Title: Multisite for different languages
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Multisite for different languages

 *  [sautins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sautins/)
 * (@sautins)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-for-different-languages/)
 * I want to create multisite for different languages. The website will be similar
   in two languages but some menu items will differ. Also how can I do so that same
   plugin works in one language in one multisite and in other site in another language?
   
   Br Edgars

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 *  [Scott Fennell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scofennellgmailcom/)
 * (@scofennellgmailcom)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-for-different-languages/#post-3063848)
 * It can be tricky. There are a lot of pitfalls in getting multi-lingual support
   going in multi-site. I wrote a tutorial for it at my workplace and it ended up
   being 31 steps long, with one of the steps being to read chapter 5 of the WROX
   Professional WordPress Plugin Development book. You’d do well to start there.
 * Between that book and most of the tuts around the web, you should be able to 
   get close, but there are some important pitfalls that I did not see acknowledged
   very often.
 * – If you want the admin side to be in a different language than the front end,
   there is a great plugin for that, although the name escapes me. I’m sure you’ll
   find it if you search the repo.
 * – Grab the mo and po files for the appropriate language here:
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_in_Your_Language](http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_in_Your_Language)
   And install them in your copy of WP.
 * – Make sure Poedit is configured to automatically compile the mo file whenever
   you save your po file.
 * – When using Poedit to make your mo file, you may find that your server does 
   not allow Poedit to write to files. Just download your lang folder to your desktop
   and have Poedit write the mo file there.
 * You
 *  Thread Starter [sautins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sautins/)
 * (@sautins)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-for-different-languages/#post-3063888)
 * Hi,
    Thank you for reply. Maybe I tell a bit more. I want to make site in two
   languages and also forum in two languages. There is this forum plugin and it 
   needs to know in which language I open file. How to do that? Br Edgars

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