{"id":3657,"date":"2021-11-06T14:27:15","date_gmt":"2021-11-06T13:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/?p=3657"},"modified":"2024-08-13T20:37:57","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T18:37:57","slug":"multilingual-wordpress-website-with-polylang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/en\/mehrsprachige-wordpress-website-mit-polylang\/","title":{"rendered":"Multilingual WordPress website with Polylang"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress does not yet have the inherent ability to create a multilingual website. Of course, you could fill each page with content in different languages, but this is not the wisdoms last end. This is not the wisdom last end. The menu items should be offered in different languages, as well as the name and subtitle of the website. And finally, it would be nice if you could click on a different language in the language switcher on a page or a post to go directly to the different language version of the same content.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"simpletoc-title\">Table of Contents<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"simpletoc-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#einrichtung-von-polylang\">Setup of Polylang<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#polylang-einstellungen\">Polylang settings<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#ubersetzen-von-zeichenketten\">Translating character strings<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#seite-beitrag-ubersetzen\">Translate page\/article<\/a>\n\n\n<ul><li>\n<a href=\"#permalinks\">Permalinks<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"#medien\">Media<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#menu-ubersetzen\">Translate menu, language switcher<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#beitragskategorien\">Contribution categories<\/a>\n\n\n<ul><li>\n<a href=\"#beitragsseite\">Contribution page<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#kategorien-ins-menu-einbauen\">Add categories to the menu<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"#fazit\">Conclusion<\/a>\n\n\n<ul><li>\n<a href=\"#polylang-zusatze\">Polylang additives<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<p>A plugin is required for the proper setup of multilingual WordPress websites. Three plugins for multilingualism are very popular in the WordPress community and are therefore widely used:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/de.wordpress.org\/plugins\/polylang\/\" target=\"_blank\">Polylong<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/de.wordpress.org\/plugins\/translatepress-multilingual\/\" target=\"_blank\">TranslatePress<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">WPML<\/a> (Premium-Plugin)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The first two plugins can already be used in a free version (there is also a Pro version that requires a license), while WPML must be licensed annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More plugins for setting up multilingual websites with WordPress:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/multilingualpress.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">MultilingualPress<\/a> (Premium plugin; builds on a WordPress Multisite installation)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/de.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wpglobus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WPGlobus<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In this tutorial, I will show you how to use the <strong>free version of Polylang<\/strong> can set up a multilingual website and what the limitations are compared to the Pro version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-2233617471649092\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2233617471649092\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"3695473590\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"einrichtung-von-polylang\">Setup of Polylang<\/h2>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/de.wordpress.org\/plugins\/polylang\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"265\" height=\"109\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/polylang-wp-syntex.png\" alt=\"Polylang from WP SYNTEX\" class=\"wp-image-3979\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Polylang from WP SYNTEX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Polylang is installed in the usual way in WordPress. Search in the WordPress backend under \u201ePlugins\u201c \/ \u201eInstall\u201c for <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/de.wordpress.org\/plugins\/polylang\/\" target=\"_blank\">Polylang from WP SYNTEX<\/a> and click on \u201eInstall\u201c, then on \u201eActivate\u201c. The plugin should then appear as activated in your plugin list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can now use the Polylang Wizard to quickly configure the plugin for the first time (click on the \u201eSettings\u201c link next to the plugin).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/Plugin-Polylang.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"89\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/Plugin-Polylang-1024x89.png\" alt=\"Polylang: Activation\" class=\"wp-image-3666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/Plugin-Polylang-1024x89.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/Plugin-Polylang-300x26.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/Plugin-Polylang-768x67.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/Plugin-Polylang.png 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>First add the current language of the website, in most cases \u201eGerman\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/setup-wizard-01a.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"807\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/setup-wizard-01a.png\" alt=\"Polylang Setup Assistant: Languages\" class=\"wp-image-3667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/setup-wizard-01a.png 807w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/setup-wizard-01a-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/setup-wizard-01a-768x601.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Polylang Setup Assistant: Languages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Click on <strong>+ Add new language<\/strong> Now add the first additional language. We select \u201eEnglish\u201c for this. Of course, you can also add other languages here, but for this article we will limit ourselves to German and English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then click on \u201eNext\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/setup-wizard-01b.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"803\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/setup-wizard-01b.png\" alt=\"Polylang Setup Assistant: Languages\" class=\"wp-image-3668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/setup-wizard-01b.png 803w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/setup-wizard-01b-300x271.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/setup-wizard-01b-768x694.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 803px) 100vw, 803px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Polylang Setup Assistant: Languages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the next step, you can specify whether you would like to create alternative image texts in other languages. We think this is a good idea, so we activate this option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/setup-wizard-02.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"796\" height=\"735\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/setup-wizard-02.png\" alt=\"Polylang Setup Assistant: Media\" class=\"wp-image-3669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/setup-wizard-02.png 796w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/setup-wizard-02-300x277.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/setup-wizard-02-768x709.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 796px) 100vw, 796px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Polylang Setup Assistant: Media<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the next step, you assign all existing content to a language, which then becomes something like the default language of the website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/setup-wizard-03.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"832\" height=\"601\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/setup-wizard-03.png\" alt=\"Polylang Setup Assistant: Contents\" class=\"wp-image-3670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/setup-wizard-03.png 832w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/setup-wizard-03-300x217.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/setup-wizard-03-768x555.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Polylang Setup Assistant: Contents<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now complete the Polylang setup wizard and switch to the plugin settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-2233617471649092\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2233617471649092\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"3695473590\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"polylang-einstellungen\">Polylang settings<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>In the settings (accessible in the WordPress backend under \u201eLanguages\u201c), you can specify what the URLs of the language variants should look like. We opt for the most common and simplest variant. The default language does not need its own language directory (\/en\/), so activate the option \u201eHide URL information for the default language\u201c. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the content of the second language should appear in a URL structure such as \/en\/.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/einstellungen-url.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"556\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/einstellungen-url-1024x556.png\" alt=\"Polylang settings: URL customizations\" class=\"wp-image-3676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/einstellungen-url-1024x556.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/einstellungen-url-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/einstellungen-url-768x417.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/einstellungen-url.png 1139w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Polylang settings: URL customizations<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"ubersetzen-von-zeichenketten\">Translating character strings<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>As mentioned above, a website also contains designations that are assigned to the entire website. These should also be displayed in the second language. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To translate the name and subtitle of the website, for example, go to \u201eLanguages\u201c and select \u201eTranslations of character strings\u201c. Now edit the texts in the respective language and, if you wish, also the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/formatting-date-and-time\/\" target=\"_blank\">Formats for date and time<\/a>, and click on \u201eSave changes\u201c after completion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/zeichenketten.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/zeichenketten-1024x730.png\" alt=\"Polylang: Translations of character strings\" class=\"wp-image-3679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/zeichenketten-1024x730.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/zeichenketten-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/zeichenketten-768x548.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/zeichenketten.png 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Polylang: Translations of character strings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201eblogname\u201c stands for the \u201etitle of the website\u201c and \u201eblogdescription\u201c stands for the \u201esubtitle\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"seite-beitrag-ubersetzen\">Translate page\/article<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Call up the list of pages and first display all languages (top horizontal bar).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sprachen-wechsel.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"372\" height=\"96\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sprachen-wechsel.png\" alt=\"Polylang: Language change in the admin menu\" class=\"wp-image-3688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sprachen-wechsel.png 372w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sprachen-wechsel-300x77.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 372px) 100vw, 372px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Show all languages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This could look something like this for a fresh WordPress installation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/seiten.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"998\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/seiten.png\" alt=\"Polylang: List of pages at Show all languages\" class=\"wp-image-3689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/seiten.png 998w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/seiten-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/seiten-768x329.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 998px) 100vw, 998px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pages in all languages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can see that the <em>Example page<\/em> is available in German, but there is no version for English yet. Click on the plus symbol in the column with the US flag and create the content for the English equivalent of the example page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If there is already an English version of the sample page, you will see a pencil icon in the list instead of the plus symbol. You can also click on this to edit and update the English content. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, you can also access the English version via the editing mode of the German page. To do this, open the \u201eLanguages\u201c item under the page properties of the German page and click on the pencil symbol next to the US flag. This will switch you to the editing mode of the English page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/seite-sprache.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/seite-sprache-1024x676.png\" alt=\"Polylang: Page - Translations\" class=\"wp-image-3696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/seite-sprache-1024x676.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/seite-sprache-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/seite-sprache-768x507.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/seite-sprache.png 1155w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Page: Translations<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In this way, the different language versions of pages (and posts) are assigned to each other. In the image above you can see that \u201eEnglish Sample Page\u201c is the English version of the German \u201eBeispielseite\u201c. The language switcher can only function correctly because of this assignment. Because if you simply create an English page called \u201eEnglish Sample Page\u201c without assigning this page to the German page \u201eBeispielseite\u201c, visitors will not be able to switch directly between the two language versions with a simple click.  <\/p>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"permalinks\">Permalinks<\/h3>\n\n\n<p>You can and should also use <strong>different permalinks<\/strong> use, for example <em>\/example page\/<\/em> for the German-language version and <em>\/en\/sample-page\/<\/em> for the English-language version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, you can only use <strong>Polylang Pro<\/strong>the premium version of Polylang, the <strong>same slugs<\/strong> (permalinks) for <strong>Pages, posts, categories, etc.<\/strong> use:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>DE: <a href=\"https:\/\/polylang.ewerkstatt.com\/partner\/\">https:\/\/polylang.ewerkstatt.com\/partner\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EN: <a href=\"https:\/\/polylang.ewerkstatt.com\/en\/partner-2\/\">https:\/\/polylang.ewerkstatt.com\/en\/partner\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In the free version you only achieve something like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>DE: <a href=\"https:\/\/polylang.ewerkstatt.com\/partner\/\">https:\/\/polylang.ewerkstatt.com\/partner\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EN: <a href=\"https:\/\/polylang.ewerkstatt.com\/en\/partner-2\/\">https:\/\/polylang.ewerkstatt.com\/en\/partner-2\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>But in this case, the English version of the page is more likely to be this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>EN: <a href=\"https:\/\/polylang.ewerkstatt.com\/en\/partner-2\/\">https:\/\/polylang.ewerkstatt.com\/en\/partners\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"medien\">Media<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>When we first set up Polylang, we indicated that we would also like to offer alternative image texts in other languages. You can therefore display the images in the media overview in list form and add a \u201etranslation\u201c of images in the same way as for pages or posts. This means that the \u201etranslated\u201c images are also available in the second language so that you can provide these images with your own alternative texts for the other languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/medienuebersicht.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"346\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/medienuebersicht-1024x346.png\" alt=\"Polylang: Media\" class=\"wp-image-3699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/medienuebersicht-1024x346.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/medienuebersicht-300x101.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/medienuebersicht-768x260.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/medienuebersicht.png 1088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Translate media<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u201eGerman-language\u201c image can now be provided with a German alternative text in the page\/post, while you can assign a different alternative text to the same image in the second-language page\/post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bild-DE.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"953\" height=\"350\" data-id=\"3700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bild-DE.png\" alt=\"German variant Polylang\" class=\"wp-image-3700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bild-DE.png 953w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bild-DE-300x110.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bild-DE-768x282.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 953px) 100vw, 953px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">German variant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bild-EN.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"968\" height=\"361\" data-id=\"3701\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bild-EN.png\" alt=\"English variant Polylang\" class=\"wp-image-3701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bild-EN.png 968w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bild-EN-300x112.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bild-EN-768x286.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 968px) 100vw, 968px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">English Variant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Note: the image will be <strong>not <\/strong>stored multiple times on the server.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"menu-ubersetzen\">Translate menu, language switcher<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Website visitors should be able to click on a <strong>Language switch <\/strong>be able to switch between languages in the menu. The language switch should therefore be added to a menu. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Edit the German language menu (in our example we have named it \u201etop\u201c) and add the language switch to the menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/menu-DE.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"978\" height=\"834\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/menu-DE.png\" alt=\"Polylang: Menu\" class=\"wp-image-3714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/menu-DE.png 978w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/menu-DE-300x256.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/menu-DE-768x655.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 978px) 100vw, 978px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> Add language switcher for menu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can edit the display of the language switcher. For example, we do without the flag display and instead select the entire language name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/menu-sprachschalter.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"517\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/menu-sprachschalter.png\" alt=\"Polylang: Language switch for the menu\" class=\"wp-image-3711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/menu-sprachschalter.png 615w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/menu-sprachschalter-300x252.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Language switcher for edit menu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Switch to the second language in the top horizontal bar and also create a menu for the language. Now add the language switcher to this menu (\u201etop EN\u201c in our example). Do not forget the placement of the menu (\u201ePosition in theme\u201c).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/menu-EN.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"997\" height=\"644\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/menu-EN.png\" alt=\"Polylang: English menu\" class=\"wp-image-3717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/menu-EN.png 997w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/menu-EN-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/menu-EN-768x496.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 997px) 100vw, 997px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">English menu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If necessary, edit the German-language menu items. For example, you could rename \u201eStartseite\u201c to \u201eHome\u201c for the English version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/menu-EN-home.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"517\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/menu-EN-home.png\" alt=\"Polylang: Rename menu item\" class=\"wp-image-3720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/menu-EN-home.png 517w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/menu-EN-home-276x300.png 276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 517px) 100vw, 517px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rename start page to Home<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ready! Ready!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/fertig-DE.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"478\" height=\"196\" data-id=\"3723\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/fertig-DE.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/fertig-DE.png 478w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/fertig-DE-300x123.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Finished<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/fertig-EN.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"494\" height=\"226\" data-id=\"3724\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/fertig-EN.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/fertig-EN.png 494w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/fertig-EN-300x137.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ready<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A language switcher is also available as a widget that you can integrate into the footer, for example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/widget-sprachumschalter.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/widget-sprachumschalter.png\" alt=\"Widget Polylang language switcher\" class=\"wp-image-3789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/widget-sprachumschalter.png 720w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/widget-sprachumschalter-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Widget Polylang language switcher<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Please note that the language switch will only work correctly later if you have previously assigned the other language version to the pages (see above).<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"beitragskategorien\">Contribution categories<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>You can offer a post list in WordPress in several ways. It is very common to use a \u201epost page\u201c and alternatively to add categories to the main menu.<\/p>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"beitragsseite\">Contribution page<\/h3>\n\n\n<p>If you are using the contribution page variant (because you may only be using a single category anyway), then create an empty page and designate this as the contribution page under \u201eSettings\u201c \/ \u201eRead\u201c. You can now also create this as a corresponding page in the second language and add both pages to the respective language menus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For all languages, you must select a language under \u201eSettings\u201c \/ \u201eRead\u201c. <strong>static page as homepage<\/strong> so that you also have a <strong>Contribution page<\/strong> can use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/einstellungen-lesen-DE.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"779\" height=\"302\" data-id=\"3774\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/einstellungen-lesen-DE.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/einstellungen-lesen-DE.png 779w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/einstellungen-lesen-DE-300x116.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/einstellungen-lesen-DE-768x298.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 779px) 100vw, 779px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Home page settings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/einstellungen-lesen-EN.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"716\" height=\"305\" data-id=\"3775\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/einstellungen-lesen-EN.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/einstellungen-lesen-EN.png 716w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/einstellungen-lesen-EN-300x128.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 716px) 100vw, 716px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Settings Homepage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"kategorien-ins-menu-einbauen\">Add categories to the menu<\/h3>\n\n\n<p>When using categories in the menu, proceed in the same way as when translating posts or pages. You create a corresponding category in the second language. This category can or should have a name in the other language and therefore also a different permalink. In our case:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>German:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>New \/ new<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>English:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>News \/ news<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kategorien.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kategorien-1024x667.png\" alt=\"Polylang: Categories\" class=\"wp-image-3760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kategorien-1024x667.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kategorien-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kategorien-768x500.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kategorien.png 1373w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Categories at Polylang<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Assign contributions in the second language to this category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/beitraege.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"406\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/beitraege-1024x406.png\" alt=\"Polylang: Contributions\" class=\"wp-image-3763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/beitraege-1024x406.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/beitraege-300x119.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/beitraege-768x305.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/beitraege.png 1026w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Contributions in other languages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, not every article has to be available in translation; you can also offer articles in just one language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kategorie-neues.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"593\" data-id=\"3768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kategorie-neues-1024x593.png\" alt=\"Polylang: German category in the menu\" class=\"wp-image-3768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kategorie-neues-1024x593.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kategorie-neues-300x174.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kategorie-neues-768x445.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kategorie-neues.png 1317w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">German category<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kategorie-news.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"582\" data-id=\"3769\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kategorie-news-1024x582.png\" alt=\"Polylang: English category in the menu\" class=\"wp-image-3769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kategorie-news-1024x582.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kategorie-news-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kategorie-news-768x436.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ewerkzeug.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/kategorie-news.png 1329w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">English category<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-2233617471649092\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2233617471649092\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"3695473590\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"fazit\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>With Polylang, you can quickly produce a satisfactory multilingual output of a WordPress website. And this is already possible with the free version of the plugin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Pro version of Polylang provides a few additional features that may be indispensable for some applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Language switcher also for widgets<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Translation of permalinks also for custom post types, taxonomies and more<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Duplicate posts\/pages for languages<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Activate and deactivate languages<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Further integration with the ACF Pro plugin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Premium Support<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"polylang-zusatze\">Polylang additives<\/h3>\n\n\n<p>In addition to Polylang, you can also <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/de.wordpress.org\/plugins\/lingotek-translation\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lingotek Translation<\/a> for the translation of your texts. The translations can be done either by machine, by professional translators or with the help of a community. However, the number of requests for this service has been increasing recently (2021) <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/plugin\/lingotek-translation\/reviews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">negative reviews<\/a>so it is better to test this on a test website first. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are currently using WPML and would like to switch to the possibly somewhat clearer Polylang, you can use the plugin <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wpml-to-polylang\/\" target=\"_blank\">WPML to Polylang<\/a> use.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Making a WordPress website multilingual? 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