How to get an Arabized WordPress template? And determine the best option for you

Have you ever liked a foreign WordPress template? And I had hoped that it would be suitable for being an Arabic website and not just a foreign one?! In this case, you do not need another template that matches the template you liked. You can only Arabize the template itself and make it compatible with the Arabic content that will be published within it, which is what we will talk about in detail in this article.

Such as: Arabizing WordPress templates: where do you start? How to choose the best and most appropriate Arabized template for you, and so on.

Article contents:

What does Arabizing WordPress templates mean? First: Arabizing the site administrator control panel

Second: Arabization of texts

Third: Arabizing the template and display trends. Tips before getting an Arabized WordPress template

Fourth: Arabizing the website pages

The best WordPress templates that can be used for Arabic websites. What does Arabizing WordPress templates mean? Arabizing a WordPress template, in short, means that we obtain a WordPress template that has been programmed to be in English, and then we make some modifications to it to be completely Arabic (this means that the direction of texts within the site is from right to left, and the texts are in Arabic instead of English, and also the direction of elements such as: the website logo is on the right of the page instead of the left).

In order to obtain a fully Arabized template, the Arabization process must undergo some necessary modifications so that the template becomes completely and completely compatible with the content of your site in Arabic, and we explain to you the most important stages of Arabization and the methods used within each stage. First: Arabizing the site administrator control panel. This is the first stage in Arabizing the site, and it is the simplest of all. You can do it without having to hire an expert or specialist at all. It also helps you convert the appearance of your site’s control panel to the Arabic language, knowing that this will not affect the appearance of the external front-end site that appears to visitors while they are browsing your site. Therefore, you must continue reading the article to learn the necessary Arabization stages in turn.

Looking at the image above, you notice on the left a WordPress site with a control panel in English, where the main interface shows you the phrase (Welcome to WordPress), as well as the menu for the control panel also in English. While on the right you notice a WordPress site with a control panel in Arabic, where you see in the main interface the phrase (Welcome to WordPress).

The method of converting between the Arabic and English interface is easy and simple

Extremely, since if we assume that your site interface is in English, and you want to convert to the Arabic interface, by going to Settings from the site menu >> and then choosing General >> and then next to

Site language

Choose the Arabic language, then at the bottom of the page click Save changes to save the settings. The control panel will appear in Arabic as previously shown in the image above.

Second: Arabizing texts from English to Arabic

We assume that after you installed the foreign template on your site, and did everything shown in the image above; You have not noticed any change in the appearance of your site that appears to visitors, and the icons and texts remain the same in English! Then you also need to translate the texts inside the template from English to Arabic.

Now, on your site on which the foreign template was installed, there are many English texts, buttons, and links, and you want to translate these default and static texts into Arabic to suit the content of your Arabic site. To translate this, you can hire an experienced PHP programmer to make this change to the template, or you can do it yourself in the following way.

How to Arabize foreign template texts without the need for programming:

There is a tool called Poedit that you can download from its official website. This tool is used very easily to translate all the texts of your template, whether from English to Arabic or to any other language. How to use this tool is very easy; You download it to open this interface for you: From the tool menu, you click on Open and choose the language file for the template to translate it into Arabic. You can get its language file by opening the template folder and entering the Language folder, and inside it you will find a file with the PO extension that you choose to open within the tool.

After uploading the language file into the tool, all the English texts in the template begin to appear in front of you inside a box, so you can choose the sentence you want to translate and write the translation in Arabic next to it, as you can see in the following image. After you finish translating all the English texts in the template, save this translation file with the name “Ar.po” and make sure to save it inside the Template’s Language folder. After that, your site will be available to display in Arabic, and all you have to do is log into your site’s control panel and convert it to “Arabic,” as we explained at the beginning of the article.

Third: Arabizing the template and display directions from left to right. This stage is considered the most important of all in the stages of Arabizing the foreign template. At this stage, there are two types of templates in terms of compatibility with Arabic sites, which are as follows: 1.

Templates that are not automatically compatible with the Arabic language trends (RTL), which is a type that you make compatible with the trends of your Arabic website, such as: making the “logo” appear on the right of the site instead of the left. Likewise, the main menu of the site appears from right to left and not vice versa. Therefore, it is necessary to modify the template code, which requires you to have knowledge of the PHP programming language.

We strongly advise you not to make any other modifications to the template code if you do not have experience in dealing with the PHP language, as this may result in programming errors that cause significant damage to your site. This type of template is not automatically compatible with the Arabic language, so you will be able to recognize it easily if you Arabize the site’s control panel, as well as Arabize the texts as we explained previously, taking into account that the orientation of the elements on the site is from left to right, and therefore it is necessary to seek the help of a programmer to make the required modifications to the template. 2.

Templates that are automatically compatible with Arabic RTL trends are the best templates that can be easily converted to the Arabic or English interface. Once you enter the language settings in the WordPress control panel and choose the “Arabic” language, it automatically turns on the Arabic interface on your site and provides you with the following: Texts, links, and buttons are in Arabic instead of English.

The direction of the elements within the site is from right to left. Text wraps around images from right to left. Example: (Jannah template).

Jannah Template: It is one of the most popular templates that is 100% compatible with Arabic websites. The following image shows what the site would look like if the language of the site inside the control panel was “English,” and the following image shows what the site would look like if its language was “Arabic.” It is clear to us from the two images above that the Jannah template is 100% compatible with the Arabic language, as you do not need to Arabize the texts or elements inside the template yourself or seek the help of a programmer specialized in programming. All you have to do is choose Arabic as the primary language on your site, and the template will automatically activate the interface that perfectly suits the language of your site.

Fourth: Arabizing the site’s pages (making the site multilingual) after we talked about Arabized WordPress templates and the method of Arabizing templates...etc. Here we talk briefly about how to make your site multilingual, which allows the visitor to switch between one language and another to see the content in the language he understands most.

For example: If you target visitors to your site who speak two languages ​​- Arabic and English - this prompts you to provide two versions of your site content (one copy in Arabic and another copy in English). This enables the visitor, upon entering the site, to choose the language that best suits him. The most popular way to make your site multilingual - making different versions of your site pages in more than one language - is to use the PolyLong tool

It is a WordPress plugin that you can install easily and for free on your website. The plugin works very easily; It provides you (in the tools within the article editing page) with a button with a “+” sign when you enter any of the pages of your site that you designed in a certain language, let it be the “English” language, and you can click on it and choose the additional language that you would like to make a copy of on that page, let it be the “Arabic” language, for example. It begins to provide content on the same page, but in Arabic, so that the visitor, while browsing the site, can differentiate between languages.

You do the translation of the content manually yourself, as if you were creating a copy of the content but in Arabic. You can also rely on some add-ons such as the famous Lingotek add-on to translate the content automatically and faster. Tips before getting an Arabized WordPress template In light of what we explained previously, it may have become clear to you that the Arabized template is the most correct choice for the site that you intend to launch in the Arabic language. However, some tips are necessary that will always make your choice the best and most appropriate:

Before purchasing the template, read the user reviews and prior opinions and make sure that there are no negative comments indicating that the template may harm the site, steal data, or anything like that. If you want a template that is automatically compatible with the Arabic language, as we explained previously, make sure that the template supports the RTL feature before purchasing it, which will save you from having to have a programmer modify its code. Make sure to choose a template that supports the website building feature or Visual Builder, which is a feature that helps in modifying the site and adding elements using a quick drag-and-drop method.

Make sure that there is “after-sales” service or technical support if you purchase one of the paid templates, as you may need technical support after the template installation process. If you purchase a template that does not support the RTL feature and hire a programmer to modify it, make sure that the programmer has experience and skill to do so, as some incorrect programming modifications harm the site. The best WordPress templates that can be used for Arabic websites

We are talking here about some suggestions for WordPress templates that are suitable for building content in the Arabic language, and certainly the best template is what you deem appropriate for the field of your site and the way it is designed and presented to visitors. This is a list of some templates that you can rely on to build your website in Arabic without linguistic or programming problems. NEVE template

The Neve template is considered one of the most popular templates compatible with the Arabic RTL language, through which you can customize your site to be displayed in Arabic in a completely appropriate and consistent manner without any problems. What also distinguishes it is that it supports the feature of building websites with the famous WordPress plugin Elementor to build the website by dragging and dropping with ease. 2.

Hestia Template Hestia template provides a completely free version that can do the job of creating your website completely. The site provides the Visual Builder page building feature, and the template can be customized to be an online store, which is fully compatible with the Woocommerce add-on for managing online stores, and also fully supports the Arabic language.

3. Blossom Travel Template

One of the most important completely free templates available on the WordPress theme store: It allows you to create a specialized information website and a personal blog with attractive and fun designs that you can choose from and customize the design as you wish. Using the WordPress Customizer with ease, and it supports the Arabic language perfectly. 4. Storefront template

You can use the Storefront template for free to build your online store and customize it as you want without any additional costs. It is compatible with the Woocommerce add-on and also supports the Arabic language perfectly. 5. Jannah template

The Jannah template helps you launch your website in Arabic in less than a few minutes, because it supports RTL website localization files without the need for any programming modifications at all. 6. Sahifa newspaper template

The newspaper template is very similar to the Jannah template, and it is absolutely ideal for creating your website in Arabic as you wish. It provides you with the feature of creating the design using a drag-and-drop method and is compatible with the Arabic language without any problems at all. Read also: The 10 best WordPress templates for Arabic websites Conclusion

All WordPress templates that were built using languages ​​other than Arabic can be fully Arabized into Arabic, but the methods differ from one template to another. However, in all cases where you need to modify the template code, you must: You should seek the help of a programmer specialized in the PHP language and do not modify it yourself if you do not have sufficient experience to do so. We explained that there are templates that are automatically compatible with the Arabic language and do not require modifying the code to make it compatible with Arabic or translating its English texts. These templates are considered the best for creating your Arabic website.

In the end, you should focus on well-known templates that have many positive reviews and a suitable presentation method. Prepared and edited by Abdel Fattah Al-Tayeb