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  • May 14, 2017 at 6:03 am #378245

    kairei
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    When creating a new CPT, it says “The listing slug name ( max. 20 characters ). Alphanumeric lower-case characters and underscores and hyphen(-) only. Min 2 letters. Usually Plural.” I want to create a CPT with a Japanese name and slug but Japanese characters don’t fit that criteria. I’ve worked on sites that had English and Japanese and there is a way to translate the listing slug to Japanese using WPML. However, for this site I was hoping to not have to install WPML just for that one thing since this is a single language site… is there any way to have a Japanese listing slug for a CPT without WPML?

    May 15, 2017 at 5:47 am #378322

    Kiran
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    Hi kairei,

    This custom post type slug should be translated via WPML custom post type slug translation. WPML provides feature to translate custom post type slug for each language.

    I think you have translated custom post type slug in past. See example: https://wpgeodirectory.com/support/topic/wpml-compatibility-2/#post-370514

    Let us know.

    Kiran

    May 15, 2017 at 5:53 am #378324

    kairei
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    Hi Kiran,

    Yes, I have done it before, but that was for multi-lingual sites where I already needed WPML installed. This question is a little different because this is not for a multi-lingual site. It will only be in Japanese. The idea of installing 3 extra plugins that I will only use to translate a single CPT slug is not ideal. I thought it was probably the only way but just wanted to confirm…

    If it is the only way, I wonder if this is something that could be considered for the future (allowing more than just lowercase letters, underscore, and hyphen in the CPT slug). I imagine all the people with native languages that don’t fit into just “lower case ASCII” would appreciate being able to keep their single-language sites clean (with minimal plugins) and still get to have CPT slugs in their languages.

    Is this a technical limitation or is it something worth putting in a feature request for?

    Thanks!

    May 15, 2017 at 6:54 am #378335

    Kiran
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    Hi,

    We have added validation to CPT slug, so it checking CPT slug for some characters during CPT add/edit. Because some non-technical users may insert incorrect characters in slugs and this may results in 404 errors.

    I accept your suggestion, and will discuss with our team. If it not required much code changes then we will implement it.

    Thanks,
    Kiran

    May 15, 2017 at 1:28 pm #378378

    kairei
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    Ok, yes, that would be great! GD has done a great job to support multiple languages in almost every way. This would be one more very useful thing for non-English customers.

    Please let me know, one way or the other, after you’ve discussed so I know what the plan is and can move forward accordingly. Thanks!

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