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[Advanced Admin] Multilingual WordPress support article - Update mentioned plugins

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Description

Issue Description

Several multilingual plugins mentioned in the Multilingual WordPress page aren’t maintained anymore and could probably be removed from the article.

URL of the Page with the Issue

https://wordpress.org/support/article/multilingual-wordpress/

Section of Page with the issue

Introduction and Different types of multilingual plugins sections

Why is this a problem?

New WordPress users looking for a multilingual plugin and reading this article might start using a deprecated plugin.

Suggested Fix

Replace the following plugins mentioned:

Qtranslate-x (https://wordpress.org/plugins/qtranslate-x/)
by
Qtranslate-xt (https://github.com/qtranslate/qtranslate-xt)

Global Translator (https://wordpress.org/plugins/global-translator/)
by
Weglot (https://wordpress.org/plugins/weglot/)

Remove the following mentions:
Zanto (https://wordpress.org/plugins/zanto/)

Full disclosure - I work at Weglot

Contributor guide

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Open the Multilingual WordPress article at the supplied URL and review its Introduction and Different types of multilingual plugins sections. Verify the requested plugin links, replace Qtranslate-x with Qtranslate-xt and Global Translator with Weglot, remove Zanto, and confirm no outdated mentions remain.

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Assessment

Tech stack
wordpress
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
55/100

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