Multilingual pages

Multilingual pages · Daily Scripture 1.2.0

German and English assignments for AO Lab

AO Lab has its own German/English Bible assignments. Annual-package assignments are configured separately on the same Data sources page.

Parallel annual editions and multilingual pages

Install German and English Bible 2.0 annual packages under Daily Scripture → Data sources. Editions of the same year are stored separately; replacing or deleting one does not remove the other. The package’s original language and edition metadata identify it across years. The current/next-year overview shows missing years separately for every installed edition. Availability and permissions depend on the provider and edition; a package for the following year may not yet be available.

Under Annual editions and page languages, select the default edition and assign an installed edition to German page and English page. Existing files remain unchanged. An older Bible 2.0 import without language metadata requires an explicit language assignment; the plugin does not guess its language. Existing blocks and shortcodes retain the default behavior.

For a translated page, set the daily-reading block’s Annual edition to Use page language. With Polylang or WPML active, the original page and its translation can contain the same block: the German page uses the German assignment and the English page the English assignment. A fixed edition can still be selected, including two blocks with different languages on one page. Shortcodes support edition_bible2="auto" or a fixed installed edition identifier; the corresponding Losungen attribute is edition_herrnhuter. Without either multilingual plugin, automatic selection uses the website language. Missing assignments or missing years show a notice, never another language’s text.

The integration uses optional public language APIs and includes block configuration for WPML. It does not translate Bible texts, switch the website language globally or require either multilingual plugin. The integration was checked with Polylang 3.9.1 and WPML 5.2.0, including translated pages and the server-rendered block preview. Automatic Translation Editor, String Translation and third-party page caches are not certified by these checks. Use language-separated page-cache settings provided by your multilingual plugin.

Dashboard settings offer up to six additional annual readings with fixed edition choices, alongside the existing source and passage readings. Users can select and order both languages in their widget. Network Admin continues to use the selected reference website and its installed data; each website keeps its own files and assignments. Website edition/language assignments are local and are not included in presentation-settings JSON exports; set them on the destination website after importing its annual packages.

Original supported annual packages can also be downloaded from the provider and uploaded manually. A supported file format does not grant permission to use or redistribute its texts. Currently only German official Losungen packages are offered. Storage is prepared for independent editions, but no English Losungen download, rights clearance or automatic translation is provided. The separate English BSB and WEB British full-Bible editions remain available in the Bible library.

Imported from the published release 1.2.0. Original source · Deutsch