How To Make A Multilingual Word. Press Site: Best Translation Plugins. Word. Press by default is not multilingual. This means that you need to add multilingual functionality through a translation plugin, creating a Word. Press Multisite installation or using a translation proxy.

In this post I show the best options to create a Word. Press website in two or more languages, using automatic machine translations or human translations. You can use free or premium plugins (which cost about $7. Updated on August 1.

INDEXINTRODUCTIONOPTION 1. Installing a Word. Press plugin in a standalone Word. Press environment. AUTOMATIC Machine Translations: GTranslate. SEMI- AUTOMATIC Translations. Transposh. 1. 2. 2.

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Ajax Translator Revolution (premium)1. HUMAN Translations.

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Polylang. 1. 3. 3. WPML (premium)OPTION 2. Using Word. Press Multisite: One website per language. Word. Press Multisite (no need to use network plugins)2. Word. Press Multisite + Multilingual Network Plugin.

Multisite Language Switcher. Multilingual Press. OPTION 3. Using a Word. Press theme with integrated multilingual system. OPTION 4. Word. Press Localization with translation proxy: Easyling. CONCLUSIONSANNEX.

Translation services for Word. Press websites. INTRODUCTIONThere may be different reasons why you need to translate your Word.

Press website into other languages: You are designing a website in a country that uses multiple languages (in Canada, English and French; in Switzerland, French, German and Italian; etc.)You want to make a Spanish version to sell your products or services in other parts of the world or a Russian version for russian customers. Or just want to have your web page in several languages to reach a wider audience. Choosing the most suitable translation plugin for your needs will take some time. If you have a look at the Word. Press Plugin Directory for a list of multilingual Plugins you’ll find many options.

Word. Press does not offer a simple solution for building multilingual websites. There are several ways to make a multilingual site. They can be divided into 4 groups: Option 1: Using a translation plugin in a single Word. Press environment (the most common way)Option 2: Using Word. Press Multisite environment and a multilingual network plugin. Option 3: Using a Word.

Press theme with integrated multilingual system. Option 4: Word. Press localization with translation proxy. In this article, I’d like to guide you through the different options available to have a multilanguage Word. Press site. Which is the best option? It depends on many factors: Translation – Do you want to use machine translation or human translation? Cost – What’s your budget for the multilingual project?

Support – Do you want to have technical support? Speed – How can you provide a good user experience without decreasing the speed of the application? Size – How large is your website? Linking – Does each post or page always have a translation and do they need to be linked to each other? User profile – Are you a website owner, a freelance translator or a language service provider?

SOME TIPS: Since Word. Press 4. 1 you can change your site language (and install new languages) from the Word. Press dashboard. You don’t need to modify WPLANG in wp- config. Go to Settings > General > Site Language, and select a new language (or install a new one).

More info: Word. Press 1. In My Language. Before starting a multilingual Word. Press site is highly recommended choosing a multilingual theme already translated into other languages. More info: A Guide to Choosing a Multilingual Word. Press Theme. You can choose different URL formats when building a multilingual website. More info in this article: Domain, Subdomain, Subdirectory, Languages and Word.

Press. Also you should implement a multilingual SEO strategy for search engines (Google, Bing, Yandex –Russia- or Baidu –China- ). More info in this post: Multilingual SEO for Word. Press Sites. OPTION 1. Installing a Word. Press plugin in a standalone Word. Press environment.

You can install a Word. Press translation plugin for automatic or human translations in a standalone Word.

Press environment. Let’s review the most popular plugins.

AUTOMATIC Machine Translations: GTranslate. GTranslate is a plugin that can be used for automatic machine translations. This free plugin allows you to insert the Google Language Translator tool onto your website using a widget. Advantages. It’s the cheapest option. You don’t need to perform the costly task of translating your website or hire a translator.

Disadvantages. Translations often don’t make sense. Search engines could consider them as spam. What to do in these cases is prevent these translations from being indexed using the robots. The plugin also offers a paid version with more advanced features: edit translations, URL translation, metadata translation, etc. Conclusion: the best option to use automatic machine translations.

More Details. 1. 2. SEMI- AUTOMATIC Machine Translations.

Transposh. Transposh is a free plugin that allows automatic translations, but with the advantage that it allows you to combine automatic translation with human translation. Advantages. It’s free and allows you to combine machine translation with manual translations. Disadvantages. Automatic machine translations performed are not very accurate so it’s recommended to make manual corrections. Conclusion: a great option that it allows you to combine machine translation with manual translation. More Details. 1. 2.

Ajax Translator Revolution. If you are looking for a professional solution for automatic translation Ajax Translator Revolution is probably the best option. It’s a premium plugin that uses Google Translate machine translation service. Arts And Crafts Ideas more. A total of 6. 3 languages are supported for automatic translation and your site will be translated instantly upon installation. Advantages. It’s a plugin highly customizable.

You can translate everything or exclude sections from the web pages, pages, posts and categories. Show languages flags and names, or just flags, or just names. If your theme doesn’t have a widget area in the location you want, then you can use the custom positioning settings to place it anywhere. You will be able to edit the translations manually and make your own translations. Compatible with Woo. Commerce, Woo. Themes, Buddy. Press, bb. Press and Gravity Forms.

Disadvantages. Automatic translations are not very accurate so it’s recommended to make manual corrections. Price. It costs $ 2. Conclusion: the best plugin for automatic translations. Also, allows you to combine machine translation with manual translation.

More Details          Live Preview. HUMAN Translations. This plugin store all languages alternatives for each post in the same post.

Advantages. It’s free. You can switch from one language to another by simple tabs on the edit panel in Word.

Press. Does not create additional tables in the database. Disadvantages. Limited support. When a new version of Word.

Press appears, q. Translate. X may take time to get a compatible update. I have to admit that I have not had very good experiences with this plugin. Some themes and plugins don’t work properly with this plugin. Conclusion: the most popular free multilingual plugin, but not the best (in my opinion, of course).

More Details. 1. 3. Polylang. Polylang is a free plugin that is easy to use with great support. The users give to this plugin a high score (4,8 out of 5), which gives an idea of the quality of this plugin.

I think it’s the best free option. Advantages. It’s free, easy to use, and very light- weight. It offers great support. You can translate posts, pages, widgets, categories, tags, media, menus, custom post types, custom taxonomies, sticky posts and all default Word. Press widgets are supported. Disadvantages. The plugin has been developed by one person. If the developer doesn’t find the time to keep the plugin up- to- date, you could find your multilingual web site incompatible with Word.

Press. Documentation can be improved. Some themes don’t work properly with this plugin.