wooCommerce Multilingual

sell global with WordPress wooCommerce and WPML

About me

Agnes Bury● WPML and Toolset

plugins case study writer ● WordPress blogger● marketing and

community manager of onTheGoSystems

@agnesbury

eCommerce - the hot topic for 2014

WordPress + eCommerce = wooCommerce

Year 2012

source: http://anstip.com/woocommerce-celebrate-100000-downloads-only-100/

Year 2014Downloads: 2,364,513

http://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-multilingual/

Why wooCommerce plugin

● it’s free WP repository

● easy to configure● supports variety of

products, including virtual and downloadable ones

● more than a single plugin (it’s a toolkit)

● lots of beautiful, ready to use themes compatible

● lots of extensions● constantly

developed to meet the latest eCommerce trends

● popular

Why eCommerce Multilingual

● Enhance your customer reachsell products to all customers, irrespective of the language they speak

● Increase competitiveness

● Gain business credibility and customer trust

● Be professional Keep all your multilingual elements in different languages, including products

● Let yourself grow discovering different customers needs

Getting ready for multilingual eCommerce

What matters for site visitors● each single page in

visitor’s language● language switching

made easily ● site for different

languages on separate URLs

What to translate● pages listing all

products● product description● product categories● product fields● product attributes

(size, weight, ...)● currencies● images

Getting ready for multilingual eCommerce

What matters for WordPress editors● users expect to

create the store once, in site main language

● then they should only care of product translations

● product translation management should be easy both to configure and to translate

Easy product translation management

● configuration - all product elements which require translation gathered in one place

● filter options to see missing translations

● preview original language when translating

● flexibility to translate all product information including currency, attributes, images

● manual work limited to minimum

wooCommerce Multilingual

What you will need● WooCommerce● WPML 2.9.3 +

○ String Translation○ Translation

Management○ Media Translation

● WooCommerce Multilingual 3.0+

it’s free in wordpress.org

How to configure

● make sure you have wooCommerce standard pages in your main language

● more infodocs.woothemes.com/document/woocommerce-pages/

wooCommerce Multilingual - where to start

● go to WPML -> WooCommerce Multilingual to manage your product translations

wooCommerce Multilingual general settings

plugin helps to● check if you have all

needed plugins installed

● create wooCommerce store pages for missing languages

● detect taxonomies missing translations

Translating categories, tags, attributes

● wooCommerce Multilingual can automatically detect wooCommerce:○ product categories,○ tags, ○ shipping classes,○ and attributes

for translation

Size and Color tabs added automatically

Product translations

Product translations

● you can manage all product translations in one panel

● plugin will identify products which miss translations

● easy access to product title, content, excerpt, images translations

● you can search products

● you can filter products by category

● you can view products in all languages or limit it to a specific language only

Front-end view

wooCommerce Multilingual - other features

● support for wooCommerce product variations

● automatic inventory updates

● support for multi-currency

● two product translation interfaces to choose:○ translation table (as

presented before)○ native WooCommerce

product editing screen

Support and documentation

● wooCommerce Multilingual support at wpml.org

● support at wordpress.org

● documentationwpml.org/documentation/ related-projects/ woocommerce-multilingual/

wooCommerce extensions compatibility

● WPML makers work extensively with wooCommerce team to make wooCommerce extensions compatible with wooCommerce Multilingual plugin

Multilingual ready● Tab Manager● Subscriptions● Table rate shipping

http://wpml.org/2014/02/woocommerce-extensions-wpml-tab-manager-subscription-table-rate-shipping/

Contact me

● agnes.b@icanlocalize.com● Twitter: @agnesbury