{"id":1832,"date":"2026-01-08T14:42:51","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T19:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tricotwp.com\/?p=1832"},"modified":"2026-02-03T15:58:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T20:58:57","slug":"developper-lextension-multilingue-quon-cherchait-lhistoire-de-tricot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tricotwp.com\/en\/developper-lextension-multilingue-quon-cherchait-lhistoire-de-tricot\/","title":{"rendered":"D\u00e9velopper l\u2019extension multilingue qu\u2019on cherchait : l\u2019histoire de Tricot"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=\"in_container\u00a0\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" column_margin=\"default\" column_direction=\"default\" column_direction_tablet=\"default\" column_direction_phone=\"default\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\u00a0\" text_align=\"left\" row_border_radius=\"none\" row_border_radius_applies=\"bg\u00a0\" row_position_desktop=\"default\" row_position_tablet=\"inherit\" row_position_phone=\"inherit\" overflow=\"visible\" overlay_strength=\u00a0\"0.3\" gradient_direction=\"left_to_right\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\" bg_image_animation=\"none\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_tablet=\"inherit\" column_padding_phone=\"inherit\" column_padding_position=\"all\u00a0\" flex_gap_desktop=\"10px\" column_element_direction_desktop=\"default\" column_element_spacing=\"default\" desktop_text_alignment=\"default\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\u00a0\"default\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_backdrop_filter=\"none\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" column_link_target=\u00a0\"_self\" column_position=\"default\" gradient_direction=\"left_to_right\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" width=\u00a0\"1\/1\" tablet_width_inherit=\"default\" animation_type=\"default\" bg_image_animation=\"none\" border_type=\"simple\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][image_with_animation image_url=\"1819\" image_size=\"full\" max_width=\"100%\u00a0\" max_width_mobile=\"default\" animation_type=\"entrance\" animation=\"None\" animation_movement_type=\"transform_y\" hover_animation=\"none\" alignment=\" \" border_radius=\"none\u00a0\" box_shadow=\"none\" image_loading=\"default\"][vc_column_text css=\"\u00a0\u201d text_direction=\u201ddefault\u201d]The XZQTGM0002QZX XZQTGM0003QZX wasn\u2019t born out of a creative brainstorming session around a whiteboard, nor from an abstract desire to revolutionize the multilingual market. It is the result of a recurring, everyday, almost mundane observation: despite the multitude of multilingual XZQTGM0001QZX plugins available for WordPress, none of them addressed the realities on the ground. And we knew this reality intimately, because we experienced it from two perspectives rather than one: that of a digital agency and that of a language agency.<p>In other words, if you had to write a book on the history of the Tricot plugin, the first sentence would be: Once upon a time, there were two entrepreneurs who had their work cut out for them. <em>sciot<\/em> limiting multilingual solutions.<\/p>\n<p>For years, we've been helping public and private organizations manage their multilingual content on WordPress. Each project came back with the same frictions, the same compromises, the same technical workarounds. WPML was everywhere, accepted out of habit, tolerated more than actually chosen. The alternatives were no better.<\/p>\n<p>XZQTGM0001QZX begins right there: at the moment when we realize that the tools meant to facilitate multilingualism have become the main problem.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css= \u00bb \u00bb text_direction= \u00bbdefault \u00bb]<strong>Maxime: thinking human in an increasingly automated process<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Maxime comes from the world of language services. Since 2014, he has been working on projects where translation is not cosmetic, but structuring. Governmental, institutional and technical projects, where terminology and nuances demand a fine understanding and cutting-edge precision.<\/p>\n<p>Working with web teams and WordPress developers, he managed the translation of about 100 websites. The method used? All too often (if not all the time), he was asked to extract the content into a Word file for translation. Inevitably, the digital team then had to develop new pages and import the translated content. 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That of Web agencies, WordPress development, production launches, customers who want multilingualism without the glitches that come with it.<\/p>\n<p>Multilingualism was a pebble in the shoe of its teams. Cumbersome interfaces, synchronization logics that were difficult to explain to customers, updates that broke functionality, and above all, too much emergency technical support for the team to handle. <em>save <\/em>a website.<\/p>\n<p>We build a WordPress site, finalize the design, approve the text, and only at the very end do we consider translating it all. Multilingual support becomes an afterthought, and clients accept the process simply because they aren\u2019t offered a simpler alternative.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css= \u00bb \u00bb text_direction= \u00bbdefault \u00bb]<strong>January 2025: making multilingualism our resolution<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Let's develop the multilingual plugin of our dreams. No more in-house scripts. No more in-house procedures to \"make do\". The question became simple: how do we develop a WordPress plugin that perfectly meets the needs of our web teams, translators and customers?<\/p>\n<p>We surrounded ourselves with people smarter than us and set to work.<\/p>\n<p>The first step was to list everything that frustrated us about the multilingual plugins on the market:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Workflow rigidity<\/li>\n<li>Laborious user experience<\/li>\n<li>Technical and time-consuming configuration<\/li>\n<li>Problematic maintenance over time<\/li>\n<li>Unforeseeable costs<\/li>\n<li>Lack of quality control<\/li>\n<li>Complex external intervention<\/li>\n<li>Customer dependence on suppliers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Then we tried to define our needs. How do agencies work? How does website content evolve? How can we integrate artificial intelligence without sacrificing quality? How can we give customers back their autonomy without drowning them in complexity?<\/p>\n<p>We wanted a tool with a fast learning curve. 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