Qtranslate Slug

Adds support for permalink translations and fix some QTranslate deficiencies since wordpress 3.0

Description

Qtranslate is a nice plugin but unfortunately today is outdated. Qtranslate Slug is an addon to QTranslate, which adds support for permalinks translations and fix some QTranslate deficiencies since wordpress 3.0.

Version 1.0 has been written from scratch using OOP. The code has been structured better, the functions have been marked and commented and everything is integrated with Wordpress API.

Requirements:

• Wordpress 3.3 (PHP 5.2 and MySQL 5)
• mQtranslate 2.6.2.4 or Qtranslate 2.5.8

New in Version 1.1.8

Many thanks to everyone that contributed to this update, for their commits, bug reports and for simply using it

• Portuguese translation and fixed some translation bugs ( thanks pedro-mendonca )
• removed mqtranslate switcher widget hook
• Updated the plugin structure and coding style
• solve some conflicts with search and pagination queries
• Settings php errors, syntax indent and fixed settings assets url
• Change titles when there is a click on pagination on show all pages tab ( thanks juanfran-granados )
• Formatted dependency notice message ( thanks arildm )
• Updated the deprecated jquery 'live' function and solve php strict standards error ( thanks rafitaFCB )
• Fixed error showing if PHP was newer than 5.3 ( thanks rafitaFCB )
• Strict standard advise prevented ( thanks rafitaFCB )
• php notices are prevented in post edit, when using adding new translated tags ( thanks rafitaFCB )
• fixed the hreflang issue! 'bout time!
• As discussed in issue #25, the flags are now img tags, intead of background-url.
• Added another option to include the css style in a minified file. ( and also showing in the option screen the styles we would use.)

New in version 1.1.7

• removed styles from html elements and added options to use .css file or print inline styles
• fixed tag creation on post edit.
• fixed earlier bad post slug introduced in 1.1.6

Advice: If you're using a multisite installation, you will must activate qtranslate plugins by separately on each site.

You can also check the project website hosted on GitHub. Thanks for use this plugin!

Contributors

• Pedro de Carvalho
• Risto Niinemets
• Pedro Mendonça
• codep0et
• Giraldi Maggio
• jinoOM
• Juanfran
• Arild
• Rafa Aguilar

Installation

This plugins requires Qtranslate or mqTranslate installed previously, if not, it will not activate.

1. Upload qtranslate-slug to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.
3. That's all!

Testing

1. Install wp-cli
2. Follow this instrucctions ommiting 2nd step: Plugin Unit Tests.

Changing base permastructs

1. In admin: navigate to Settings/Slug options.
2. Set the base permastructs for post types and taxonomies (If you setup a base permastruct for categories or tags in Settings/Permalinks, these will be overwritten by the translated ones).
3. Save settings and that's all!

Frequently Asked Questions

It works with posts and pages, but with other content type?

This plugin allows to translate slugs of: posts, pages, custom post types, categories, tags and custom taxonomies.

Do I have to configure anything?

If you want to translate also the base permastructs (ex. category, tag, etc). Visit the plugin settings page in the admin Settings/Slug options

How can i insert a language selector in my theme ?

You can choose to:

• use Qtranslate Slug Widget in your sidebar.
• place in your template <?php if (function_exists('qts_language_menu') ) qts_language_menu('text'); ?>. Options are: dropdown, text, image, and both.

Appears an error 404, what can i do?

In the admin go to Settings/Permalinks or Settings/Slug options and save.

I can't manage translations in Nav Menus.

That's because language selector metabox is hidden, if you are in admin nav menus screen, press the button Screen options (on top and right) and after, check the option Languages. It will appear a Language meta box on top of the left sidebar.

Screenshots

Edit page for: post / page / post_type, you can see the meta box for translated slugs on top and right

Add new taxonomy page

Edit taxonomy page

Qtranslate Slug options page for translate base permastructs of post_types and taxonomies

Changelog

1.1.7

• removed styles from html elements and added options to use .css file or print inline styles
• fixed tag creation on post edit.
• fixed earlier bad post slug introduced in 1.1.6

1.1.6

• compatible with mqtranslate
• php5.4+ compatible

1.1.5

• bugfixes

1.1

• added multisite support
• fixed some parse url bugs
• fixed slug bases validation

1.0

• works with any permalink combination and qtranslate mode.
• new branch, the plugin has been rewritten: now the code is commented and wrapped inside a class, much code has change and the performance has been increased (use caches).
• data system changed, no ID for slug type, then it don't needs install qtrasnlate_slug table. That means slugs now are stored on meta tables and installation creates a termmeta table with some new core functions to access/save data, based on simple term meta. Upgrade process when the plugin updates from older versions.
• the plugin generates translated slug automatically from title in empty cases.
• the plugin checks if the slug already exists (per each language and post_type/taxonomy), and adds a progressive number in this case. Works on ajax requests for example when new taxonomies are created in edit post page.
• possibility to translate the base of permastructs for post_types and taxonomies, uses $wp_rewrite. New admin options page for save the base permastructs.
• added some filters, see in other notes.
• added plugin language textdomain (.pot file).
• updated Language selector Widget, and some new conventions like accessible functions for templating.
• some bug fixes.
• some Qtranslate patches.

0.9

• some wordpress qTranslate bug fixes
• adds a javascript solution for qTranslate Nav Menus

0.8

• added support por Categories
• added support por Tags
• added support por Taxonomies
• added support por Custom Post Types

0.7 Zapo

• added suport for qTranslate TLD domain mode (en: domain.com | fr: domain.fr) visit

0.5 and 0.6 enhanched by Marco Del Percio

Upgrade Notice

1.0
Major version, the plugin has been rewritten. Better performance, and some enhancements.

0.9
This version fix some bugs and allow multilanguage in nav-menus.

0.8
A lot of slugs content allowed

0.7 This version allows TLD domain option for a different Qtranslate fork maded by Zappo

Other notes

Plugin filters reference:

qts_validate_post_slug
filter to process the post slug before is saved on the database.

args: $post (object), $slug (string), $lang (string)

qts_validate_term_slug
filter to process the term slug before is saved on the database.

args: $term (object), $slug (string), $lang (string)

qts_url_args
filter to process the entire url after it has been generated.

args: $url (string), $lang (string)

qts_permastruct filter to process the permastruct, used for change the base.

args: $permastruct (string), $name (string)

Todo

• detect Slug for each language and redirect accordingly in parse_query.
• expand qtranslate for translate attachment names and descriptions ( useful for galleries )
• translate other slugs like attachments.
• qtranslate integration with other plugins like Jigoshop, e-commerce, etc. Addapt $wp_rewrite.