Multilingual Management With WPML And Avada
Last Update: July 18, 2023
Overview
WPML (The WordPress Multilingual Plugin) is one of the most popular translation plugins on the market. With WPML you can translate pages, posts, custom types, taxonomy, menus and even the theme’s texts. We work directly with the WPML team to guarantee 100% compatibility between Avada and the WPML plugin.
Requirements
To get started with Avada and WPML, you will need:
Translating Your Content
With WPML and Avada, you can translate pages and posts and Avada Elements added to any page or post, using Avada Builder. The following Avada Elements are currently supported by WPML:
Alert
Blog
Button
Chart
Checklist
Codeblock
Content Boxes
Countdown
Counter Boxes
Counter Circles
Events
FAQ
Flip Boxes
Font Awesome Icon
Avada Slider
Gallery
Google Map
Image
Image Before & After
Image Carousel
Layer Slider
Lightbox
Menu Anchor
Modal
Modal Text Link
Person
Portfiolo
Post Slider
Pricing Table
Progress Bar
Recent Posts
Section Separator
Separator
Sharing Box
Slider
Social Links
Soundcloud
Syntax Highlighter
Table
Tabs
Tagline Box
Testimonials
Text Block
Title
Toggles
WPML Translate Eveything Mode
This is the quickest way to get your site translated. See this documentation for more details.
In the following video, you can see how WPML’s new ‘Translate Everything’ mode works. In just a few simple steps, one of Avada’s pre-built eCommerce websites is ready for an international audience.
Translate Pages Built With The Avada Builder Video
WPML allows you to manually enable the translation of additional Avada Builder elements and element attributes. For more detail on that, please read their documentation or watch the video below:
Translating Avada Builder Global Elements, Columns, and Containers
Translation support for global elements, rows, and sections is now supported by:
- WPML Multilingual CMS (4.6.4 or above)
- WPML String Translation (3.2.6 or above)
- WPML Translation Management (2.10.8 or above)
WPML’s Advanced Translation Editor
WPML also offer an Advanced Translation Editor. The editor comes with key features like machine translation, a glossary, translation memory, spell checker, HTML-less editing, and more. To use it, it needs to be first activated on the WPML -> Settings page.
The main features it offers are these:
Please see the video below from WPML for more information, outlining the features offered by the Advanced Translation Editor.
Documentation & Resources
Below you will find documentation the WPML team has created, for using the WPML plugin specifically with Avada. If you’ve purchased WPML and have any questions or issues, please check the links below.