Once Lang Forge is active, your WordPress post lists gain powerful filtering and display capabilities that make it easy to manage translations across all your content. As a content manager, the post list is where you will spend significant time — scanning for untranslated content, checking translation progress, and coordinating work across languages. Understanding how to use these tools efficiently can save you hours every week.
The language column and filters appear automatically on every post type that you marked as translatable in your Lang Forge settings. This includes the default Posts and Pages lists, as well as any custom post types like WooCommerce Products, Portfolio items, or Events.
What you see in the post list
When you go to Posts > All Posts (or the list for any translatable content type), three new interface elements appear:
- Language column — A new column in the table displays a flag icon and language code for each post, so you can immediately identify which language every item belongs to
- Language filter dropdown — At the top of the list, next to the existing date and category filters, a new dropdown lets you filter the entire list to show only posts in a specific language
- Quick-filter links — Just above the table, clickable links appear showing each language with its post count. For example: “All | English (145) | Spanish (120) | French (85)”. Click any language to instantly filter the view
Step-by-step: Using language filters for daily translation management
- Navigate to Posts > All Posts in your WordPress admin
- To see all content in a specific language, click the language name in the quick-filter links above the table. For example, click “Spanish (120)” to see only Spanish posts
- To find untranslated content, first filter to your default language (for example, English). Then look at the translation indicator icons in the Language column. Posts that are missing a translation for a particular language will show an empty flag slot for that language
- To combine filters, use the language dropdown together with the search box. For example, select “French” from the language dropdown, type “pricing” in the search box, and click Filter. This shows you only French posts containing “pricing” in the title
- To sort by language, click the Language column header. This groups all posts by language, making it easy to see the distribution
- To perform bulk actions on posts in one language, filter to that language, check the posts you want to act on (or click the “Select All” checkbox), and use the Bulk Actions dropdown to change status, move to trash, or perform other operations
- To check the translation status of a specific post, hover over it and look at the flag icons in the Language column. A filled flag means a published translation exists. A faded flag means a draft exists. An empty slot means no translation has been created yet
Real-world example: Weekly translation audit
Every Monday morning, the content manager at a tourism website filters the post list to English and sorts by date to see the newest posts. She scans the Language column and spots three blog posts from last week that have no Spanish translations. She clicks Create Translation on each one, assigns them to the Spanish translator, and then switches the filter to Spanish to verify that the translations from two weeks ago have all been published. This five-minute audit keeps the multilingual site up to date.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Not checking Screen Options. If the Language column does not appear, click Screen Options at the top right of the post list page and check the “Language” checkbox
- Forgetting about custom post types. The language column only appears on post types marked as translatable. If your Portfolio items do not show the column, go to Lang Forge settings and enable translation for that post type
> Tip: Bookmark the filtered post list URL for your most common view. For example, if you frequently check untranslated Spanish content, bookmark the filtered URL so you can access it with one click each morning.
> Good to know: Custom post types must be marked as “translatable” in Lang Forge > Settings > Translatable Content for the language column and filters to appear on their list pages. If a post type is missing the language column, check this setting first.
[Screenshot: The Posts list showing the Language column with flag icons, language filter dropdown, and quick-filter links with post counts]
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