How to Translate MotoPress Hotel Booking with the WPML Plugin

The MotoPress Hotel Booking plugin has been officially tested for compatibility with the WPML plugin for multilingual sites. They work well together.

A cool thing is that you can kill two birds with one stone: do the translation of the entire site + Hotel Booking texts with a single solution from WPML, no need for extra tools or integrations.

First up, why WPML?

This is one of the widely recognized choices on the market, a regularly improved WordPress translation plugin with a highly intuitive and diverse workflow. It’s not cheap, but the quality is there. Moreover, the plugin’s developers approved the Hotel Booking + WPML plugin compatibility, so you may safely use it on your site.

In particular, in this MotoPress WPML tutorial, we’ll be testing one of the latest versions of WPML (4.8.1) which comes with a smart translation workflow and AI features.

When do you need to use WPML?

It’s for vacation rental and hotel websites that serve international travelers or want to add at least a lingua franca version (English) alongside their domestic language to reach a wider audience. Your site visitors will be able to change the language on your site in a click using a handy language switcher.

WPML allows you to translate any part of your site, including external plugins such as MotoPress Hotel Booking.

So, how do you use WPML with the Hotel Booking plugin? To build a multilingual WordPress website, you’ll need:

1. A WordPress theme.
2. MotoPress Hotel Booking plugin.
3. Any premium plan of WPML (also check minimum requirements). WPML Multilingual CMS is the core plugin that lets you build and run a multilingual site.

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WPML translation workflows supported

Of course, some of you want to do all the translations with full manual control, others need it quick and automated yet professional.

A nice thing is that WPML adapts to any workflow and budget. For example, for your WordPress site and Hotel Booking plugin, you can choose:

• translate yourself.
• use AI translation (WPML-powered or third-party), which can be also manually adjusted.
• work with your own translators, or hire professionals.

We’ll take a closer look at them below.

For new users, begin with the Setup Wizard

We’ve talked to the WPML team, and they couldn’t stress enough how crucial it is to complete this step carefully.

The WPML Setup Wizard basically sets the whole environment for your site translations.

For example, you can choose languages you want to translate your site to (can select multiple) or choose a preferred URL format, e.g. directories per language (https://yourdomain.com/de).

Moreover, in one of the steps, you’ll be introduced to the AI features related to defining site context. It helps you explain what your site is about, so the AI can generate translations that feel more natural and resonate better with your audience.

If you skip the wizard for some reason or already have WPML running, make sure to visit WPML Settings to create the needed translation conditions that suit your particular needs.

WPML Translation Dashboard

WPML Translation Dashboard is part of the new UI and functionality and is actually one of the central translation management menus.

As of WPML 4.7, the Translation Dashboard centralizes all content to be translated and is the recommended way to translate posts, pages, custom post types, navigation, products, strings, and other content coming from compatible plugins and themes, like MotoPress Hotel Booking.

This is a big progress compared to what WPML was before.

This is the unified convenient screen to translate all the content you need – you don’t need to jump between different menus.

What’s the translation workflow?

Note that it’s structured as logical steps from top to bottom:

step 1. select what to translate.

step 2. choose how to translate.

step 3. send to translation.

To access it, go to WPML → Translation Dashboard from the main menu, or click the Translation Dashboard button in the Language section when editing content.

AI translation in WPML explained

As I’ve mentioned earlier, one of the translation workflow options in WPML is AI-powered one. How good is this? Should you use this service?

Even though it was in the plugin before, WPML AI was rebranded to Private Translation Cloud (PTC). This is the most advanced AI translation engine and the default for new sites, which is a proprietary AI translation system by WPML.

It uses site context, like description and target audience, to translate consistently with highly accurate results. This is why we recommend it for translating efficiently and getting the best translations.

Is it free to use it with MotoPress Hotel Booking? Not really. WPML’s Multilingual CMS and Agency plans include free credits, enough to translate most sites into 2-3 languages.

But if you need more, then the Pay-As-You-Go model is activated or you can use Prepaid Credits, for example, 40,000 credits will cost you €50 if you use PTC.

Needless to say, you can opt for pre-integrated Google, DeepL, or Microsoft AI translations instead of the proprietary PTC by WPML. Credit prices then differ:

• PTC – 4 credits per word (most expensive but the only engine that comes with a quality guarantee).
• DeepL – 2 credits per word.
• Google Translate – 2 credits per word.
• Microsoft – 1 credit per word.

Does it make sense to use them? Well, a solo business owner who can manage translations themselves might not want to spend money on what can be done manually. But, naturally, property management companies that work with multiple accommodations and grow their portfolio, can only benefit from instant quality AI translations.

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Examples with Hotel Booking plugin

WPML gives you a few ways to access content for translation: by going to the specific menu in the plugin (e.g. Accommodation types if you need to translate them) or by opening the Translation Editor from the WPML plugin menu (all categorized content from your site is there, including custom post types and taxonomies).

So, how does WPML work with MotoPress Hotel Booking?

Original pages must be in default language

Create all booking system content, including accommodation types, services, and rates in your default language first.

For example, if your default language is English and you plan to add German, build every page in English and translate them only after setup is complete.

If you create any booking pages directly in a translation language (e.g., German), be sure to set the default-language version (e.g., English) as the original page in your translation settings.

Before we jump to what you can translate, let’s highlight what must not be translated.

What should remain untranslated

Some MotoPress Hotel Booking content should not be translated, as it is used only in the admin area.

mphb_booking
mphb_season
mphb_room
mphb_payment
mphb_reserved_room
mphb_coupon

By default these post types are marked as ‘Not Translatable’ and are grayed out in WPML settings.

In WPML → Settings → Custom Fields Translation, do not change any settings.

Fields related to our booking plugin start with the prefix ‘mphb_’. Leave fields marked as ‘Don’t translate’ or Copy unchanged, as they do not appear on the front end.

Translate Accommodation types, services and more

To translate accommodation types, you can use this option:

1. Go to Translation Dashboard → Accommodation Types.
2. Select the accommodation types you want to translate.
3. Scroll down to Step 2: Translate your content.
4. Choose the target languages and the preferred translation method.
5. Click Translate.

Based on the selected translation method, you will receive instructions for the next steps.

For example, if you choose to translate a property description manually, you will be redirected to WPML → Translations.

Here, you will see a list of all untranslated texts. Look for items with the “Needs translation” status. To proceed: click Translate next to the desired item > You will be redirected to the Advanced Translation Editor (as referred to by WPML) > Complete the translation and save your progress.

If custom fields are present (for example, room types created via the Hotel Booking plugin), WPML will include them alongside the main room description for translation.

Note the handy editor toolbar from the right and the translation progress in percentage. You are supported on every step of your way. You may also use the ‘Save to translation memory’ to re-use it in future if it’s something that repeats.

Rates, services, and other related details can be translated in the same way:

– Either directly from their respective menus within the Hotel Booking plugin, or

– Via the centralized Translation Dashboard available in the WPML menu.

Translate Hotel Booking emails

How can you translate emails with WPML? For example, those at Accommodation > Settings > Emails. Use the WPML String Translation menu.

Go to WPML > String Translation and use the search box to find the string (copy-paste the string from email).

The rest of the content generated with shortcodes e.g. checkout page, button labels, can also be translated via the String translation.

Translate system pages

Translate the system pages selected in Hotel Booking → Accommodation → Settings, including:

• Search Results Page
• Checkout Page
• Terms & Conditions
• Confirmation Page
• Cancellation Page

If you accept online payments, also translate the pages selected in Accommodation → Settings → Payment Gateways: Payment Success Page & Failed Transaction Page.

If you can’t see Hotel Booking plugin content in the WPML Translation Dashboard, what might be the issue?

Even though the default MotoPress Hotel Booking WPML settings come with the correct presets by default, you might have lost your settings and need to mark the required content as “translatable” in WPML. For example, Accommodation types or Services are treated as ‘custom post types’, while Categories/Tags/Amenities are ‘taxonomies’ in WordPress.

• Go to WPML → Settings and scroll down to Post Types Translation / Taxonomies / other content.
• Find the custom post type / taxonomy you want to translate > click the lock icon to unlock it > and set it to Translatable – only show translated items. Click Save to confirm.

In WPML settings, you can identify all Hotel Booking related content by the ‘mphb’ prefix used to to avoid naming conflicts with other plugins. Important: make sure that you don’t unlock content that should not be translated.

Use correct IDs for each language version

Each translation of a booking item is a separate page with its own unique ID. This means the same accommodation type will have different IDs in each language. For example: English accommodation type ID: 99, German accommodation type ID: 150.

When adding booking system shortcodes:
– Use English IDs on English pages, e.g.
[mphb_availability_calendar id="99"]

– Use German IDs on German pages
[mphb_availability_calendar id="150"]

You can find accommodation type IDs so: Accommodation → Accommodation Types and hovering over the accommodation name.

What other handy tools are in WPML for Hotel Booking plugin customers?

• For manual translations, you can add other people to your site as WordPress users so that they can add accurate translations without a middleman like Google Docs (WPML > Translation Dashboard > Translators tab).
• In the Translation Dashboard, you can use the ‘Add note to the translator’ feature to help your translators better understand the context of specific text strings either in MotoPress Hotel Booking or the rest of the site.
• WPML fully supports right-to-left (RTL) formatting and languages, including Arabic, Hebrew, Urdu, Kurdish, and Persian. However, you need to use WordPress themes that support RTL.

Add a language switcher to your WordPress site

WPML lets you add a language switcher to your:

• Site navigation (footer, header menu)
• as a widget
• Inside page content

Visitors can choose their preferred language – you can set those as flags, native language names, or use custom styling. Website menu and footer are probably two most common sections where a language switcher seamlessly works.

To add a language switcher to a menu, widget, or footer, go to WPML → Languages. From here, you can add, edit, and customize each language switcher. For example, customize the order of languages, hide or show it in the footer, etc.

Hotel Booking Multi-Currency

WPML can translate your text, but it doesn’t convert prices if you are not on WooCommerce.

If you’re serving international travelers, make sure they have all they need to understand your offerings, prices, rates, etc. without extra effort.

So, if your WordPress site is multilingual, you may also want to add a currency switcher that seamlessly translates prices for your accommodations via the Hotel Booking plugin. For this, you can use a dedicated Multi-Currency add-on for Hotel Booking.

It smoothly connects to rates and prices that you set with the Hotel Booking plugin and the site visitors can use it to instantly convert prices on your site.

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Concluding

WPML is a great solution that integrates with MotoPress Hotel Booking for building a multilingual experience on your site. You can easily:

• Translate any content of the site and booking plugin yourself or use an integrated AI solution.
• Add a language switcher to your site.
• Improve your site’s experience for international travelers.

To use WPML with MotoPress properly, you should remember which content should remain untranslated and how to access those parts that can be translated. Everything from the booking form to availability calendars, rates, services and customer emails can be translated, so don’t hesitate to start your language journey.

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