Translate the PinkDocs interface into your language and publish docs in more than one language. There are two separate tasks: translating the interface text, and translating your docs.
| What | Examples | How to translate |
|---|---|---|
| Interface text | Search placeholder, Was this helpful?, Previous and Next | A translation plugin, such as Loco Translate |
| Your docs | Doc titles and content, category names | A multilingual plugin, such as WPML or Polylang |
Translate the interface
PinkDocs follows your site language, set in Settings → General → Site Language. To translate or change interface text:
Install Loco Translate
Go to Plugins → Add New Plugin, search for Loco Translate, then install and activate it.
Open PinkDocs translations
Go to Loco Translate → Plugins and click PinkDocs.
📷 Image placeholder: Loco Translate showing the PinkDocs plugin.
Add your language
Click New language, choose your language and choose Custom as the location so updates don't overwrite your translation.
Translate the strings
Select each string, type the translation and click Save.
Publish docs in several languages
- Install and set up WPML with your languages.
- Go to WPML → Settings → Post Types Translation and set Docs and Doc categories to Translatable.
- Open a doc and click + next to a language to create its translation.
📷 Image placeholder: WPML Post Types Translation with PinkDocs docs set to translatable.
- Install and set up Polylang with your languages.
- Go to Languages → Settings → Custom post types and Taxonomies and tick Docs and Doc categories.
- Open a doc and click + next to a language in the Languages panel to create its translation.
Translate categories
After setting up your multilingual plugin, translate each category name and description, so readers see categories in their own language.
Common questions
The assistant answers in the language of the question, using the docs available to it. Translate your docs for the best results.
Yes. All interface text can be translated with standard WordPress translation tools.