Add-on: Multilingual Support

[archetyped]

This thread is for discussing SLB add-ons to support multilingual/translation plugins.

As different plugins handle translations different, a separate add-on will most likely be required for each plugin.

Add-on development is prioritized based on demand, so please add a comment/vote for the particular support you would like SLB to support via an add-on.

Current Candidates

• WPML
• mqTranslate
• qTranslate X/qTranslate
• Polylang

Important: When suggesting a new plugin to add support for, please provide the following information:

• Plugin Name
• Plugin URL

[corvandongen]

The issue: when using your plug-in, the light-box is showing the pictures with title and description but only in the main language. In the other languages (ENG, FR) the description is not shown in the light-box.

Is this caused by a compatibility problem with QTRANSLATE?

[archetyped]

Hi @corvandongen, as noted above, there is no global methodology used by multilingual plugins, so add-ons need to be created specifically for each plugin.

I have added qTranslate to the list of multilingual plugins. Add-on development is based on demand so others can vote on the plugin they want to see supported first.

[pedro-mendonca]

It's probably a good idea to support mqtranslate also, as it's development is way more alive than the old qtranslate.

[archetyped]

@pedro-mendonca can you please provide a link to the plugin you're referring to?

Thanks.

[pedro-mendonca]

Yes of course, sorry :)

http://www.xhaleera.com/wordpress/mqtranslate/ https://wordpress.org/plugins/mqtranslate/ https://github.com/xhaleera/mqtranslate

Offtopic: Are you updating your .pot file anytime soon? I've sent a pull request with portuguese language files in September, but your .pot is 2 years old. https://github.com/archetyped/simple-lightbox/pull/270

[archetyped]

@pedro-mendonca thanks, I've added mqTranslate to the list.

Offtopic: Are you updating your .pot file anytime soon? I've sent a pull request with portuguese language files in September, but your .pot is 2 years old.

Apologies, I must have missed that PR. Much has changed in the development version of SLB so the POT file will be updated for the next major release. Thanks for the translation nonetheless :)

[pedro-mendonca]

Hi, Old qtranslate is not much alive, mqTranslate is being merged with new qTranslate X, probably a good idea to include this on the top of your list: qTranslate X https://github.com/qTranslate-Team/qtranslate-x

[archetyped]

Thanks @pedro-mendonca, I've added it to the list.

[lambrassie]

+1 for mqtranslate

One note: It was mentioned not all systems work the same way, however both mqtranslate and qtranslatex are forks of qtranslate so the typical shortcodes ( or [:langcode]) should work on all of them. This would mean that a compatibility of the plugin with this type of code would make all forks of qtranslate work at the same time... or am I wrong?

[rezeau]

Please consider adding support for polylang https://wordpress.org/plugins/polylang/

[webby1973]

+1 for Polylang : https://wordpress.org/plugins/polylang/ Thank you.

[jfalfaya]

WPML is a must, I think.

[srescio]

I made a PR that should add support for polylang, at least using WP default gallery https://github.com/archetyped/simple-lightbox/pull/622