Title: Multilingual
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Multilingual

 *  [tbennett04](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tbennett04/)
 * (@tbennett04)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multilingual-2/)
 * Where would I start to make this multilingual? I’m using WPML elsewhere but I
   would be fine using .po files, if possible.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/randomtext/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/randomtext/)

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 *  [ltheiler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ltheiler/)
 * (@ltheiler)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multilingual-2/#post-3179475)
 * tbennett04, I’m going through the same process. I’ve installed Random Text and
   have set it up to display a block of text on the front page. Unfortunately, I
   can’t find an easy way to set the strings to be seen by WPML. Did you figure 
   out a way to do this?
 * Lincoln
 *  [Pieter Bos](https://wordpress.org/support/users/senlin/)
 * (@senlin)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multilingual-2/#post-3179476)
 * I haven’t worked with the Randomtext plugin, so I just installed it on a test
   site.
 * I had a look at the code and the plugin has not been internationalised whatsoever.
 * It generates its own category (Installer), instead of grabbing one of your existing
   categories. There doesn’t seem to be a way to translate this default category
   and even when adding a new category, it also is not possible to translate.
 * The cause of this is most likely due to the fact that the plugin creates its 
   own table in the database (prefix_randomtext) and this table communicates only
   with the plugin and nothing else.
 * I would say that unless this plugin is completely recoded it is **fully incompatible**
   with WPML.
 *  [Pieter Bos](https://wordpress.org/support/users/senlin/)
 * (@senlin)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multilingual-2/#post-3179477)
 * **beware**: if you decide to remove the plugin from your WordPress install, you
   will also need to check your database as the plugin leaves the table it generated.
   
   In your database look for `[wp_prefix]_randomtext` and drop the table altogether
   as it serves no purpose after deletion from your plugins. Bad coding standards
   that is…
 *  [ltheiler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ltheiler/)
 * (@ltheiler)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multilingual-2/#post-3179478)
 * Piet, thank you so much for the information. It’s a shame this isn’t set up to
   work with WPML, that would be a wonderfully powerful combination.
 * Also, thanks for the heads up in regard to the randomtext table. I will be sure
   to remove it.

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 * [bilingual](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/bilingual/)
 * [language](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/language/)

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 * Last reply from: [ltheiler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ltheiler/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multilingual-2/#post-3179478)
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