theme locations<\/strong> so the list of languages is displayed in the site header.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-2323\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2190\" height=\"2096\" src=\"https:\/\/wplook.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Language-Menu-edit-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wplook.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Language-Menu-edit-1.png 2190w, https:\/\/wplook.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Language-Menu-edit-1-300x287.png 300w, https:\/\/wplook.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Language-Menu-edit-1-768x735.png 768w, https:\/\/wplook.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Language-Menu-edit-1-1024x980.png 1024w, https:\/\/wplook.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Language-Menu-edit-1-450x431.png 450w, https:\/\/wplook.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Language-Menu-edit-1-600x574.png 600w, https:\/\/wplook.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Language-Menu-edit-1-1200x1148.png 1200w, https:\/\/wplook.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Language-Menu-edit-1-900x861.png 900w, https:\/\/wplook.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Language-Menu-edit-1-1800x1723.png 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2190px) 100vw, 2190px\" \/><figcaption>Editing a language menu in Appearance \u2192 Languages.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wplook.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-08-at-13.30.27.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/wplook.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-08-at-13.30.27-300x225.png\" alt=\"The Language menu in the header of the site.\" class=\"wp-image-940\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wplook.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-08-at-13.30.27-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/wplook.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-08-at-13.30.27-450x337.png 450w, https:\/\/wplook.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-08-at-13.30.27-600x449.png 600w, https:\/\/wplook.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-08-at-13.30.27.png 636w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The Language menu in the header of the site.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"using-plugins\">Using Plugins<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If creating a new site from scratch for every language doesn&#8217;t suit you, a plugin which allows you to add different language versions of each post might be more suitable. Read more about them in the <a href=\"https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Multilingual_WordPress#Different_types_of_multilingual_plugins\">Adding New Languages<\/a> section of the WordPress Codex.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If your site needs to be available in multiple languages, you can set up a WordPress multisite installation, with each site running the theme, to make your site appear multilingual. 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