You can find yourself looking for the right WordPress translation plugin in a couple of scenarios. Chief of them – when creating a multilingual website. The task in itself is usually a pretty big undertaking, so it makes sense that you want to get the plugin decision right from day one.
That is, you probably don’t want to find out you need to switch translation plugins 6 months into your multilingual journey…
To help you make the right decision, I’m going to dig into four popular WordPress multilingual plugins:
- WPML
- Polylang
- Weglot
- TranslatePress
I’ve made different WordPress websites and installed each plugin on a separate test site so I’ll be able to give you a real look at exactly how each WordPress translation plugin works. Let’s dive in!
The WPML $195 lifetime license has not existed for several months, now you pay every year. First purchase $159 and renewal per year $119.
Hi Colin. First of all great insightful article. Thank you. If I chose to use WPML is there is professional translation company you would suggest me to use? Do you know approximately how much such translations cost?
Looking forward to hear from you.
You need to compere plugins side by side. Free editions vs other free editions. In my experience, I haven’t gotten any good results with any of those. Thus, I went ahead and developed a fifth plugin to add to the list: @conveythis Google it if interested.
But its way too expensive. No way i will pay 79 dollars per month for 5 languages which i have atm… you gonna get few cs but most of them will choose the cheaper options which are also good.
I’ve been using PolyLang for a while now, but I just realized the full 2 second wait time at page load. Can anyone tell me about the other products mentioned in this article how they compare? Lots of people have been complaining about the wait time using Polylang, but none of the suggestions provided work for me.
Hello Colin!
Thank you for the useful article. This is really the list of great plugins.
I wish you could try ConveyThis translate before writing it up. It’s free for 5000 words limit and has completely easy settings.