Bogo vs Loco Translate

Bogo is a straight-forward multilingual plugin for WordPress. The core of WordPress itself has the built-in localization capability so you can use the dashboard and theme in one language other than English. Bogo expands this capability to let you easily build a multilingual blog on a single WordPress install. Here are some technical details for those interested. Bogo plugin assigns one language per post. It plays nice with WordPress – Bogo does not create any additional custom table on your database, unlike some other plugins in this category. This design makes Bogo a solid, reliable and conflict-free multilingual plugin. Getting started with Bogo Install language packs First, install language packs for languages you use on the site. You can view and install language packs in the Language Packs screen (Languages > Language Packs). Select your language for admin screen Bogo lets each logged-in user select a language for their admin screen UI. Select a language from the menu on the Toolbar, or from the menu in the Profile screen (Users > Your Profile) if the Toolbar is invisible. Translate your posts and pages To create a translation post, go to the editor screen for the original post and find the Language box. Bogo does only make a copy of the post; translating the copied post is your task. Add language switcher widgets It would be useful for site visitors if you have a language switcher on your site. Bogo provides the Language Switcher widget in the Widgets screen (Appearance > Widgets). You can also use the [bogo] shortcode to put a language switcher inside a post content. If you want to use this shortcode in your theme’s template files, embed the following code into the template: Privacy notices With the default configuration, this plugin, in itself, does not: track users by stealth; write any user personal data to the database; send any data to external servers; use cookies.

Loco Translate provides in-browser editing of WordPress translation files and integration with automatic translation services. It also provides Gettext/localization tools for developers, such as extracting strings and generating templates. Features include: Built-in translation editor within WordPress admin Integration with translation APIs including DeepL, Google, Lecto, Microsoft and OpenAI. Create and update language files directly in your theme or plugin Extraction of translatable strings from your source code Native MO file compilation without the need for Gettext on your system JSON (Jed) file compilation compatible with WordPress script localization Support for standard PO features including comments, references and plural forms PO source view with clickable source code references Protected language directory for saving custom translations Configurable PO file backups with diff and restore capability Built-in WordPress locale codes Official Loco WordPress plugin by Tim Whitlock. For more information please visit our plugin page. Keyboard shortcuts The PO file editor supports the following keyboard shortcuts for faster translating: Done and Next: Ctrl ↵ Next string: Ctrl ↓ Previous string: Ctrl ↑ Next untranslated: Shift Ctrl ↓ Previous untranslated: Shift Ctrl ↑ Copy from source text: Ctrl B Clear translation: Ctrl K Toggle Fuzzy: Ctrl U Save PO / compile MO: Ctrl S Toggle invisibles: Shift Ctrl I Suggest translation: Ctrl J Mac users can use ⌘ Cmd instead of Ctrl.