Title: Multisite for multilingual Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # Multisite for multilingual * [mirioki02](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mirioki02/) * (@mirioki02) * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-for-multilingual/) * I’m currently running a single installation WordPress and I want to provide multilingual options for my site’s users. I’ve looked through a few forums and tried various plugins and it seems that the most flexible way is to create a multisite to set each sub-site’s language. * I would prefer network-wide database sharing ie. Users, posts, page should be same/similar across sites. I found some plugins that could achieve this such as Multisite User Management, Multilingual Press. * I would to know whether this would a valid reason to go for a multisite WordPress or is it better to stay with single installation instead? Is there a better way to create a multilingual site? Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) * [Marcel Andrew](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michelwp/) * (@michelwp) * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-for-multilingual/#post-3686409) * See this post : * [http://dev.xiligroup.com/?p=1961](http://dev.xiligroup.com/?p=1961) * The author has experimented the design of plugins in both single and network multilingual installations. * The better way: adapt your technical approach to your content strategy (and today authoring and maintenance…) * M. * Thread Starter [mirioki02](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mirioki02/) * (@mirioki02) * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-for-multilingual/#post-3686527) * I’ve tried plugins catering for multilingual such as qTranslate, xili-language but it doesn’t seem to fully fulfill my requirements. * I dislike the implementation of qTranslate that adds data into my database. After I tried that plugin, I needed to delete all the additional tags that were added by the plugin. * I quite prefer xili-language but the issue that I have with it is that my current theme has page template that uses the slug eg. page-slug.php. Since two pages cannot have the same slug, the template cannot be applied. Would it work if I change those pages into custom template instead? * As for multisite, in the long run, I think the maintenance would be quite troublesome. * [rizwan neermaarga](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rizwan-neermaarga/) * (@rizwan-neermaarga) * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-for-multilingual/#post-3686530) * Even am also facing same mirioki02’s problem… Is there not a simple way of achieving this without the use of Plugins? * I would like to know whether this would a valid reason to go for a multisite WordPress OR is it better to stay with single installation instead? * Is there a better way to create a multilingual site??? * I appreciate to hear any opinion/suggestion related to my question! * Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * (@ipstenu) * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-for-multilingual/#post-3686588) * No, there’s not a way without plugins, unless you want to do it manually. * Multisite is intended for multiple, separate, sites. * [weigertj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/weigertj/) * (@weigertj) * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-for-multilingual/#post-3686596) * I am using qTranslate at the moment and contemplating to switch to multisite later. * The advantages of qTranslate: – you can easily share data between languages, you save space – quicker site update in more languages at the same time * The disadvantages of qTranslate: – questionable support in the future – some functions are still missing * I think WordPress should offer a good multilanguage solution out of the box. Multisite is good, but it’s more space-consuming and takes more time to update the different language versions totally separately. * Thread Starter [mirioki02](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mirioki02/) * (@mirioki02) * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-for-multilingual/#post-3686598) * I’m still testing more plugins so that I can still keep the single installation since I would prefer the different languages uses the same database tables. * Multisite is able to do what I want but like weigertj said, multisite takes more effort and time to update. * [Marcel Andrew](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michelwp/) * (@michelwp) * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-for-multilingual/#post-3686659) * About features for pages (slug and template association), know that free xili- language is pluggable for pro or specific CMS solutions, so two solutions: * 1. You do the plug / add-on yourself. and why not publish some results to thanks the core work… * 2. You contact the author via the support in settings or in dev.xiligroup.com and after an analysis step, he can provide an offer based on quotation according time and hour/rate. * M. Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) The topic ‘Multisite for multilingual’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [multisite](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/multisite/) * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/) * 7 replies * 5 participants * Last reply from: [Marcel Andrew](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michelwp/) * Last activity: [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-for-multilingual/#post-3686659) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics