Title: Multilingual WP
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Multilingual WP

 *  [Bruno Cloutier](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bruno-cloutier/)
 * (@bruno-cloutier)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multilingual-wp-1/)
 * I am using WordPress as a CMS, relying heavily on custom post types and custom
   fields, and I am currently trying to find an efficient yet very simple way to
   create / display content in two languages. Before posting here, I did my share
   of research and read on WordPress proposed solutions, and tested both the qTranslate
   and WPML plugins. However, none of them really pleases me so I’m trying to come
   up with a custom solution.
 * I have this semi-solution in mind at the moment, but I’m missing a couple of 
   puzzle pieces to implement it, or to confirm that it is a valid solution. Here
   is what I have in mind.
    - One post contains both languages. No cross-referencing of different posts 
      in different languages.
    - Use custom fields to manage every piece of data. Since I use WP as a CMS, 
      I usually rely very heavily on custom fields for data entry and most often
      disable the default content editor. Let’s say I need to create a description
      field, I would create two, one for each language, and name them something 
      like description_en and description_fr.
    - Modify the permalink structure so that it includes a language parameter somewhere,
      most preferably at the start. [http://www.mywebsite.com/en/posttype/post](http://www.mywebsite.com/en/posttype/post)
      and [http://www.mywebsite.com/fr/posttype/post](http://www.mywebsite.com/fr/posttype/post)
 * What I am hoping this will achieve is each page will have its own URL, thus making
   it a valid solution SEO wise, while having to enter all the data on one page 
   will make it easy to use for the clients.
 * What I liked about qTranslate is that it managed two things for me : the duplication
   of the post title field and the insertion of the language inside the permalink.
   I tested a hybrid qTranslate / custom fields solution and it worked great (however,
   I’m looking to get rid of qTranslate). I would print the custom fields by appending
   bloginfo(‘language’) after their names.
 * Now, what I would like to do is implement the insertion of the language (and 
   it’s linkage to WP’s language var or something equally practical) inside the 
   permalink and the duplication of the post title field myself.
 * If someone could give me pointers on this, it would be greatly appreciated. Also,
   if this seems like a fishy solution to some, please say it. Thanks in advance.

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 * Last reply from: [Bruno Cloutier](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bruno-cloutier/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multilingual-wp-1/)
 * Status: not resolved

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