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Translate Gutenberg Blocks in WordPress

Adrian SpiacLast updated: October 11, 2018Multilingual, Translation, TutorialsLeave a comment

Translating Gutenberg blocks is really straight forward by using TranslatePress. In this tutorial we’ll focus on how to translate Gutenberg blocks of any type, including headings, paragraphs with different formatting, quotes, lists, buttons and more. Gutenberg is the new editor for WordPress, which will make it to core in WordPress 5.0, and has a strong […]

How to Translate WordPress Forms of any type

Adrian SpiacLast updated: October 3, 2018Multilingual, TranslationLeave a comment

Translating WordPress forms is now easier than ever. Using TranslatePress you can create bilingual or multilingual WordPress forms. You’ll be able to translate WordPress forms (all form fields and messages) directly from the front-end, with just a few clicks. In this tutorial we’ll focus on how to create multilingual WordPress forms of any type. Whether […]

From 0 to 4500$/month with a new WordPress multilingual plugin. Transparency Report #1

Adrian SpiacLast updated: October 4, 2018Multilingual, Transparency Reports2 Comments

Key learnings from launching TranslatePress, a WordPress multilingual plugin that anyone can use The WordPress plugin ecosystem is quickly becoming a very crowded space. It’s getting harder and harder to get noticed and build something people will use, even more so pay for. Over the course of 12 months, TranslatePress grew to over 20K active […]

Automatic User Language Detection in TranslatePress

Razvan MocanuLast updated: October 4, 2018MultilingualLeave a comment

Redirecting visitors to their own language preference based on browser language or IP address is a feature that’s been often requested by our TranslatePress users. Now this is possible using our newest add-on Automatic User Language Detection. First time visitors expect to see the website in a language they understand. With such a short attention […]

TranslatePress Launch – From concept to product

CristianLast updated: October 4, 2018Multilingual4 Comments

[UPDATE]: We’re now at 20,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and passed 4500$/month in revenue. Sign up to our newsletter to find out what happened in the year since our TranslatePress multilingual plugin launch. When you launch a new project there’s always a buzz of excitement, hope, relief, but also fear of failure and disappointment. This […]

Top WordPress Translation Plugins Compared Based On Page Load Time

Razvan MocanuLast updated: October 4, 2018Multilingual, Translation2 Comments

One of the main concerns when choosing a WordPress translation plugin is how it affects your website speed. A slower website will negatively affect your page rankings, traffic and eventually revenue. Therefore we decided to perform several speed tests on some of the most popular WordPress translation plugins just to give an idea of the […]

Translating entire paragraph at once

Razvan MocanuLast updated: September 14, 2018TranslationLeave a comment

In this article I’m going to illustrate how to translate a large piece of text together using TranslatePress. To understand why you would want to do that, let’s start with an example. So you’re translating your website with TranslatePress. Your website is a blog written in English and you plan to make it multilingual. You […]

Edit Plugin Strings in WordPress

CristianLast updated: October 4, 2018GettextLeave a comment

If you’re looking to edit plugin strings or theme strings in WordPress, you can make changes to that plugin or theme. But you will also lose those changes on the next update. How do you change the “Register” text with “Create Account”? It’s such a common request, that we even have an addon for Profile […]

Translate ajax strings in WordPress

CristianLast updated: October 4, 2018TranslationLeave a comment

Loading content with AJAX is used by a lot of WordPress themes and plugins to show content and extend functionality without reloading the page. For a fully multilingual website, we need to translate AJAX strings in WordPress, as well as standard strings from your posts and pages. In WordPress, you’ll see ajax strings in: checkout […]

The Value of Sponsoring a WordCamp (TranslatePress Perspective)

CristianLast updated: October 4, 2018WordCampLeave a comment

Just a few days ago, we got back from WordCamp Bucharest where our team members switched various hats: support the event as Gold Sponsors showcase the TranslatePress project to the WordPress community attend the conference and listen to the interesting talks Sponsoring a WordCamp Building brand awareness Just one month after the launch, this […]