Loco Translate vs WP Multilang – Translation and Multilingual Plugin

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.

WP Multilang is a multilingual plugin for WordPress. Translations of post types, taxonomies, meta fields, options, text fields in miltimedia files, menus, titles and text fields in widgets. Home | Help & Tech Support | Documentation | Premium Features New Features of the plugin WP Multilang Support full site editor for block based themes Support block based widgets Support different feature image for each language Support Smart Custom Fields Plugin Auto Translation ( available in premium version ) – View Tutorial Support URL Slug Translation ( available in premium version ) – View Tutorial Support Base Translation ( available in premium version ) – View Tutorial Export and import content in XLIFF or xml format to translate outside Activate Multilingual Support for Post Types Support Auto URL Slug Translation ( available in premium version ) – View Tutorial Features of the plugin WP Multilang 100% free. Translation at PHP. Compatible with REST. Support configuration for translate multidimensional arrays in options, meta fields, post content. Support multisite. Support WordPress in sub-folder. Separate menu items, posts, terms, widgets, comments per language. Many filters for dynamic applying translation settings. No duplicate posts, terms, menus, widgets. No sub-domain for each language version. No additional tables in database. Possibility set many languages with one localization. For example, for localization in the region. Possibility to set custom locale for html(If installed locale is en_US, you can set locale like: en, en-UK, en-AU etc. Without installation another localization) Possibility for add new languages for any user with capability manage_options. Exist the role “Translator” for editing posts, terms. It can not publish or delete. No limits by languages or by possibilities. WP Multilang compatible with plugins Elementor ( available in premium version ) – View Tutorial Divi Builder ( available in premium version ) – View Tutorial Bricks Builder ( available in premium version ) – View Tutorial ACF, ACF Pro WooCommerce WooCommerce Customizer Gutenberg Yoast Seo SEOPress Contact Form 7 (added mail tag [_language] for send user language in mail) WPBakery Visual Composer Page Builder by SiteOrigin NextGEN Gallery All in One SEO Pack MailChimp for WordPress Newsletter Maps Builder Max Mega Menu MasterSlider WP-PageNavi BuddyPress Meta Slider TablePress Download Monitor (Redefine templates for links in your theme and translate link texts) Better Search Rank Math SEO (thanks for @pratikmts) WPGraphQL (Add lang to the query parameters in URL. Eg: lang=en) Smart Custom Fields Team – Team Members Showcase Plugin Schema & Structured Data for WP & AMP Forminator Forms Gravity Forms Ultimate Member Form Oxygen Builder ( available in premium version ) Internal Link Juicer Strong Testimonials Fluent Forms Advance Woocommerce Support Send emails in customer’s selected language REST API Support Import and export products in customer’s selected language Translate products (simple products, variable products, grouped products), categories, tags, global attributes Cart synchronization across multiple languages Manage translation settings via json. Add in the root of your theme or plugin file wpm-config.json. Sample configurations can be viewed in config files in folder ‘configs’ in root the plugin. Configuration is updated after switching theme, enable or update any plugins. The plugin has filters for dynamic application configuration for translate. For turn off translation, set null into the desired configuration. For example, you must turn off translation for a post type post. There are two ways: In json. Create in root of a theme or a plugin file wpm-config.json with: { “post_types”: { “post”: null } } Through the filter. Add in functions.php add_filter( ‘wpm_post_post_config’, ‘__return_null’ ); To enable translation pass an empty array in php array() or empty object in json {}. Supports translation multidimensional array of options, meta fields and post_content. Supports the removal of established localizations. Supports translation via GET parameter. Add in the GET parameter lang code desired language. Supports clean database of translations when removing the plugin. Translations are only removed from the built-in tables. Supports import term translations from qTranslate(by Soft79). Supports automatically redirect to the user’s browser language, if he visits for the first time. Ideal for developers. For display language switcher in any place add the code to your template if ( function_exists ( 'wpm_language_switcher' ) ) wpm_language_switcher (); Function accepts two parameters: $type – ‘list’, ‘dropdown’, ‘select’. Default – ‘list’. $show – ‘flag’, ‘name’, ‘both’. Default – ‘both’. Or using the shortcode wpm_lang_switcher. It accept two not necessary parameters ‘type’ and ‘show’. Available features for translation: wpm_translate_url( $url, $language = ” ); – translate url wpm_translate_string( $string, $language = ” ); – translate multilingual string wpm_translate_value( $value, $language = ” ); – translate multidimensional array with multilingual strings Update translation occurs at PHP. Therefore plugin has high adaptability, compatibility and easily integrates with other plugins. This is what distinguishes it among similar. Available translation html tags by JS for strings what do not have WP filters before output. Add your tags in config: "admin_html_tags": { "admin_screen_id": { "attribute": [ "selector" ] } } Where: admin_screen_id – admin screen id. attribute – attribute what need to translate. Available ‘text’ – for translate text node, ‘value’ – for translate form values. Or other tag attribute, like ‘title’, ‘alt’. selector – css selector for search needed tag. Each selector is a new array item. If You need to add translation for multidimentional array for repeated elements You can use custom tag ‘wpm_each’ for set config to each element in array. Example, add config for each item ‘title’ in custom post field array: "post_fields": { "custom_field": { "wpm_each": { "title": {} } } } For set translation uses the syntax: [:en]Donec vitae orci sed dolor[:de]Cras risus ipsum faucibus ut[:] Added shortcode for translate text in any place: [wpm_translate][:en]Donec vitae orci sed dolor[:de]Cras risus ipsum faucibus ut[:][wpm_translate] If You translate text in established language, add lang parameter: [wpm_translate lang=”de”][:en]Donec vitae orci sed dolor[:de]Cras risus ipsum faucibus ut[:][wpm_translate] Support translating from syntax qTranslate, qTranslate-X, WPGlobus etc. Compatible with REST-API. Support transfer the required translation through option lang in the GET request to REST. Has the ability to keep recording the target language through the transmission parameter lang in the request. Migration from qTranslate-X Before installing/uninstalling, make database backup. Deactivate qTranslate-X. Install and activate WP Multilang. Create in root of your theme file ‘wpm-config.json’. Add all needed post types, taxonomies, options, fields to ‘wpm-config.json’. Setting from qTranslate-X not importing. Import term names from qTranslate. Check that everything is okay. If everything is okay, remove qTranslate-X. If not, make screenshots of errors, restore database from backup and add support issue with your screenshots and description of errors. Warning Not compatible with: – WP Maintenance Known issues Function ‘get_page_by_title’ not working, because in title field are stored titles for all languages. Use function ‘wpm_get_page_by_title( $title )’ as solution. NOTE: Because plugins have different ways of storing data, WP Multilang is not compatible with every single plugin out-of-the-box (mostly page builders). This may result in texts not being translatable or translations not being saved. Most of these issues can be resolved using the integration options (wpm-config.json or filters) of WP Multilang. Please try WP Multilang in a test-environment before activating it on an existing production site and always make a backup before activating! Home | Help & Tech Support | Documentation | Premium Support We try our best to provide support on WordPress.org forums. However, We have a special community support where you can ask us questions and get help about your WP Multilang related questions. Delivering a good user experience means a lot to us and so we try our best to reply each and every question that gets asked. Bug Reports Bug reports for WP Multilang are welcomed on GitHub. Please note GitHub is not a support forum, and issues that aren’t properly qualified as bugs will be closed.