7 Best Translation Plugins to Support Your Multilingual WordPress Sites

A website is the cheapest way to be present in a market you have never visited, and building one is no longer the hard part. There are good walkthroughs for that, including this guide to building a website from scratch.

The hard part is making it work in more than one language.

As businesses expand internationally, translation and web development stop being separate projects. BeTranslated handles the language side for companies of every size, making sure your site and marketing materials read properly to the audiences they are aimed at.

Between them, a translation partner and a development partner cover most of what an international site needs.

This is where translation plugins come into play. Such plugins enable users to display their sites in multiple languages.

For business owners, having a multilingual WordPress site helps improve their brand localization strategy and widen their reach.

This article reviews seven WordPress translation plugins worth considering, and what separates them.

A note on the prices below. Every plan cost in this article was checked against the vendor's own pricing page on 20 September 2026, and every install count and WordPress compatibility figure was checked against the vendor's own WordPress.org listing (or, for WPML, its own site) on 21 September 2026. Plugin pricing and install counts move, and several of these vendors bill in euros rather than dollars, so confirm the current figures before you buy.

ConveyThis: Best for Rapid, Automated Setup

If there is one truly convenient way to translate your website, it must be through ConveyThis!

It supports over 200 languages, one of the widest language libraries of any plugin on this list, though its WordPress.org install base is still modest at 1,000+ active sites (versus the six-figure counts most of the others on this list carry - see the compatibility note under each plugin below).

ConveyThis makes it very simple to integrate into WP website and activate as many as 200+ languages.

ConveyThis uses automatic machine translation to translate your entire site, and adds a language switcher button.

So within the first couple of minutes, you’ll already have a working, SEO-friendly multilingual site.

There is a free plan and a long ladder of paid ones. The free tier covers 5,000 words in one language on one domain; the paid plans are SaaS subscriptions, so you pay for as long as you use the service.

The cheapest paid plan, Starter, is $12 a month for one language and 30,000 words, and the ladder runs up through Business, Pro, Corporate and Advanced tiers to a custom enterprise plan.

Key Features of ConveyThis

• Translate to 200+ languages
• Fast and accurate automatic machine translation
• Translate attributes, alt text, meta text, and page URLs
• 100% compatibility with all themes and plugins (including WooCommerce)
• SEO-optimized (all translated pages will be indexed by Google, Bing, Yahoo, etc.)

Free plan: $0/month, one language, 5,000 words, one domain.

Cheapest paid plan (Starter): $12/month, one language, 30,000 words.

WordPress compatibility: 1,000+ active installs on WordPress.org, tested up to WordPress 7.1.1, requires WordPress 5.3 or newer.

A note on the free tier. ConveyThis's free plan runs on automatic machine translation. Free tiers built on a third-party translation API can be affected by that provider's own rate limits or pricing changes at any time, which is out of the plugin's control. For a business-critical site, budget for a paid plan rather than relying on the free tier long-term.

WPML: The Industry Standard for Developers

The WordPress Multilingual plugin (WPML) is one of the oldest and most popular translation plugins. More than 50,000 developers use WPML to create multilingual sites, including those of businesses, agencies, and personal blogs.

WPML provides around 40 languages, and you can add language variants using WPML’s language editor.

On its management system, users can translate site content like posts, tags, categories, and custom taxonomies.

It also allows string translation, enabling you to translate WordPress themes and plugins.

This translation plugin also allows third-party integration for site owners who outsource translations.

WPML users can also activate professional services from the WordPress dashboard to connect with a translation solution.

On top of everything, WPML takes into account the SEO aspects of the localized content.

Site owners can translate URLs, meta descriptions, and plugin information. Regarding the last, WPML is fully compatible with WooCommerce and WP Rocket, letting you fully localize product listings, carts, and checkouts.

WPML is premium-only. Multilingual Blog starts at €39/year.

For automatic translation, string translation and eCommerce support you need Multilingual CMS at €99/year, and there is a Multilingual Agency tier at €199/year for people building many sites. Note the currency: WPML prices in euros, not dollars.

WordPress compatibility: WPML reports 1.5 million+ active sites, per its own site, and supports WordPress 6.0 and newer.

GTranslate: Best for Free Machine Translation at Scale

GTranslate is one of the most user-friendly translation plugins. The Google Translate API integration enables users to automate their site translation process. It also lets you choose among 103 languages, including the right-to-left languages such as Arabic.

Not only site content, but GTranslate also allows string translation for widgets, themes, and plugins. Furthermore, GTranslate is SEO-friendly. Besides providing users with two custom URL suggestions, this plugin offers country-specific URLs to optimize multilingual SEO strategies.

GTranslate provides several language-switcher widget designs. Some of them are dropdown menus, flags, and texts.

The different widget options enable users to pick one that best suits their overall site design, improving user experience.

Compatibility-wise, GTranslate supports popular plugins, including WooCommerce and Yoast SEO.

It also integrates with Google Analytics, so you can track how the translated versions of the site actually perform.

GTranslate is a freemium translation plugin.

The free version comes with access to all available languages, Google automatic translator, and unlimited words.

The paid plans start at $12/month, or $120/year (the Custom tier), and run through Startup at $250/year, Business at $350/year and Enterprise at $500/year. Those add search engine indexing, translation editing, URL translation and language hosting.

One thing the free tier does not include is commercial use rights, which matters if this is a business site rather than a personal one.

WordPress compatibility: 900,000+ active installs on WordPress.org, tested up to WordPress 7.1.1, and ships a native Gutenberg block for its language switcher.

A note on the free tier. GTranslate's free plan runs on the Google Translate API. Free tiers built on a third-party translation API can be affected by that provider's own rate limits or pricing changes at any time, which is out of the plugin's control. For a business-critical site, budget for a paid plan rather than relying on the free tier long-term.

Loco Translate: Best for Theme and Plugin String Translation

Loco or Loco Translate, powering over one million multilingual websites worldwide, is the most popular WordPress translation plugin.

Loco is also among the best WordPress translation plugins for developers. It allows them to import and export translations to different file formats, including JSON, XML, Android, and iOS.

It also works with the Google, Microsoft, Yandex, Lecto AI and DeepL Translate APIs.

The interface is approachable enough that non-developers can find their way around it.

Most people use it to translate WordPress themes and plugins.

That said, they should keep track of updates as Loco Translate doesn’t provide automatic translations.

Loco Translate has free and premium versions. The free tier allows up to 2,000 translations, with limits attached.

You can have two projects that can contain 1,000 translatable assets as well as 10 languages, and only the previous edit is saved in your revision history.

The paid versions start at $5.95/month (Pro), with Business at $19.95/month and Agency at $29.95/month. Their translation limits are 5,000, 25,000 and 125,000 respectively, and Loco also prices in pounds and euros.

Even so, they all grant unlimited projects, translatable assets, languages, and revision history.

WordPress compatibility: 1 million+ active installs on WordPress.org, tested up to WordPress 7.0.5.

Polylang: Best for Free, Unlimited-Language Sites

Should you want to build a multilingual WordPress website with ease, translate your website with Polylang. With this plugin, all you have to do is:

• Select your target languages.
• Set the default language.
• Create content as you usually would.
• Assign a language to the content, and Polylang will automatically translate it.

Polylang supports more than 100 languages and does not cap how many you use. Visitors pick their language from a switcher you can place in the navigation or as a widget.

Regarding translation assets, this plugin allows post, media, custom post type, page, menu, tag, category, and widget translations.

Users can put translated pages and other content in a separate domain, sub-domain, and sub-directory per language.

Polylang supports YoastSEO and AIOSEO integrations. They will help manage multilingual SEO factors such as HTML hreflang tags.

On top of that, users can install the Lingotek add-on to enable professional translations.

Polylang is a freemium translation WordPress plugin. For URL slug translation, duplicating posts across languages and REST API support you need Polylang Pro.

Polylang Pro costs €99/year for one site, with tiers at €198 for three sites, €297 for five and €495 for twenty-five. Renewals are half price.

WordPress compatibility: 800,000+ active installs on WordPress.org, tested up to WordPress 7.1.1, requires WordPress 6.5 or newer.

TranslatePress: Best for Full Manual Translation Control

TranslatePress is among the most feature-rich WordPress multilingual plugins. TranslatePress allows users to automatically or manually translate any of the users’ site elements, including:

• Blog posts
• Custom post types
• Web pages
• Media
• Widgets
• Plugins and themes
• Pop-ups and sliders
• SEO elements

For instant translation TranslatePress uses Google Translate and DeepL. Meanwhile, manual translations allow users to carry out the process themselves, employ a professional translation service, or hire a professional translator.

Regarding the last option, website owners can opt for the plugin’s premium version and assign the translator a Translator account.

Therefore, they won’t have to worry about collaborators having the same amount of access as other users.

TranslatePress provides 221 languages to choose from. That said, users can still add up to unlimited languages to translate.

This plugin also allows users to exclude content from translations. On its interface, site owners can monitor the translated content in real-time. Therefore, you can easily check if everything goes as planned.

TranslatePress packs a customizable language switcher via shortcodes, enabling users to place the switcher as a menu item or a dropdown.

What’s more, TranslatePress stores translations in the site owners’ servers, ensuring they won’t lose their translations.

An SEO pack add-on is also available to help translate image alt texts, URL slugs, and Facebook social graph tags.

TranslatePress’s free plan is perfect for site owners who only need to translate their WordPress websites to one language. Users can get the TranslatePress free version from the WordPress plugin repository.

For unlimited languages, premium support and the add-ons, the entry premium plan is Personal at €99/year, with Business at €199/year and Developer at €349/year.

WordPress compatibility: 400,000+ active installs on WordPress.org, tested up to WordPress 7.1.1.

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Weglot: Best for eCommerce Multilingual SEO

Weglot, the last in this list, is an excellent translating plugin for business owners wanting to create a multilingual website. This plugin works well with popular eCommerce platforms, including WooCommerce, Shopify, Squarespace, and Adobe Commerce.

Weglot has more than 100 languages to choose from. It offers manual and automated translations while allowing users to review and edit them from its intuitive interface.

Regarding automated translations, site owners can choose among the following options:

• Use the built-in machine translation.
• Sign up for automatic translation services like Google, DeepL, and Microsoft, depending on the target language.
• Combine both methods to ensure higher accuracy.

Weglot is also easy to set up, as it excludes coding from the process. It has translation management tools, enabling site owners to improve collaboration within the team and with professional translators.

Like most of the WordPress translation plugins in this list, Weglot plans also packs multilingual SEO tools.

Translated URLs, though, only appear from the Pro tier upwards, which is worth knowing before you commit: it is one of the features most likely to matter for multilingual SEO.

Weglot prices in euros. Starter is €150/year, Business €290/year, Pro €790/year, Advanced €2,990/year and Extended €6,990/year, with a custom Enterprise tier above that. Each step up buys both more words and more languages, from 10,000 words and one language on Starter to 5,000,000 words and twenty languages on Extended.

The free version covers one language and up to 2,000 words.

WordPress compatibility: 50,000+ active installs on WordPress.org, tested up to WordPress 7.0.5.

Conclusion

Throughout this article, you’ve learned the seven best WordPress translation plugins for multilingual websites and what features these plugins often have.

On the free tier, GTranslate still offers the most: every language, unlimited words, and machine translation. The catch is that the free plan does not grant commercial use rights, so a business site needs a paid plan regardless of how generous the limits look.

Among the paid options, WPML remains the best value for a typical multilingual business site. €99/year for Multilingual CMS buys string translation, eCommerce support, multilingual SEO and broad plugin compatibility, which is less than most of the alternatives charge for less.

The right answer still depends on the site. A one-language shop and a fifteen-market eCommerce catalog are different problems, and the price difference between the plugins that solve them is an order of magnitude.

Related: Need more than a plugin? Explore BeTranslated's professional WordPress website translation services for human-reviewed, SEO-optimized localization.