Title: WPML2WPMSLS Author: Jamie O Published: May 31, 2013 Last modified: August 4, 2020 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/wpml2wpmsls/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=2352111) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/wpml2wpmsls/assets/icon-128x128.png?rev=2352111) # WPML2WPMSLS By [Jamie O](https://profiles.wordpress.org/idealien/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wpml2wpmsls.0.2.0.zip) * [Details](https://mlt.wordpress.org/plugins/wpml2wpmsls/#description) * [Reviews](https://mlt.wordpress.org/plugins/wpml2wpmsls/#reviews) * [Installation](https://mlt.wordpress.org/plugins/wpml2wpmsls/#installation) * [Development](https://mlt.wordpress.org/plugins/wpml2wpmsls/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpml2wpmsls/) ## Description See [https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wpml2wpmsls/](https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wpml2wpmsls/) [WPML](http://wpml.org) stores each entry as a separate post and uses some custom tables to connect the translations. If you de-activate the plugin or have issues with functionality related to version updates, you get one site with multi-lingual confusion. See [Getting WordPress to speak your language](http://www.slideshare.net/r3df/getting-word-press-to-speak-your-langauge/) for more details how / why using a WordPress MultiSite / Network is becomming the recommended strategy for multilingual sites. At least until it is fully supported in core. This plugin: * Converts the WPML translation records into meta fields on actual posts or post types * Helps with the export/import to your new WPMS site the data. * Restores the meta data back to options so that [Multisite Language Switcher](https://wordpress.org/plugins/multisite-language-switcher/) will recognize all your translations. You will need to handle conversion of any strings, .po files or other language elements separately. ### Download You can download the latest stable version of WPML2WPMSLS from the WordPress Plugin Repository at [https://wordpress.org/plugins/WPML2WPMSLS/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/WPML2WPMSLS/) > ### Help and Support Please post questions, request for help to the WordPress plugin forum dedicated to it: [https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/WPML2WPMSLS](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/WPML2WPMSLS). ### TO-DO’s = Complete the enhancements for WordPress export. = Currently, if you have 100 posts translated into 3 languages, you would export all posts once, import that same .xml file into 3 sites and delete the 200 from each site which are not the corresponding language. Then, you would be able to run steps 7 and 8 of the usage instructions above. With an enhanced WordPress export feature built into this plugin you would be able to specify the language for export to filter files. In that same scenario, you would run 3 exports (100 posts each of unique language) and import each language-based export file into the new sites before running the same steps 11 thru 13 above. ### Source and Development WPML2WPMSLS welcomes friendly contributors wanting to lend a hand, be it in the form of code through SVN patches, user support, platform portability testing, security consulting, localization help, etc. The [current] goal is to keep the plugin self-contained (ie: no 3rd-party lib) for easier security maintenance, while keeping the code clean and extensible. Active development for the plugin is handled via GitHub with releases being published to the WordPress Plugin Repository: * Development: [https://github.com/Idealien/wpml2wpmsls/](https://github.com/Idealien/wpml2wpmsls/) * Stable: [http://svn.wp-plugins.org/wpml2wpmsls/trunk/](http://svn.wp-plugins.org/wpml2wpmsls/trunk/) ### Project History Originally started because, well, you know…[Efficiency or lazyness – your pick](http://www.howtogeek.com/102420/geeks-versus-non-geeks-when-doing-repetitive-tasks-funny-chart/). ## Installation 1. Upload the `WPML2WPMSLS` directory to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory of your WPML-based multilingual site. 2. Login to your WordPress instance as an admin user. 3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress. 4. Go to the Settings > WPML 2 WPMSLS menu. 5. Set Conversion Mode to WPML and select which post type(s) you want to convert. 6. Press Update. All of the selected post types will have their translations associated together via meta data. 7. Export your post type(s) using the [WordPress export](https://codex.wordpress.org/Tools_Export_Screen). 8. Import your posts to each of your language specific WordPress Network sites. 9. Install, activate and configure [Multisite Language Switcher](https://wordpress.org/plugins/multisite-language-switcher/) 10. Install the WPML2WPMSLS plugin to your WordPRess MS / Network site. 11. Go to the Settings > WPML 2 WPMSLS menu. 12. Set Conversion Mode to WPMS & select which post type(s) you want to finish. 13. Press Update. All of the selected post types will have their translations restored. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d8e6f57e86ef5fcdb52a67dc06609d677fe30c397d9a696b6f7688de767241d6? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Great plugin!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-26082/)󠁿 [mattmcneil](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mattmcneil/) May 13, 2020 Greatly simplifies an otherwise very complex transition process [ Read all 2 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpml2wpmsls/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “WPML2WPMSLS” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Jamie O ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/idealien/) [Translate “WPML2WPMSLS” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wpml2wpmsls) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpml2wpmsls/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wpml2wpmsls/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wpml2wpmsls/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wpml2wpmsls/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 0.1.0 Initial release. Limited test environments – feedback very welcome. #### 0.2.0 * Update for PHP 7.X support * Begin transition of development to GitHub – https://github.com/Idealien/wpml2wpmsls * Begin applying WP Coding Standards ## Meta * Version **0.2.0** * Last updated **6 years ago** * Active installations **10+** * WordPress version ** 5.2 or higher ** * Tested up to **5.4.19** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpml2wpmsls/) * Tags * [bilingual](https://mlt.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/bilingual/)[convert](https://mlt.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/convert/) [multilingual](https://mlt.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/multilingual/)[wpml](https://mlt.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/wpml/) * [Advanced View](https://mlt.wordpress.org/plugins/wpml2wpmsls/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 2 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpml2wpmsls/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpml2wpmsls/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpml2wpmsls/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpml2wpmsls/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpml2wpmsls/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpml2wpmsls/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpml2wpmsls/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Jamie O ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/idealien/) ## Support Got something to say? 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