Fouad Abuhattab - WordPress Developer & Consultant

Ajnad Logistics - Bilingual Humanitarian Logistics Website

A fully bilingual, 10-page WordPress website (5 pages per language) built for Ajnad Logistics, an Istanbul-based humanitarian logistics company connecting donors with beneficiaries - delivered in 3 weeks with true RTL mirroring across every page.

WordPress Arabic RTL Bilingual
Ajnad Logistics - Bilingual Humanitarian Logistics Website
ClientAjnad Logistics
Timeline3 weeks
Year2022
LocationIstanbul, Turkey

This project combines my WordPress development and Arabic localization & RTL service. Browse both language versions to see the full RTL mirroring in action.

Live site: ajnad.fouadabuhattab.com · Arabic version

Project Overview

Ajnad Logistics is an Istanbul-based humanitarian logistics company connecting donors with beneficiaries through packaging, transportation, distribution, storage, and campaign branding services. The organization needed an informational brochure website that could speak to both English- and Arabic-speaking donors and partner organizations without compromising on design consistency or usability in either language.

I built a fully bilingual, 10-page WordPress site (5 pages per language: Home, About, Services, Our Mission, Contact) in three weeks, using Astra, Elementor Pro, and WPML, with a complete mirrored Arabic version and true RTL layout, not a simple text-direction flip, but actual mirrored component order and spacing across every section.

The Challenge

Humanitarian organizations working across language communities face a common problem: an Arabic version bolted onto an English site usually breaks visually (misaligned icons, reversed reading flow, awkward spacing) because most WordPress themes are built RTL-as-an-afterthought. Ajnad needed both language versions to feel native, not translated, across all 10 pages.

The Solution

I built the site on WordPress with the Astra theme for a lightweight, fast-loading foundation, and Elementor Pro for the visual layout across both language versions. Multilingual content across all 10 pages is managed through WPML, with each Arabic page connected to its English counterpart, and I rebuilt the RTL layout section by section (icon-text order, image-text split, navigation) rather than relying on a simple CSS direction flip. Rank Math handles on-page SEO and hreflang tags for both language versions, LiteSpeed Cache keeps load times low, and UpdraftPlus runs automated backups.

Technologies Used

Astra ThemeElementorWPMLWordPressElementor ProClassic EditorJetpackRank Math SEOLiteSpeed CacheUpdraftPlus

Results

10
Pages delivered across two languages
3
Weeks from kickoff to launch
100%
UI elements mirrored for Arabic, not just text direction

FAQ

How do you handle RTL layouts differently from standard translation plugins?

Standard translation plugins flip text direction but leave layout components (icon position, spacing, alignment) in their LTR order, which looks broken to Arabic readers. I rebuild each section's component order for the Arabic version so it reads as a native design, not a mirrored translation.

What's the best way to build a multilingual WordPress site with WPML and Elementor?

WPML handles the translation layer and hreflang tags, but the layout work has to happen separately in Elementor: every RTL page needs its component order manually reversed, since WPML doesn't do this automatically. Skipping that step is the most common reason Arabic WordPress sites look "auto-translated" instead of native.

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