Both. The integration relies on the public Polylang PHP API which is identical across free and Pro versions, like pll_get_post_language, pll_get_post_translations, and pll_default_language. Pro features like duplicate post translation and string translation across plugins continue to work and inform the rendered cards transparently.

Polylang sets the current language on its global object based on the URL hit, and SleekPixel reads that during the template render. For specific post requests it also calls pll_get_post_language on the queried object ID directly, which guarantees the rendered card matches the post being shown rather than a stale request state.

Polylang treats draft translations as draft posts in its language taxonomy. SleekPixel only renders cards for published translations by default, which matches what social crawlers can fetch publicly anyway. Draft translations get a fallback to the source language card so internal links to draft URLs still preview reasonably.

Yes, Polylang exposes a strings translation panel where the WordPress site title can be translated per language. SleekPixel reads that translated value through pll_translate_string for the active locale and uses it in the brand slot, ensuring the brand label always matches the user-facing site title for that language.

Yes. SleekPixel only writes the og:image and twitter:image meta tags by default, leaving hreflang, canonical URLs, schema, and other SEO concerns to whatever plugin handles them. Yoast SEO, Rank Math, and SEOPress all coexist cleanly because SleekPixel never tries to manage hreflang or canonical link tags.

Yes, the template offers a flag variant that uses Polylang's flag URL helper to render a small flag icon in the corner mark slot. The flag variant is useful for marketing landing pages where the icon reads instantly across cultures, especially in regions where locale codes are not commonly recognised.

The template ships with an RTL variant that mirrors the layout for languages flagged as RTL by WordPress, like Arabic and Hebrew. Headline and brand label flip to right alignment, the corner mark moves to the opposite corner, and the accent stripe runs along the right edge so the card reads naturally for native speakers.

Disabling a language in Polylang hides its translations from the front end, but the cached PNGs remain on disk to avoid surprising deletes during admin tinkering. Use the SleekPixel admin or WP-CLI sleek pixel prune to clear orphaned locale folders explicitly once you have confirmed the language removal is permanent.