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Good day! I don't know much code so I've been researching on how to modify my wp-config.php file so that the content and widgets of my site will show in the four languages (aside from English) I have on there. I don't care about translating the WP interface, just the content. The WP .mo files in the languages in question are already in the wp-content/languages folder. How would I define 4 languages in wp-config.php? Like this?

define ('WPLANG', 'es_ES'); ('WPLANG', 'de_DE'); ('WPLANG', 'fr_FR'); ('WPLANG', 'ca_CA')

I've been trying things out (only way for me to learn) but ended up destroying the file and having to restore it. Besides, like I said, no reliable info on the net. Cheers :)

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  • That won't work, there's no functionality in WordPress that allows you to edit a post in more than one language anyway. To do this find a multilingual plugin to install, like this one
    – onetrickpony
    Commented Jun 23, 2011 at 2:09
  • as @One-Trick-Pony says, defining it like you want in the wp-config.php is impossible. I would like to suggest another multilingual plugin though: WPML (wpml.org)
    – user2015
    Commented Jun 23, 2011 at 2:42
  • perhaps this may be of use for anybody doesn't want plugins: premium.wpmudev.org/blog/multilingual-wordpress-site-multisite
    – Yannis Dran
    Commented Mar 2, 2018 at 0:49

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I just found this which I applied and works perfectly:

If you have your blogs installed in subdirectories you could use this solution:

if (strpos($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], '/enblog') === 0) {
    define ('WPLANG', 'en_US');
} else {
    define ('WPLANG', 'pl_PL');
}

... and so on. Good luck!

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  • This is an old question/answer but wouldn't this cause the language to change for everyone browsing the website when multiple people are present at the same time?
    – RST
    Commented Jun 20, 2015 at 9:31
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if you are somehow using .mo files to translate the content strings (and your theme is calling the necessary __() or _e() functions) then you could possibly get away with a much simpler option than wpml.

You could use the simple but effective plugin http://www.viper007bond.com/wordpress-plugins/other-plugins/in-their-language/

it detects language of browser if possible and then sets the wp locale accordingly.

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