Software Licensing helps you to get theme update easily with a single click update option. So you will have updated codes for the product. You don’t have to manually delete and reinstall/activate the theme again and again.

We provide dynamic licensing features. Some are mentioned below.

i. Single Site – $49.00 ( Can be used for a single site only )

This type of license is usable only for one site. If you have a site https://www.abc.com, you can use it.

ii. 5 Sites – $69.00 ( Can be used up to 5 sites )

This type of license can be used up to 5 sites at a time. If you have sites such as https://www.abc.com, https://www.xyz.com

iii. 15 Sites – $89.00 ( Can be used up to 15 sites )

This type of license can be used up to 15 sites at a time. If you have sites such as https://www.abc.com, https://www.xyz.com

iii. Unlimited – $149.00 ( No restriction on the number of sites )

This type of license can be used up to unlimited sites. If you have more than 15 sites, then this license is for you.

How to Activate License key?

You will get a license key during the purchase of the product. First, you need to Install/Activate any of our premium themes. Then You need to add and activate that key via Appearance -> Theme License -> License Key.

Click on Save Changes button to activate license key.

What if I don’t receive license key or license key not working?

If you have purchased our premium products and due to some technical problem if you do not receive the license key. Then don’t worry, contact us via our support forum and then we will generate, activate, and then provide a license key to you.

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If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart. – NELSON MANDELA

So, why not to create a multi-language website that can win the heart of your targeted readers.

In this tutorial, I will teach you a simple method to fully translate your WordPress website into multilanguage using free plugins. You do not need to set up a multi-site or have separate WordPress installs for each language. You will be able to easily translate your WordPress posts, pages, tags, categories, and themes into as many languages as you like.

There are two approaches

1. Automatic translation
2. Manual translation

Automatic translation

It adds machine translation of your website contents by using google translate service. It seems to be like the easiest method but you may not want to translate your content automatically. Some of the popular free plugins are Translate WP website – Weglot Translate and Google Language Translator.

Manual translation

 You need to translate each and every content on your website manually. This may seem difficult but It maintains the quality of your webpage contents. You can do it yourself or assign this task to a professional. To accomplish this task you will need two plugins Ploylang and Loco Translate.

Let’s start manual translation of a  site to multilanguage. You need to follow simple steps.

Step 1:  Installing Polylang and loco Translate free plugins

Login to your site and then Go to dashboard. Click on Plugins -> Add new plugin. Search, install and activate Polylang and Loco Translate plugin. 

Step 2: Adding languages

To add languages to your WordPress website, navigate to Languages. Dashboard -> Languages -> Languages.

From the drop-down menu, select the first language. It will be English for us. If you don’t want the English version of your website, choose another language from the drop-down. Then, click on Add new Language.

Step 3: Creating multilingual content of posts and pages.

Now you can create an individual post for different language. Click on plus ( + ) icon to add content for selected language

Write content for the selected language and click on publish/update button to display changes.

Step 4: Adding language switcher in the menu

Go to Appearance ->Menus option. Add language switcher to the primary menu.

If you do not see language switcher option then make sure that it is enabled in screen option.

NOTE:  It is a good approach to create a different menu name for a different language. Add the translated page /post on the menu accordingly.  For example, in the previous step, we have created ( Maison ) page for the French translation. Now for French menu, we will create a separate menu and then add Maison page as a replacement of home page. Select the menu location accordingly.

Now your translated menu will look like this.

Step 5: Translating site title, description and banner section.

Go to Appearance -> Languages -> String Translation.

Translate site title

To translate site description, Banner title,  Banner subtitle, and read more text. Repeat the previous method mentioned in the above section. Now the translated banner section will look like this.

Note: If you didn’t find the banner title and subtitle string in string translation then you have to go to Appearance -> Customize -> Select banner/slider type ->Select static video banner and then Update site title and description string and click on Publish button.

Translate slider options

You have to create an individual post to translate slider posts.

Follow the similar approach as shown in Step 3 for every slider posts. Now the translated slider will look like.

Step 6: Translating About section

You have to create a new page to translate about page section in a different language.

Click on publish button to save and display changes.

Step 7: Translating Events Section

To translate event section title ( ST: Events widget title )  Go to Language -> String Translation

Search for event widget title and then add the translated string. Click on save button to display changes.

Now to translate static string like ( Date, Time, Location, Address, and Tickets ) we need Loco Translate Plugin.

Go to Appearance -> loco Translate -> Themes and then select the active theme.

Click on Add new language. Then choose language, location and click on start translate button.

Follow a similar approach to translate Location and Address as well.

Step 8: Translation Popular Section

To translate event section title ( ST: Video Embeds title )  go to Language -> String Translation

Search for video widget title and then add the translated string. Click on save button to display changes.

Step 9: Translating Blog Section

To translate the blog section title,  Go to Language -> String Translation.

Now, you have to add the translated post of latest posts. Simply follow the similar method as shown in step 3.

How to translate the category name?

To translate category name, Go to Posts -> Categories and then click on the edit button.

Note: To translate Comment Count, Go to Loco Translate option. Search for comment string and click on save button to display changes.

Step 10: Languages Settings

You can modify Polylang setting via Languages -> Settings.  However, if you are a beginner then we recommend you not to modify these options.

Final Thoughts:

If you have read this article thoroughly then you are now able to create your own multilanguage site. Plugins mention in this article are free to download, install and use. Surplus Concert Pro theme has been used in this tutorial. If you want to follow step by step procedure as shown in this post then you can download Surplus Concert Pro theme from here.  Download Link 

You can use Surplus Concert free theme as well but most of the sections mentioned in this article are not available in the free theme.

If you have any queries regarding multilingual then you can contact us via our Support Forum.

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As the name suggests child theme inherits all the characters from the parent theme.

WordPress has powerful feature to support child theme integration. A child theme can change functionality or features of its parent theme without affecting parent / master theme. In this tutorial you will learn about the importance of child theme and process to create it.

Child theme importance

Must of us prefer to use a WordPress theme that meets our requirement. Variety of free WordPress themes can be found wp.org. They are restricted within the features that theme author provide. Do they really meet all our requirement? Of course not. We may want to add an SEO content in footer section on our site using a free theme. But such features may not be included in the free theme. We may want to hire someone to do this task but after theme update, added code gets removed. So in this scenario, it is better to use a child theme that will meet our requirement without affecting parent theme.

Creating a WordPress child theme will save you time, effort  and prevent from possible headache in future. Also you can enjoy regular future updates of parent theme as well.

How to create a WordPress child theme?

There are two ways to create a WordPress Child theme.

If you are familiar with WordPress Theme development then you can follow the instruction from here.

Otherwise, trust me here is a simple method to create a child theme using free WordPress plugins without any hassle.

In this tutorial we will focus on creating child theme from free and popular Child Theme Wizard Plugin.

What you’ll need

• A parent theme that you wish to enhance feature.
• Administrator Login credential of your WordPress site.
• Access to file manager or FTP Login to modify codes as per your requirement ( Optional ).

Step 1

Login to your site with Administrator user role.

Step 2

Click on Plugins ->Add new

Step 3

Search for Child Theme Wizard plugin. Once you find it then click on install. After plugin gets installed, click on Activate button button.

Step 4

Click on Tools -> Child Theme Wizard. Select Parent Theme and then enter details of your child theme. Click on Create Child Theme button to generate child theme.

Step 5

Go to Appearance -> Themes and Activate your freshly generated child theme.

Now if you want to modify child theme code ( optional ) then you will need to access child theme folder via file manager.

Navigate to your WordPress installation directory (usually called public_html) and open the wp-content -> child themes folder.

Make your required changes without worrying and upload files to view changes.

Conclusion

Such an important child theme can be created in a simple steps. Let’s give it a try and save your time, effort and money.        

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