For WordPress environments, maintaining control over URL structures is critical for local SEO. The MultiLipi WordPress plugin includes a dedicated URL Slug Manager that allows you to define explicit mapping rules between your source paths (e.g., /über-uns/ ) and their localized targets (e.g., /अनुवादित-पृष्ठ/ ). This ensures that your specific keywords are preserved in the URL structure before the request even leaves your server.
This guide details the protocol for defining these routing maps.
1. The Mapping Architecture
How the plugin handles routing.
The plugin acts as an interceptor. When a request hits your WordPress site for a translated path defined in this manager, the plugin identifies the mapping and serves the correct underlying content without generating a 404 error. This allows you to "mask" English URLs with native-language slugs seamlessly.
2. Configuration Protocol
Manage these rules directly from your WordPress Admin Panel.
Step 1: Access WP Admin Context
Log in to your WordPress Dashboard (/wp-admin ).
Ensure the MultiLipi plugin is installed and active.
Step 2: Initialize Slug Manager
In the main WordPress sidebar, locate and click on MultiLipi .
Im Untermenü wählen Sie aus URL-Slugs .
Kontext: This opens the MultiLipi URL Slug Manager screen, displaying all active local maps.
Navigieren Sie zu MultiLipi → URL Slugs from the WordPress sidebar
Step 3: Define New Rule
Klicken Sie auf das Symbol "+ Add new slugs"Knopf.
A new input row will appear. Populate the schema as follows:
Language: Select the target locale code (e.g., hi — Hindi ).
Original Path: Input the existing source URL (e.g., /beispiel-seite/ ). Anmerkung: This page must already exist.
Translated Path: Input your desired custom slug (e.g., /अनुवादित-पृष्ठ/ ).
Klicken Sie auf das Symbol "+ Add new slugs" button to create a new URL mapping rule
Fill in the Sprache , Ursprünglicher Pfad und Übersetzter Pfad Felder
Step 4: Commit Mapping
Klicken Retten to apply the rule.
Systemaktion: The routing map is updated immediately. Users browsing in Hindi who visit the translated path will now see the correct content.
3. Validation & Constraints
Engineering rules for valid paths.
To prevent routing errors or infinite loops, the system enforces the following strict constraints:
Slash Consistency
Every path (Original and Translated) must start and end with a forward slash /.
Correct: /über-uns/
Incorrect: about-us
Uniqueness
Das Übersetzter Pfad must be unique within that specific language. You cannot map two different pages to the same slug.
Existence Check
You cannot map a "Ghost URL." The Ursprünglicher Pfad must refer to a valid, published page on your WordPress site.