{"id":583,"date":"2025-04-23T12:11:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T10:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rosettapress.com\/?post_type=docs&p=583"},"modified":"2025-04-24T16:16:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T14:16:26","slug":"basic-plugin-setup","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/rosettapress.com\/docs\/getting-started\/basic-plugin-setup\/","title":{"rendered":"Basic Plugin Setup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After installing and activating RosettaPress, the first step in setting up your multilingual environment is to create individual sites for each language – then group them together using a Language Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RosettaPress lets you do both directly from its Language Groups<\/strong> interface in the Network Admin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Step 1: Create Language-Specific Sites<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Go to Network Admin \u2192 RosettaPress \u2192 Language Groups<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. If no subsites exist yet for your languages, click \u201cCreate new site\u201d<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Fill in the following fields for each site:\n
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    • Domain<\/strong> \u2013 Set the URL (e.g., \/de\/<\/code>, \/fr\/<\/code>, \/es\/<\/code>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Name<\/strong> \u2013 Site title (used in the admin)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Language<\/strong> \u2013 Select the language for this site<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Based on site<\/strong> \u2013 (Optional) Clone content from an existing site<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Exclude tables<\/strong> \u2013 (Optional) Skip specific database tables (e.g., analytics, cache)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Copy users with roles<\/strong> \u2013 Select user roles to copy from the source site<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Click Create new site<\/strong> to add each one. Repeat for all required languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Step 2: Create a Language Group<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

      Once your language-specific sites are created:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      1. Click Add New Language Group<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      2. Enter a Group Name<\/strong> to describe this set of sites.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      3. Add the sites you created using the dropdown.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      4. Choose one site to be the Primary Site<\/strong> \u2014 this will act as the source for cloning, synchronization, and translation control.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      5. Click Save Changes<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        Each site can only belong to one language group, and you can manage multiple groups independently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        What\u2019s Next?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

        Once your group is saved, you can:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        • Enable Automatic Cloning<\/strong> and Synchronization<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Configure Automatic Translations<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Set up the Language Selector<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Start linking and translating content between sites<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          This structure lays the foundation for everything RosettaPress can do – with flexibility, performance, and clarity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":572,"menu_order":16,"template":"","doc_category":[22],"class_list":["post-583","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-getting-started"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosettapress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosettapress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosettapress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/rosettapress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":723,"href":"https:\/\/rosettapress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/583\/revisions\/723"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosettapress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosettapress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosettapress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}