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In Part 1 of this series, we peeked at how to add i18n to a Gatsby blog using a motley set of Gatsby plugins. They are great if you know what they can do, how to use them, and how they work. Still, plugins don’t always work great together since they are often written by different developers, which can introduce compatibility issues and cause an even bigger headache. Besides, we usually use plugins for more than i18n since we also want to add features like responsive images, Markdown support, themes, CMSs, and so on, which can lead to a whole compatibility nightmare if they aren’t properly supported.
How can we solve this? Well, when working with an incompatible, or even an old, plugin, the best solution often involves finding another plugin, hopefully one that provides better support for what is needed. Otherwise, you could find yourself editing the plugin’s original code to make it work (an indicator that you are in a bad place because it can introduce breaking changes), and unless you want to collaborate on the plugin’s codebase with the developers who wrote it, it likely won’t be a permanent solution.
But there is another option!