Title: GlobalDev Multilingual Author: Globaldev Published: October 1, 2026 Last modified: October 1, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/globaldev-multilingual/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=3722449) ![](https://ps.w.org/globaldev-multilingual/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3722449) # GlobalDev Multilingual By [Globaldev](https://profiles.wordpress.org/globaldevitus/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/globaldev-multilingual.0.2.15.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/globaldev-multilingual/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/globaldev-multilingual/#reviews) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/globaldev-multilingual/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/globaldev-multilingual/) ## Description GlobalDev Multilingual links normal WordPress posts, pages and menus into translation groups and serves secondary languages from directory URLs such as /en/ and /de/. ### Current features * Language administration with configurable default/active languages. * Professional multilingual dashboard and dedicated admin pages. * AJAX language add, enable/disable, set-default and remove actions. * Directory URLs for secondary languages. * Translation relationships stored in a dedicated table. * Translation activity/history table. * Language metabox for public post types. * Create translated copies while preserving content, taxonomies and most metadata. * Elementor-safe duplication: copies _elementor_data but does not copy generated Elementor CSS/assets. * WPML-style language columns in Posts and Pages. * Admin language filter to avoid duplicate translation rows. * Translation overview with edit/create controls per language. * Linked multilingual navigation menus, frontend menu switching and WPML-style structure synchronization. * Automatic/debounced multilingual rewrite flushing after relevant actions. * [gdml_language_switcher] shortcode. * hreflang and x-default tags. * Public helper functions for integrations. ### Not included yet * AI translation. * String Translation / gettext registry. * WooCommerce product synchronization. * Translated taxonomy terms. * SEO plugin-specific field adapters. ## Screenshots [[ [[ [[ [[ [[ [[ ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “GlobalDev Multilingual” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Globaldev ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/globaldevitus/) * [ globaldev ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/globaldev/) [Translate “GlobalDev Multilingual” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/globaldev-multilingual) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/globaldev-multilingual/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/globaldev-multilingual/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/globaldev-multilingual/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/globaldev-multilingual/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 0.2.15 * WordPress.org / Plugin Check compliance cleanup: plugin/readme headers, translator comments, nonce/input handling and query hardening. * Removed deprecated manual text-domain loading; WordPress loads the plugin translations automatically. * Simplified legacy collation repair now that multilingual joins are collation- safe. * Reduced slow menu-item lookup queries and tightened menu-editor security handling. * Added a final nav_menu_item_title fallback so automatic translated menu labels always follow the current translated page title on the frontend. #### 0.2.8 * Redesigned Appearance > Menus multilingual controls into a professional menu workspace. * Added one-click synchronization from the default-language menu to a translated menu. * Added Sync all translations from the default-language source menu. * Synchronization mirrors menu order, hierarchy, linked posts/pages and compatible menu metadata. * Existing translated navigation labels and target-only manual items are preserved. * Older translated menus are automatically mapped to source menu items on first sync. * New menu translations now always use the default-language menu as their structural source. * Added sync controls to Multilingual > Menus and translation-history logging. #### 0.2.7 * Fixed WordPress language-pack installation verification and cache invalidation. * Language packs now report Installed only when WordPress itself detects the locale. #### 0.2.6 * Switch WordPress runtime locale per frontend GDML language without changing wp- admin or the saved Site Language. * Automatically install the corresponding WordPress core language pack when a language is added. * Add language-pack status and retry installation controls to the Languages screen. #### 0.2.5 * Fixed frontend HTML language attributes so translated pages emit their own configured locale. * Added a hard-coded-theme fallback that rewrites only the opening HTML tag when language_attributes() is not used. * Added automatic RTL/LTR document direction based on the active language. #### 0.2.4 * Fixed MySQL illegal-mix-of-collations errors in multilingual post queries. * Automatically aligns the GDML translation table collation with wp_posts during upgrade when permitted. * Added binary-safe translation joins as a fallback on restricted hosting. * Frontend menus now hide post/page items when the current language has no published translation. * Singular language switchers no longer show languages for missing translations. * Added a native Appearance > Menus Language Switcher box with Add to menu. * Language switcher supports Dropdown or Inline display, native-name or code labels, and flags on/off. * Switcher settings remain editable on the menu item and are preserved when menus are cloned. #### 0.2.3 * Added searchable WordPress locale picker with installed/available groups, regional variants and flags. * Language presets now follow the locales exposed by WordPress.org for the installed WordPress version, with offline ISO fallback. * Prevent duplicate WordPress locales and support longer regional/formal route codes. #### 0.2.2 * Expanded the language preset selector to all 184 ISO 639-1 languages. * Added flag icons, native names, English names and locale defaults to language presets. * Existing site languages are disabled in the preset selector to prevent accidental replacement. #### 0.2.1 * Fixed WordPress and third-party admin notices being injected inside the GlobalDev Multilingual visual page header. * Added a dedicated screen-reader H1 outside the visual header so WordPress notice placement stays in the normal admin notice area. * Added a defensive MutationObserver that relocates late-injected notices above the GDML header. #### 0.2.0 * Redesigned professional admin interface with Dashboard, Languages, Translations, Menus, History and Settings pages. * Added AJAX language management without page reloads. * Added language presets and active/inactive state controls. * Added translation history/audit table and recent-activity dashboard. * Added translation-group overview with per-language edit/create controls. * Added multilingual menu overview. * Added one-click rewrite/permalink refresh in Dashboard and Settings. * Fixed linking newly-created translated menus when WordPress had already registered the target menu as a default-language object. * Existing 0.1.x installations automatically create the new history table during upgrade. #### 0.1.2 * Multilingual menu relationships and menu-language selector. * Create linked menu translations with hierarchy preserved. * Remap post/page menu items to translated objects when available. * Frontend automatically swaps the assigned default menu for its linked language menu. * Filter menu-editor post/page pickers by the current menu language. * Preserve plugin-specific menu item and menu term metadata when cloning. * Fix activation-time rewrite flushing and debounce GDML rewrite flushes after translation/menu actions. #### 0.1.1 * WPML-style language flag columns in Posts/Pages. * Pencil icon opens existing translations. * Plus icon creates missing translations. * Admin language filter shows one language at a time by default to avoid duplicate translation rows. #### 0.1.0 * Initial release. ## Meta * Version **0.2.15** * Last updated **2 days ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 6.2 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.1.2** * PHP version ** 8.0 or higher ** * Tags * [elementor](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/elementor/)[languages](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/languages/) [multilingual](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/multilingual/)[translation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/translation/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/globaldev-multilingual/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. 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