Polylang vs TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation

With Polylang fully integrated to WordPress and using only its built-in core features (taxonomies), keep steady performances on your site and create a multilingual site featuring from just one extra language to 10 or more depending on your needs. There is no limit in the number of languages added and WordPress’ language packs are automatically downloaded when ready. Features Depending on the type of site you have built or are planning to build, a combination of plugins from the list below might be of interest. All plugins include a wizard allowing to setup them in just a few clicks. Polylang Polylang and Polylang Pro share the same core providing features such as: Translating posts, pages, media, categories, post tags, custom post types and taxonomies, RSS feeds; RTL scripts are supported. The language is either set by the language code in URL, or you can use a different sub-domain or domain per language. Automatic copy of categories, post tags and other metas when creating a new post or page translation. Translating classic menus and classic widgets. Also accessible with Site Editor Classic Features in block themes. Customizable language switchers available as blocks, classic widget or classic navigation menu item. Compatibility with Yoast SEO. Polylang Pro Helps optimizing the time spent translating your site with some very useful extra features such as: Better integration in the new Block Editor. Language options available in the widget block editor. Template parts translatable in the site editor (FSE). Duplicate and/or synchronize content across post translations. Improved compatibility with other plugins such as ACF Pro. Share the same URL slug for posts or terms across languages. Translate URL slugs for categories, author bases, custom post types and more… Machine translation with DeepL. Export and import of content in XLIFF format for outsourced professional translation. Access to a Premium Support for personalized assistance. Polylang for WooCommerce Add-on for the compatibility with WooCommerce which provides features such as: Translating WooCommerce pages (shop, check-out, cart, my account), product categories and global attribute terms directly in the WooCommerce interface. Translating WooCommerce e-mails and sending them to customers in their language. Products metadata synchronization. Compatibility with the native WooCommerce CSV import & export tool. Compatibility with popular plugins such as WooCommerce Subscriptions, Product Bundles, WooCommerce Bookings, Shipment Tracking and more. Ability to use the WooCommerce REST API (available with Polylang Pro). Access to a Premium Support for personalized assistance. Switching from WPML? WPML to Polylang allows migrating from WPML to Polylang in a few clicks. Credits Thanks a lot to all translators who help translating Polylang. Thanks a lot to Alex Lopez for the design of the logo. Most of the flags included with Polylang are coming from famfamfam and are public domain. Wherever third party code has been used, credit has been given in the code’s comments.

Experience a better way to translate your WordPress site and go multilingual, directly from the front-end using a visual translation interface. The built-in AI translation lets you translate automatically, then refine anything visually. TranslatePress is a WordPress translation plugin that anyone can use. The interface allows you to easily translate the entire page at once, including output from shortcodes, forms and page builders. It also works out of the box with WooCommerce. Built the WordPress way, TranslatePress – Multilingual is a GPL and self hosted translation plugin, meaning you’ll own all your translations, forever. It’s the fastest way to create a bilingual or multilingual site. Multilingual & Translation Features Translate all your website content directly from the front-end, in a friendly user interface (translations are displayed in real-time). Fully compatible with all themes and plugins Live preview of your translated pages, as you edit them. Automatic AI translation support through TranslatePress AI Free, with a 2,000 AI words limit. Use our free Website Word Count to find how many words your website contains. Integrates with Google Translate, allowing you to set up unlimited automatic translations using your own Google API key. Fully customizable language switcher that you can display as a menu item, a floating dropdown, or place anywhere else using the Language Switcher block, or the [language-switcher] shortcode. Image translation support, for translating images, sliders and other media. Support for both manual and automatic translation Ability to translate dynamic strings (gettext) added by WordPress, plugins and themes. Translate larger html blocks by merging strings into translation blocks. Editorial control allowing you to publish your language only when all your translations are done Conditional display content shortcode based on language [trp_language language=”en_US”] English content only [/trp_language] Possibility to edit gettext strings from themes and plugins from English to English, without adding another language. Basically a string-replace functionality. Translate only certain paths and exclude content from being translated Translation Block feature in which you can translate multiple html elements together Native Gutenberg support, so you can easily translate Gutenberg blocks Out of the box WooCommerce compatibility Use our FREE Website Translation tool/widget to browse any website into your own language. Note: this plugin uses the Google Translation API to translate the strings on your site. This feature can be enabled or disabled according to your preferences. Users with administrator rights have access to the following settings: select default language of the website and one translation language, for bilingual sites choose whether language switcher should display languages in their native names or English name force custom links to open in current language enable or disable url subdirectory for the default language enable automatic translation via Google Translate Powerful Translation Add-ons TranslatePress – Multilingual has a range of premium Add-ons that allow you to extend the power of this WordPress translation plugin: Pro Add-ons (available in the premium versions only) Full TranslatePress AI access – automatically translate your entire website without extra platforms to sign up for, API keys, and additional translation costs. Each premium version includes a set number of AI translated words you can use to instantly translate your site, saving you both time and money. Extra Languages – allows you to add an unlimited number of translation languages, with the possibility to publish languages later after you complete the translation SEO Pack – lets you translate meta information (like page title, description, url slug, image alt tag, Twitter and Facebook Social Graph tags & more) for boosting your multilingual SEO and increase traffic. Works with all popular SEO plugins. Different Domain per Language – assign a different domain to each language you add (e.g. domain.de, domain.es) and improve international SEO by creating a fully local experience for your visitors Translator Accounts – create or allow existing users to translate the site without admin rights Browse as User Role – view and translate content that is visible only to a particular user role Navigation Based on Language – configure and display different menu items for different languages Automatic User Language Detection – redirect first time visitors to their preferred language based on their browser settings or IP address DeepL Automatic Translation – The DeepL Automatic Translation add-on lets you automatically translate your website through the DeepL API Keyboard Shortcuts CTRL ( ⌘ ) + S – Save translation for the currently editing strings CTRL ( ⌘ ) + ALT + Z – Discard all changes for the currently editing strings CTRL ( ⌘ ) + ALT + → (Right Arrow) – Navigate to next string CTRL ( ⌘ ) + ALT + ← (Left Arrow) – Navigate to previous string Website translatepress.com Documentation Visit TranslatePress WordPress Translation plugin documentation page Add-ons Add-ons Demo Site You can test out TranslatePress – Multilingual plugin by visiting our demo site External Services This plugin connects to the TranslatePress AI translation service to perform automatic translations. Data sent includes page text, license key, site URL, and language settings. This may be triggered by front-end page visits, not just admin actions. If you opt in, the plugin sends limited diagnostic and configuration data to Cozmoslabs.com to help improve the product. Terms & Conditions: https://translatepress.com/terms-conditions/ Privacy Policy: https://translatepress.com/privacy-policy/ If you choose to use Google Translate or DeepL as your translation engine and provide your own API key, content from your site will be sent to those services for translation. This may also be triggered by front-end page visits. Google Translate Terms of Service: https://cloud.google.com/terms/ Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy DeepL Terms of Service: https://www.deepl.com/en/pro-license DeepL Privacy Policy: https://www.deepl.com/en/privacy The plugin requests translation files of other plugins hosted on WordPress.org. Select2: https://github.com/select2/select2