3. Add a new translation (language)
To add a new translation to your site you can go to ‘Add translation’ under ‘wpMula’ in your WordPress admin menu.
https://example.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=add-translations
First determine the URL of the translation you like to add to your site. Usually you choose the prefix of the country/language. For example see the list below for some languages.
1. German
This will be ‘de’ : example.com/de
2. French
This will be ‘fr’ : example.com/fr
3. Spanisch
This will be ‘es’ : example.com/es
4. English
This will be ‘en’ : example.nl/en
5. Dutch
This will be ‘nl’ : example.com/nl
The list above is the logical way to do it. But if you want to be creative and do something else, go your own way 🙂
The language you choose here will be used for the front-end of the site. This can be a different language then the language you choose on the back-end. Your visitors will see the site in their language, but you can view the back-end in your own language.
Choose your admin language in the new site under ‘Settings’ and then ‘General’.
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https://example.com/wp-admin/options-general.php
What is the name of your site in the new lanuage? Often the name of your site will not change in a language, because it’s the name of your company. In this case you can enter the same name for te new language.
In many cases you want to translate your site in another language without starting from scratch. This is exactly why this option is available, you can create any duplicate of the sites in the multisite. This means you will get an exact copy that you only have to translate in content. Everything else will be available, like: posts, pages, categories, submissions, media etc.
Before you do this, it is always wise to create a complete backup of your site (files and database). Although all my functions are thoroughly tested (over and over again) there is always the possibility that something can go wrong.
After creating a backup you can click on ‘Add new translation’. After you click on this, pending on the size of the source site, it will take a while to create a new translation.
