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I have 3 separate sites/installs on the same server and they all use the same database:

  • xxxx.com/en
  • xxxx.com/de
  • xxxx.com/es

I want a <div> from a specific site in xxxx.com/en to appear on the other sites. Let's say I have <div id="table1">xxxx<div> on xxxx.com/en/page1; I want this to show on xxxx.com/de/page1.

I did not think this would be so complicated in WordPress. With plain PHP, it would be just an include, but WordPress is a closed system. So, how can I do this?

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I'd suggest you use a translation plugins. one simple and free such as PolyLang would make that much more easy, and you'd be able to use / create different template pages for each language. here is a link to get started: https://www.wordpress.org/plugins/polylang/

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Sure, this can be done, but requires some work. Here's the approach I would take:

  1. In the source install, make a page that has its own template, which includes just the <div> you want to pull out (no header, footer, sidebar and so on). In this way you can have the source install assemble the data, just as if it were a regular post. You could even use query_vars if the <div> you want is dynamic. Basically, you make sure the source install delivers the desired html with a call like this:

    http://example.com/en/mydivpage?my_var=something

  2. Now you have to pull this html (which is not a full webpage) into the target install. Probably the easiest way would be to use the jquery load command.

    <script>$("#putithere").load("http://example.com/en/mydivpage?my_var=something");</script> ... <div id="putithere"></div>

  3. Finally, to make this really work, you'll have to solve a security issue. By default browsers won't allow loading html from another domain, unless by iframe. However, you can allow certain trusted domains to violate this rule.

I mentioned the <iframe> option. Under 1. make sure you include <head> and body tags. Then under 2. just include the full webpage. The drawback of this approach is that the target's page css won't work inside the frame.

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  • Hello, Thanx for this approach...but i want this site to be editable in one wordpress installation...i tried a simple html site, i called it page-test.php, but it does not even show up <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head></head> <body> testsite </body> </html>
    – taxishop
    Nov 22, 2016 at 14:48
  • Hello, now i made a new page like test1 and i have this output: <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> </head> <body>test</body> </html> now i have to get test from that page...how can i do that?
    – taxishop
    Nov 22, 2016 at 16:02
  • Follow the link to jquery load in my answer. You can load parts of a page. But the crossdomain scripting rules still apply.
    – cjbj
    Nov 22, 2016 at 16:20
  • Now i looked into the jquery doc and saw that you can load an element of the page based on an id, so i have now: <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> </head> <body><span id="test1">test<span></body> </html> and the jquery would be: $( "#mysnippet" ).load( "en/test1 #test1" ); the problem is now, the snippet test is actually a part of another page... but wordpress does not allow inserting code into the editor-page...
    – taxishop
    Nov 22, 2016 at 16:48

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