Translate Your WordPress Website

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Today, we take a look at some free translation and localization plugins for WordPress, that can help you translate your blog or website into multiple languages. Here are some free plugins that you can use for your projects.

GTranslate

GTranslate is a cross-platform plugin that comes with its own cloud translation network and is available in both free and premium versions.

• Supports multiple platforms, including WordPress, Joomla!, Drupal and Magento.
• Supports 58 different languages and comes with detailed analytics.
• Premium versions also include SEO features such as search engine indexing and meta data translation.
• Premium versions provide a cloud-based Translation Delivery Network to the users and make use of a centralized translation cache to deliver faster results.
• Pricing: Pro version is available for 79 euros (includes free support and one-time integration); Free version as well as custom pricing for Enterprise usage is also available.

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SimpleTranslate

SimpleTranslate is a nifty and extremely simple plugin for WordPress users.

• The plugin comes with just a widget that you can place in your sidebar, and enable your visitors to choose the language of their choice using the sidebar widget.
• Pricing: Free

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Polylang

Polylang is not a machine translation tool. It does not automatically translate your content to and from different languages. Instead, it allows you to publishcontent in multiple languages.

• You can translate posts, pages, categories, tags, widgets, menu items and even RSS feeds.
• The plugin automatically downloads and updates the WordPress language files.
• There is support for pretty permalinks and a native language switcher widget is also provided.
• The plugin itself is available in 15 languages, but for translation purposes, you can use as many languages as you want.
• Lastly, you can also define the default language for the admin panel. Apart from that, the plugin supports Right-to-Left languages such as Arabic and Urdu as well.
• Pricing: Free

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 GTS Translation Plugin

GTS Translation Plugin combines automatic translation and human post editing (crowdsourcing). Thus, your blog content is first translated by the GTS servers, and then the translated version is post-edited by translators from GTS community (alternatively, you can also use your own translators).

• Claims to increase your traffic by at least 30% within two months.
• Supports over 30 languages.
• Also has good SEO features such as permalinks’ and meta tags’ translation.
• Pricing: Free

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Transposh WordPress Translation

Transposh WordPress Translation is a translation filter for WordPress that, just like GTS Translation Plugin, combines automatic translation with human translation.

• Support for Right-to-Left languages.
• Drag-and-drop interface.
• Lets you translate virtually all your content, including comments, RSS feeds and meta tags.
• Easy integration with BuddyPress.
• Pricing: Free

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Google Website Translator

Google Website Translator lets you generate a code snippet for your website which you can then employ to integrate a translation mechanism on your site. It is extremely easy to use and implement, and above all, it is free! You can specify the look and appearance of the translation tool (such as a tab, an inline translation menu or a simple bar), as well as select languages of your choice from a collection of over 60 languages.

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