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Free Plugin by Ayebare Mucunguzi Brooks v0.3.4

Zanto WP Translation

Zanto WP Translation helps you run a multilingual site by providing linkage between content in blogs of different languages in a WordPress multisite.

Zanto WP Translation

The facts

Rating
5★ from 12
Active installs
10+
Price
Free
Last updated
30 Mar 2015
Added
Dec 2013
Requires WP
3.0
Tested up to
WP 4.1.42
Downloads
19,735

Our analysis

AI-assisted

Zanto WP Translation is a WordPress plugin designed for multisite environments, enabling you to create translations of blogs within the same network. It includes features like a language switcher, tracking of translations, and support for multiple languages, allowing for an intuitive translation process across posts, categories, and custom taxonomies.

This plugin is suitable for users managing multilingual sites who need to facilitate translations and language preferences for both front-end and back-end interfaces. It also supports browser language redirection and offers customization options for the language switcher.

Best for: This plugin suits users managing multilingual WordPress multisite installations.

What it does well

  • Enables translation of posts, categories, and custom taxonomies
  • Includes a customizable language switcher
  • Tracks translated and untranslated content
  • Supports unlimited languages
  • Allows for multiple translation networks within a multisite

Where it falls short

  • Additional Translation Manager plugin required for some features
  • Last updated in March 2015, may not be compatible with newer WordPress versions

Verdict

Zanto WP Translation offers a range of translation features for multisite users, but its age and dependency on additional plugins may limit its appeal.

From the developer

Ayebare Mucunguzi Brooks's own description of Zanto WP Translation, lightly tidied.

Zanto WP Translation enables you to convert blogs in a multisite into translations of each other. It provides a language switcher to switch between the different translations
of pages, posts, categories, custom types and custom taxonomies. The plugin keeps track of what has been translated and what has not and provides an intuitive interface
that allows you to carry out translation. The number of languages you can run are unlimited. Get more WordPress multilingual, Localization and Internationalization addons from here
multilingual addons or keep up to-date with the best Internationalization and
localization practices at zanto.org/blog

Demo and Documentation

zanto.org/Demo

Features:

  • Translation of posts, categories, custom taxonomies, custom types.
  • Browser Language re-direct i.e re-direct users to their preferred language in their browser language settings.
  • An easily customizable language switcher.
  • Ability to use custom made Language switcher themes.
  • Add a language parameter to the URL for SEO purposes
  • Ability to create multiple translation networks within the same multisite. i.e blog A is a translation of Blog B and C. Blog X a translation of blog Z, while all blogs are in the same multisite.
  • Different languages for both the front and back end.
  • Each admin will have his admin language preferences stored
  • Over 60 in-built languages and flags.
  • Ability for users to add their own native languages i.e from the ones not included.
  • Integrated support for domain mapping plugin
  • Translated posts highlighting to prevent double translation
  • Copy posts data from one blog to the translation area
  • A translation editor to translate all posts from one blog to all others without switching between blogs. (Additional Translation Manager plugin required)
  • Create and Manage translators from a single blog. Translators have their own dashboard. (Additional Translation Manager plugin required)
  • Assign Translations to individual translators.(Additional Translation Manager plugin required)
  • Export and Import XLIFF translations for posts taxonomies, comments, custom fields. (Additional Translation Manager plugin required)

Tutorials

Learn how to use Zanto WP Translation plugin with these tutorials

Translations

  • The french translation shall be ready soon for both the site and plugin

Please let us know if you would like to contribute a translation.

Read the full description on the official page →

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