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Sublanguage

By maximeschoeni

Multilingual & Accessibility / Translation & Multilingual Management

Sublanguage Review - In-Depth Analysis

Sublanguage is a lightweight multilanguage plugin for WordPress. It allows seamless translation of posts, terms, and attachments without duplicating content or adding extra database tables.

Performance Overview

WPS Score

6.82/10

User Rating

4.6/5 (based on 31+ reviews)

Active Installations

700+

Update Frequency

Below Average It is calculated using the weighted average of same category plugins.

Security Score

1 / 10 (Very Low Risk) It is calculated using the weighted average of all versions.

What It Does

Sublanguage is a multilanguage plugin for WordPress that provides an efficient way to manage translations. It avoids duplicated content by inheriting values from the main language, ensuring a clean and organized approach to multilingual sites.

This plugin does not create additional database tables, as translation data is stored in post_meta. It also does not add markup to content, making it different from other plugins like q-translate. Language is defined solely by URLs, which is beneficial for SEO.

Key features include support for Gutenberg, translation UI for various content types, and the ability to translate permalinks. The plugin supports revisions and is extendable, making it suitable for multisite environments. Documentation is available on GitHub for further guidance.

Other Notable Features

Here are a few other notable features of this free Sublanguage plugin.

Multilanguage

Translation

WordPress plugin

Screenshots

FAQ

In menu click on Languages, remove all language custom posts and empty trash. Deleting a language will permanently delete all translations
associated to this language. Deleting main language will not delete original posts.

Add this function in your template file

do_action('sublanguage_print_language_switch');

Add this in your function.php file and customize it:

add_action('sublanguage_custom_switch', 'my_custom_switch', 10, 2);  /**  * @param array of WP_Post language custom post  * @param Sublanguage_site $this The Sublanguage instance.  */ function my_custom_switch($languages, $sublanguage) {  ?> <ul> <?php foreach ($languages as $language) { ?>     <li class="<?php echo $language->post_name; ?> <?php if ($sublanguage->current_language->ID == $language->ID) echo 'current'; ?>">         <a href="<?php echo $sublanguage->get_translation_link($language); ?>"><?php echo $language->post_title; ?></a>     </li> <?php } ?> </ul> <?php  }

First go to Sublanguage>Settings and verify the relevant post type is set to be translatable.

Then verify you are using the proper filters in you template file.

For echoing post title, you need to ensure ´the_title´ filter is called.

// echoing post title inside the loop the_title();  // echoing post title outside the loop echo get_the_title($some_post->ID);  // but... echo $post->post_title; // -> Does not translate

For echoing post content, you need to ensure ´the_content´ filter is called.

// echoing content inside the loop the_content();  // or... echo apply_filters('the_content', get_the_content());  // but... echo $post->post_content; // -> Does not translate echo get_the_content(); // -> Does not translate  // echoing post content outside the loop: echo apply_filters('sublanguage_translate_post_field', $some_post->post_content, $some_post, 'post_content');

Same for Excerpts.

Permalinks are automatically translated, inside or outside the loop:

// echoing permalink echo get_permalink($post->ID);

Use the global $sublanguage, like this:

global $sublanguage; echo $sublanguage->current_language // -> WP_Post object echo $sublanguage->current_language->post_title; // -> Français echo $sublanguage->current_language->post_name; // -> fr echo $sublanguage->current_language->post_content; // -> fr_FR

Alternatively you can use a sublanguage filter to call a user function with $current_language value in parameters:

Function to use in your template file:

echo apply_filters('sublanguage_custom_translate', 'text to translate', 'my_custom_translation', 'optional value');

Code to add in your function.php file:

/**  * @param string $original_text. Original text to translate.  * @param WP_Post object $current_language  * @param mixed $args. Optional arguments  */ function my_custom_translation($original_text, $current_language, $optional_arg) {      if ($current_language->post_name == 'fr') {          return 'texte traduit en français!';      }      return $original_text;  }

Note: of course, for a basic usage like this, you should use the standard localization way: __('text to translate', 'my_domain').

Add this action to enqueue a small script to define values in javascript:

add_action('init', 'my_init');  function my_init() {      do_action('sublanguage_prepare_ajax');  }

This will first define a global in javascript. Use console.log(sublanguage) to explore it.

Furthermore, a small script will automatically add a language attribute in every jquery ajax call. You can change this language using sublanguage.current (in javascript). This language will be used if you need to get/update posts/terms using ajax.

You cannot export or import using the wordpress builtin tool while Sublanguage is active. It just does not work yet. But this feature will come in a future release.

If you want to create a custom importer for posts and terms, you can use these 2 functions:

do_action( 'sublanguage_import_post', $data); do_action( 'sublanguage_import_term', $taxonomy, $data);

These functions are documented in sublanguage/include/admin.php. See examples on github.

Contributors and developers

“Sublanguage” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

maximeschoeni

Free Version Docs

WPS

6.82

Average

Ratings

4.6 out of 5 | 31

Version

2.12

Last updated

8 months ago

Active installations

700+

WordPress version

6.6.7 or higher

PHP version

or higher

Languages

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Sublanguage Review - In-Depth Analysis

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Screenshots

FAQ

Contributors and developers

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Security Status

Secure

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Known Vulnerabilities (0)

Previous Versions

WPS

6.82

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