Two different domains for two different languages

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I have been using WPML for the use of multilingual but I am having major issues with it and am tired of it.

I have now set up two WordPress set ups on two different domains. What I need to do is create a button / way of having an if statement that will take the user to the exact page / post / product in the different language?

For example

I am on a post about cars in English the use will use the drop down to German and get the exact post but in German.

Now I know I have written any code yet but I am just the in the process and wanted to ask here first to see if anyone could point me in the right direction. Could this be done in PHP or Javascript / jquery etc?

Thanks for any help,

Max.

2 Answers
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When a user creates a new page/post/product on one site, use the XML-RPC API to create a matching one on the other site. Make sure to save the ID of the original post under a meta key for the “duplicate” post, and then use the response ID from the API to save the “duplicate” ID under a meta key for the original.

You’ll now have a post on each site with a reference to the other by ID, which will be enough to generate the “edit” link:

http://otherdomain.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=[ID]&action=edit

There are a few caveats worth bearing in mind – firstly, if a user deletes a post on one site, you lose the reference. It would be a good idea to hook onto the delete_post action and either:

  1. Prevent the user from doing so (“this post is a translated version and cannot be deleted”)
  2. Use the XML-RPC API again to delete the reference from the other site.

Also, post authors. If you’re using a shared database with custom user tables (which is what I would recommend), you only have to ensure they have the same capabilities on both sites.

However, if the users are also duplicates (separate installs), you’ll need a similar cross-site reference (to know which author ID to use when creating the “other” post).

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