This comprehensive guide explains how to translate User Registration & Membership (URM) plugin email notifications into different languages using the popular multilingual plugin – WPML.

The User Registration & Membership plugin already supports email translation functionality, but requires proper configuration with multilingual plugins to work correctly.

Prerequisites: 
✅ User Registration & Membership plugin (installed and activated).
✅ Translation plugin - WPML (Multilingual CMS or higher plan).

Step 1: Install and Configure WPML #

1. Install WPML plugins:
   • WPML Multilingual CMS.
   • WPML String Translation.
   • WPML Translation Management (optional).

2. Run WPML Setup Wizard:

• Navigate to WPML > Languages.
• Complete the setup wizard.
• Select your default language and additional languages.
• Choose URL format (subdirectories recommended) and save the changes.

Step 2: Configure WPML String Translation Settings #

1. Go to WPML > String Translation section.
2. Enable “Look for strings while pages are rendered”.

Step 3: Register URM Email Strings #

Method A: Automatic Registration

1. Navigate to WPML > Theme and plugins localization
2. Click “Scan selected plugins for strings.”
3. Select User Registration & Membership from the list
4. Click “Scan” to register all translatable strings

Method B: Manual Registration

1. Create a page to trigger emails:
   • Create a new page or navigate to an existing page to trigger emails.
   • Embed the form that triggers email on this page.

Now, navigate to the Pages > All Pages and click on the + sign to translate the page into your preferred language.

Next, it will redirect you to the translation page. Here, click on the + sign to translate the Email Translation page. Save and complete the translation.

2. Trigger Email String Registration:

Now, you need to trigger the email string by registering a test user.

• Create a test user account.
• Complete the user registration process.

• Switch to each target language using the WPML language switcher.
• Perform actions that trigger emails.
• This registers email strings with WPML.

Step 4: Translate Email Content #

1. Access String Translation:
   • Go to WPML > String Translation
   • Filter by domain and look for strings containing “email”, “mail”, “message”, or “notification”
2. Identify Email Strings: Common URM email string patterns:
   user_registration_successfully_registered_email
3. Translate Strings:
   • Click the [+] or pencil icon next to each string

4. Add translations for each target language

Preserve dynamic placeholders like:

• {user_name} or {username}
• {site_name} or {site_url}
• {activation_link} or {reset_link}
• {membership_plan}
• {expiry_date}

Example Translation:
Original (English):Hi {{username}}, <br/> Congratulations! You have successfully completed your registration on <a href=”{{home_url}}”>{{blog_info}}</a>. <br/> {{membership_plan_details}} Please visit ‘<b>My Account</b>’ page to edit your account details and create your user profile. <br/> Thank You!

German Translation: Hallo {{username}},
Herzlichen Glückwunsch! Ihre Zahlung für die Registrierung bei {{blog_info}} wurde erfolgreich abgeschlossen.
Sie können Ihre Zahlungsrechnung hier einsehen: {{payment_invoice}}
Vielen Dank!

You can use Google Translate to translate. Next, copy and paste the translated email.

Step 5: Test Email Translations #

1. Create test accounts in different languages:
   • Switch site language using the WPML switcher.
   • Register new test accounts.
   • Verify emails arrive in the correct language.

Similarly, you can translate form fields, email subject, and so on.

Additional Resources #

1. Learn how to resend the verification email in WordPress.
2. Solve the WordPress not sending emails issue.