Initial Set-up of WordPress plug-in for translation
A guide to using the WordPress plug-in for translation.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Installation
- Initial Set-up
- Using the Plug-in
- Languages
- Translation Management
- Translation Dashboard
- Translators
- Translation Jobs
- Multilingual Content Set-up
- Translation Notifications
- Theme and Plug-in Localization
- WP Menus Sync
- String Translation
- Translations
- Taxonomy Translation
- Deleting Pseudo-translations
Initial Set-up: WordPress Plug-in for translation
After activating the plug-ins, you will need to go through the set-up wizard.
This can be accessed by selecting the item WPML from the main menu.
Follow the process outlined in the screenshots below.
WordPress Plug-in Set-up
![WPML Initial Set-up of WordPress plug-in for translation, languages](https://www.star-ts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/initial-setup1.png)
Choose the initial language
Select the language from the drop-down menu and click Next.
![WPML Initial Set-up of WordPress plug-in for translation, selecting initial language](https://www.star-ts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/setup_1.png)
Languages Option
Pick the languages your site will be translated into.
![WPML Initial Set-up of WordPress plug-in for translation, languages for translation](https://www.star-ts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/initial-setup3.png)
The Languages Switcher
Choose where the language switcher menu will appear.
You can have the language selection as part of a WordPress menu or as a widget displayed in a specified block on your pages. You can change these settings at any time by selecting the Languages menu in WordPress.
Other options include customizing the behaviour when a translation is not available.
![WPML Initial Set-up of WordPress plug-in for translation, customizing the language switcher](https://www.star-ts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/initial-setup4.png)