What’s new in the world of Polylang?

Some themes (Twenty Twelve, Responsive…) use the builtin WordPress custom header image. That’s a nice feature, but what if you include text in this header image? You will need one image per language! It is very easy to obtain thanks to the wpml-config.xml file. Step 1: create a directory ‘polylang’ in ‘wp-content’ (this is a…

For a very long time, Polylang allows to synchronize some post properties or metadata across translations. For example, you can synchronize taxonomies and custom fields. The site’s administrator decides this under Languages > Settings > Synchronizations. How does it work? Let say that you have a post about an event and that this post includes…

Want to learn how to add a language switcher to your WordPress site? You’ve come to the right place. A language switcher (or language selector) is your website’s multilingual navigator, allowing visitors to effortlessly explore content in different languages. It empowers your international audience to be able to select their preferred language when they are…

Today, we’ll see how translations are working in the WordPress ecosystem. First, you need to keep in mind that Polylang, Polylang Pro or Polylang for WooCommerce doesn’t translate anything. It “just” asks WordPress to load the correct language pack according to the language selected in front-end thanks to our language switcher. How translations in WordPress…

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How WordPress handles ajax for quick edit Triggering the event The inlineEditPost object is registered as global. It contains an init() method, which is called when the document is loaded. This method attach a ‘click’ event listener to elements with the .editinline CSS class, it also attach a ‘click’ event listener and a ‘keydown’ event…

In web development, when you want to import or export files from a server to a client, or vice versa, you will transfer such files through the HTTP protocol. In both cases, the HTTP request or response usually declares which kind of content they’re transfering. I’d use an a comparison to explain it easier :…