=== Falang multilanguage for WordPress ===
Contributors: sbouey
Donate link: www.faboba.com/falangw/
Tags: multilingual, translation, translate, bilingual, localization
Requires at least: 4.7
Tested up to: 6.9
Requires PHP: 5.6
Stable tag: 1.4.1
License: GPLv3 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html

Falang is the easiest multilanguage plugin you can use to translate a WordPress site.

== Description ==

Falang is a multilanguage plugin for WordPress. It allows you to translate an existing WordPress site to other languages. Falang natively supports WooCommerce (product, variation, category, tag, attribute, etc.)
You can use translation services such as Google, Azure, DeepL (Pro), or ChatGPT (Pro) to assist you.
= Free vs Pro =

Pro version:
- Enabled popup translation for (menu/post,product...)
- ChatGPT translation service
- DeepL translation service
- Translate/configure WooCommerce email
- has on-site support and language filtering - [documentation](https://www.faboba.com/en/wordpress/falang-for-wordpress/documentation/134-how-to-use-lang-filtering.html)
- WP User Manager
- YITH WooCommerce Compare
- WC Product addons
- CookieYes
- and more....

= Concept =

* Easy setup
* Supports all languages supported by WordPress (RTL and LTR)
* Translate additional plugins like WooCommerce, Yoast SEO, etc.
* You can use Google, Azure, Lingvanex to help you with the translation (DeepL services available in Pro version)
* Translation are set in the meta, the original content is not modified.
* When you add a language in Falang, WP language packages are automatically downloaded and updated
* Easy to use: Translate Posts, Pages, Menus, Categories from the plugin or linked from the WP interface
* Translate Posts and Terms permalinks
* Displays the default language if the content is not yet translated
* The Language Switcher widget is configurable to display flags and/or language names
* Language Switcher can be put in Menu, Header, Footer, Sidebars
* Image captions, alt text and other media text translation without duplicating the media files
* Language Code directly in the URL
* No extra database tables created, no content duplication
* Very good website speed performance (low impact)
* Contains translations for IT, FR, DE, ES, NL
* Falang is not meant for WordPress multisite installations!

= Falang's goal is to let you translate everything on your page =

* Taxonomies
* Menu items
* Theme and plugin strings
* Custom fields
* Page builder content
* Widgets
* Shortcode outputs
* URL slugs
* WooCommerce products
* Page title and description
* Image alt text and captions

= Quick start video =


Falang and Falang for Elementor Lite
_(English version)_
[youtube https://youtu.be/ZEgIMY5mock]

_(French version with english subtitles)_
[youtube https://youtu.be/BibeMgPEgME]

= Also available =

* Falang WPML Importer [Falang WPML Importer](https://wordpress.org/plugins/falang-wpml-importer/)
* Falang Q-Importer [qTranslateX to Falang](https://wordpress.org/plugins/falang-q-importer/)
* Falang for Divi [Falang for Divi](https://wordpress.org/plugins/falang-for-divi-lite/)
* Falang for Elementor [Falang for Elementor](https://wordpress.org/plugins/falang-for-elementor-lite/)
* Falang for WPBakery [Falang for WPBakery](https://wordpress.org/plugins/falang-for-wpbakery-lite/)
* Falang for YooTheme [Falang for YOOtheme](https://wordpress.org/plugins/falang-for-yootheme-lite/)

= Falang integration =

* My Agile Privacy

== Installation ==

1. Upload the entire Falang folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory or install from WP Plugins
2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress
3. Add languages
4. Set the default language (main language of your site)
5. Add the  Language Switcher to your site (by shortcode or menu) [Documentation for language switcher](https://www.faboba.com/en/wordpress/falang-for-wordpress/documentation/119-how-to-configure-language-switcher.html)
6. Translate your post / pages / menus etc. to the other languages

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

* Is Falang Translate free?
Yes, but without on-site support.
Purchased licenses come with 1 year on-site support.

* Where to find help?
  First time users should read the [Falang - Documentation](https://www.faboba.com/falangw/), which explains the basics (with screenshots - in English).

== Screenshots ==

1. The Post Listing translation panel
2. The Post translation panel
3. The Language Listing panel

== Changelog ==

* 1.4.1 (2026/03/18)
* display hreflang only for cpt not set to a specific langauge
* fix dynamic warning

* 1.4.0 (2026/01/26)
* add ChatGPT translation service (Pro)
* improve DeepL translation service (Pro)
* change tips display link color and fadOut
* WordPress 6.9 compatible

* 1.3.68 (2025/12/03)
* fix meta translation with serialised object

== Known issues ==
* The WooCommerce attribute slug doesn't have to be translated

== Upgrade Notice ==
* No notice yet
