About a multilingual site and Mapping a subdomain
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Hi,
I want to make a Spanish version of my site but since my domain is at WordPress.com I cannot use plugins, like Polylang.An ideal solution would be creating another site with the domain in Spanish but for economical reasons, I’d rather start creating a sub-domain.
I read these two posts (https://wordpress.com/support/domains/map-subdomain/ & https://wordpress.com/support/domains/map-existing-domain/#if-your-domain-is-registered-through-go-daddy-or-1-amp-1), and there must be something I am not understanding.
I only have one site under a domain that came for free with the premium plan, and from what I understood in those posts, I need to create a new site (that would be my subdomain), and from there go to domains and click “I already have a domain, and then mapping a subdomain”.
So I did, but here onwards it gets confusing to me, plus I don’t want to make mistakes that will change something from my main site and then having to email for support.
When I enter the domain of my new site (which will be the sub-domain) in the “Map this domain to use it as your site address” search-box, will my main domain address remain the same?
How can I change the domain name of the sub-domain?
Will I be able to name my subdomain as es.fashionpsychology.com?
Thank you everyone
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Hi @luisalouvel, you’ve got this. I’m not sure which step you’re on, but it goes like this:
1 – Add a new site
2 – Add a plan for that site
3 – Specify the subdomainand
4 – Add a DNS entry on the old site
Since you would need two plans and two sites to make this work with a custom subdomain, the Business Plan might still be a good choice. Then you could use a plugin as you’d like.
This article may help too:
https://wordpress.com/support/set-up-a-multilingual-blog/I wanted to note, you have a paid plan so you’d be welcome to get in touch support directly if you need more help. Or you’re welcome to respond here if you get stuck.
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Hi @Supernovia, thank you for replying and for sharing that post, although I already read it.
The step I’m at right now is just before mapping my secondary site, right where I need to enter the secondary address in the search box with this indication on top “Map this domain to use it as your site address”.
But if you say that I need to add a plan for the secondary site in order to get a custom address, then maybe it’d be worth upgrading to the business plan and add the Polylang plugin.
Now, this option brings me more questions.
Adding the plugging to my main site would remove ads, monetize the site, and integrate google analytics to the Spanish version? I think it would since it would be the same site, just manually translated by me.
But if that’s so, then the address would remain the same, right?
Guess if I want to own psicologiaymoda.com I’d have to purchase a new plan -
Adding the plugging to my main site would remove ads, monetize the site, and integrate google analytics to the Spanish version? I think it would since it would be the same site, just manually translated by me.
Correct. If you use a plugin like Polylang, both language versions of your content will be on a single site, so the plan features would be available for both versions.
But if that’s so, then the address would remain the same, right?
Guess if I want to own psicologiaymoda.com I’d have to purchase a new planThat is correct.
However, you can always buy/map psicologiaymoda.com as a second domain on the site. Then the domain will also take visitors to your site. It just won’t be visible in the browser’s address bar.
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Hi @Kokkieh, thank you, and @supernovia, for the help. I don’t have any questions now. All I need to do is make a decision now!
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