Below, you’ll find a detailed guide on how to add the Google Language Translator Shortcodes to your WordPress website, including their parameters, examples, and PHP function code. Additionally, we’ll assist you with common issues that might cause the Google Language Translator Plugin shortcodes not to show or not to work correctly.
Before starting, here is an overview of the Google Language Translator Plugin and the shortcodes it provides:
"Translate WordPress – Google Language Translator is a powerful plugin that enables seamless translation of your WordPress site into multiple languages, enhancing global usability."
- [google-translator]
- [glt]
Google Language Translator [google-translator] Shortcode
The Google Language Translator shortcode is a versatile tool for website localization. It enables the display of the Google translator in either a vertical or horizontal layout. This shortcode checks the display option set in the WordPress backend. If ‘Vertical’ or ‘SIMPLE’ is selected, it calls the function to display the translator vertically. If ‘Horizontal’ is chosen, it displays the translator horizontally.
Shortcode: [google-translator]
Examples and Usage
Basic example – A simple usage of the ‘google-translator’ shortcode to display the translator on your website.
[google-translator]PHP Function Code
In case you have difficulties debugging what causing issues with [google-translator] shortcode, check below the related PHP functions code.
Shortcode line:
add_shortcode( 'google-translator',array(&$this, 'google_translator_shortcode'));Shortcode PHP function:
function google_translator_shortcode() {
if (get_option('googlelanguagetranslator_display')=='Vertical' || get_option('googlelanguagetranslator_display')=='SIMPLE'){
return $this->googlelanguagetranslator_vertical();
}
elseif(get_option('googlelanguagetranslator_display')=='Horizontal'){
return $this->googlelanguagetranslator_horizontal();
}
}
Code file location:
google-language-translator/google-language-translator/google-language-translator.phpGoogle Language Translator [glt] Shortcode
The Google Language Translator (GLT) shortcode allows the customization of language options on your website. It controls the display of languages, labels, and flags. The ‘glt’ shortcode sets the default language to Spanish. It also enables the display of a language label and defines its size. The label can be text or an image. The shortcode also adjusts the flag displayed based on user settings. For example, if the language is English, the flag can be set to Canadian or US. Similarly, for Spanish, the flag can be Mexican, and for Portuguese, it can be Brazilian. Lastly, the shortcode modifies the website’s URL based on the chosen language, improving SEO.
Shortcode: [glt]
Parameters
Here is a list of all possible glt shortcode parameters and attributes:
language– sets the language for the translatorlabel– sets the text label for the language choiceimage– decides if a flag image will be shown or nottext– decides if the language label will be displayed or notimage_size– sets the size of the flag image
Examples and Usage
Basic example – The shortcode will generate a link to translate the website into Spanish. The link will be labeled in Spanish and will not display an image.
[glt language="Spanish" label="Español" image="no" text="yes"]Advanced examples
Using the shortcode to generate a link to translate the website into French. The link will be labeled in French and will display an image with a size of 24 pixels.
[glt language="French" label="Français" image="yes" text="yes" image_size="24"]Using the shortcode to generate a link to translate the website into Italian. The link will not be labeled and will display an image with a size of 32 pixels.
[glt language="Italian" label="" image="yes" text="no" image_size="32"]Using the shortcode to generate a link to translate the website into German. The link will be labeled in German and will not display an image.
[glt language="German" label="Deutsch" image="no" text="yes"]PHP Function Code
In case you have difficulties debugging what causing issues with [glt] shortcode, check below the related PHP functions code.
Shortcode line:
add_shortcode( 'glt', array(&$this, 'google_translator_menu_language'));Shortcode PHP function:
function google_translator_menu_language($atts, $content = '') {
extract(shortcode_atts(array(
"language" => 'Spanish',
"label" => 'Spanish',
"image" => 'no',
"text" => 'yes',
"image_size" => '24',
"label" => html_entity_decode('Español')
), $atts));
$glt_url_structure = get_option('googlelanguagetranslator_url_structure');
$glt_seo_active = get_option('googlelanguagetranslator_seo_active');
$default_language = get_option('googlelanguagetranslator_language');
$english_flag_choice = get_option('googlelanguagetranslator_english_flag_choice');
$spanish_flag_choice = get_option('googlelanguagetranslator_spanish_flag_choice');
$portuguese_flag_choice = get_option('googlelanguagetranslator_portuguese_flag_choice');
$language_code = array_search($language,$this->languages_array);
$language_name = $language;
$language_name_flag = $language_name;
if ( $language_name == 'English' && $english_flag_choice == 'canadian_flag') {
$language_name_flag = 'canada';
}
if ( $language_name == "English" && $english_flag_choice == 'us_flag') {
$language_name_flag = 'united-states';
}
if ( $language_name == 'Spanish' && $spanish_flag_choice == 'mexican_flag') {
$language_name_flag = 'mexico';
}
if ( $language_name == 'Portuguese' && $portuguese_flag_choice == 'brazilian_flag') {
$language_name_flag = 'brazil';
}
$href = '#';
if($glt_seo_active == '1') {
$current_url = network_home_url(add_query_arg(null, null));
switch($glt_url_structure) {
case 'sub_directory':
$href = ($language_code == $default_language) ? $current_url : '/' . $language_code . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
break;
case 'sub_domain':
$domain = str_replace('www.', '', $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']);
$href = ($language_code == $default_language) ? $current_url : str_ireplace('://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'], '://' . $language_code . '.' . $domain, $current_url);
break;
default:
break;
}
}
return "<a href='".esc_url($href)."' class='nturl notranslate ".esc_attr($language_code)." ".esc_attr($language_name_flag)." single-language flag' title='".esc_attr($language)."'>".($image=='yes' ? "<span class='flag size".esc_attr($image_size)."'></span>" : '') .($text=='yes' ? htmlspecialchars($label) : '')."</a>";
}
Code file location:
google-language-translator/google-language-translator/google-language-translator.phpConclusion
Now that you’ve learned how to embed the Google Language Translator Plugin shortcodes, understood the parameters, and seen code examples, it’s easy to use and debug any issue that might cause it to ‘not work’. If you still have difficulties with it, don’t hesitate to leave a comment below.
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