Multi-Language WordPress For Enterprises

Multi-language is not a feature included in WordPress core, and plugin authors have been searching solutions for years.
This talk compares the most popular approaches to Multi-Language WordPress websites, highlighting the pros of using WP Multisite for the scope, that is the approach used by MultilingualPress, a plugin developed by Inpsyde.

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1. Multi-Language WordPress For Enterprises
   Big WP Meetup London 13 September 2018
   Multi-Language
   WordPress
   For Enterprises
   Big WP Meetup London 13 September 2018
   

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2. Multi-Language WordPress For Enterprises
   Big WP Meetup London 13 September 2018
   One Post «Part»
   per Language
   One Post
   per Language
   One Site
   per Language
   Approaches to WP Multi-Language
   

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3. Multi-Language WordPress For Enterprises
   Big WP Meetup London 13 September 2018
   One Post «Part»
   per Language
   One Post
   per Language
   One Site
   per Language
   qTranslate MultilingualPress
   WPML
   Polylang
   Examples
   

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4. Multi-Language WordPress For Enterprises
   Big WP Meetup London 13 September 2018
   One Post «Part» per Language
   CONS
   Simple to get started
   No dev skills in majority of cases
   «Hijacking» of the content
   «Hijacking» of the edit screen
   Forward compatibility issues
   Custom API to get translation
   Problematic content filtering
   Vendor lock-in
   Limited editorial workflow
   PROS
   

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5. Multi-Language WordPress For Enterprises
   Big WP Meetup London 13 September 2018
   One Post per Language
   CONS
   Simple to get started
   No dev skills in majority of cases
   Easy to integrate
   Custom API to get translation
   Performance issues on content filtering
   Vendor lock-in
   Limited editorial workflow
   PROS
   

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6. Multi-Language WordPress For Enterprises
   Big WP Meetup London 13 September 2018
   One Site per Language
   PROS CONS
   No query filtering, best performance
   No «Hijacking» of UI
   No custom API to get translations
   No vendor lock-in
   Powerful editorial workflow
   Harder to get started for non-technical
   users
   Multisite increases chances of other
   plugin incompatibility
   

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7. Multi-Language WordPress For Enterprises
   Big WP Meetup London 13 September 2018
   MultilingualPress: the Inpsyde plugin for Multi-language
   It uses the «multisite» approach: in our experience, it is
   the best approach for enterprises: all its cons becomes
   irrelevant in enterprise context.
   Latest version is now available on multingualpress.org
   and soon also on WooCommerce marketplace.
   

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8. Multi-Language WordPress For Enterprises
   Big WP Meetup London 13 September 2018
   Questions?
   Giuseppe Mazzapica
   WordPress Engineer at Inpsyde
   @gmazzap
   

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