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How to Translate Your WordPress Website in 2024
Learn how to translate your WordPress website into more languages and build a multilingual site.
On this page
https://wpml.org/home/how-to-build-a-multilingual-wordpress-website/#choose-multilingual-plugin
Choose a Multilingual WordPress Plugin	Sign up/Log in
https://wpml.org/home/how-to-build-a-multilingual-wordpress-website/#setup-wpml
Setup WPML	Sign up/Log in Start your free 30-day trial Translate a resource file for free
https://wpml.org/home/how-to-build-a-multilingual-wordpress-website/#translate-website
Translate Your Website	Translate a resource file for free Sign up/Log in Start your free 30-day trial
https://wpml.org/home/how-to-build-a-multilingual-wordpress-website/#review-and-publish
Review and Publish	Sign up/Log in Privacy Policy and GDPR Compliance Start your free 30-day trial
https://wpml.org/home/how-to-build-a-multilingual-wordpress-website/#add-language-switcher
Add a Language Switcher	Sign up/Log in Start your free 30-day trial Translate a resource file for free
https://wpml.org/home/how-to-build-a-multilingual-wordpress-website/#smooth-translation
Enjoy a Smooth Translation Process	Translate a resource file for free Sign up/Log in
https://wpml.org/home/how-to-build-a-multilingual-wordpress-website/#why-wpml
Why Translate with WPML?	Translate a resource file for free Sign up/Log in Start your free 30-day trial
Translating your website can help you rank in other languages, build trust among your readers, and communicate ideas more clearly. Whether you want to increase your traffic, conversions, or engagement, translating your site is a great method for achieving all three.

Choose a Multilingual WordPress Plugin
The easiest way to translate your WordPress website is using a multilingual plugin, like WPML. Among WordPress users, WPML is the most popular multilingual plugin, with over 1,000,000+ active installations.

In addition to translating your content, WPML also includes:
Automatic Translation
Translate your website with machine translation
Multilingual SEO
Optimize translated content to rank higher on Google
Unlimited Languages
Translate your website into as many languages as you want
1. Setup WPML
WPML comes with a short setup wizard to help you configure the basic settings.
Configuring settings in WPML setup wizard
Configuring settings in WPML setup wizard

During the setup wizard, you can choose:
What languages to add
Choose from over 65 pre-configured languages, or add your own custom languages.
https://wpml.org/documentation/getting-started-guide/language-setup/editing-wpmls-languages-table/
Add Languages	Sign up/Log in Translate a resource file for free Start your free 30-day trial
How to format URLs
Organize translations under subdomains, subfolders, or different domains per language.
https://wpml.org/documentation/getting-started-guide/language-setup/language-url-options/
URL Formatting	Sign up/Log in Translate a resource file for free Start your free 30-day trial
Who will translate
Manage translations by yourself, with other users on your site, or with external translators
https://wpml.org/documentation/support/wpml-admin-capabilities/
User Roles	Sign up/Log in Translate a resource file for free Start your free 30-day trial
2. Translate Your Website
With WPML, you can translate any element on your website. This includes:

Pages
Posts
Custom posts
Taxonomies
Forms
Widgets
Products
To translate any element with WPML, go to WPML → Translation Management and select the content you want to translate.
Selecting homepage in Translation Management
Selecting homepage in Translation Management

Next, select your translation method. WPML offers various ways to translate your content, including manually (by yourself) and automatically (machine translation).

WPML currently supports four machine translation engines:
https://wpml.org/documentation/automatic-translation/wpml-ai-wordpress-translation/
WPML AI Most accurate	$30 A red car
https://wpml.org/documentation/automatic-translation/wpml-ai-wordpress-translation/
https://wpml.org/documentation/automatic-translation/translate-your-wordpress-site-with-deepl/
DeepL Most customizable	$30 A red car
https://wpml.org/documentation/automatic-translation/translate-your-wordpress-site-with-deepl/
https://wpml.org/documentation/automatic-translation/translate-your-wordpress-site-using-google-translate/
Google Translate Most languages	$30
https://wpml.org/documentation/automatic-translation/translate-your-wordpress-site-using-google-translate/
https://wpml.org/documentation/automatic-translation/translate-wordpress-sites-using-microsoft-azure-translator/
Microsoft Azure Most affordable	$30
https://wpml.org/documentation/automatic-translation/translate-wordpress-sites-using-microsoft-azure-translator/
To achieve the highest translation quality, we recommend WPML AI, our better than human translation model powered by ChatGPT.
https://wpml.org/documentation/automatic-translation/wpml-ai-wordpress-translation/
3. Review and Publish
Before publishing translations, WPML lets you preview how they look on the front end.
Previewing homepage translations on the front-end editor

If you’re satisfied with translations, you can publish them to your site. If you want to make changes, you can edit translations using the Advanced Translation Editor.

https://wpml.org/documentation/translating-your-contents/advanced-translation-editor/
Editing homepage translations in the Advanced Translation Editor
Editing homepage translations in the Advanced Translation Editor

Once you publish translations, they will appear on the front end of your website.
Homepage in English

Homepage in Spanish

4. Add a Language Switcher
To help your website visitors change to their preferred language, WPML lets you add a language switcher to your website. You can add your switcher in multiple locations on your site, including:
https://wpml.org/documentation/getting-started-guide/language-setup/language-switcher-options/


Menus

Widgets

Templates

Post content
By default, WPML provides a basic design for each language switcher. However, you can add your own styling to match switchers with your website’s design. This includes customizing flags, setting background color, changing font, and more.


Enjoy a Smooth Translation Process
WPML has an ongoing collaboration with over 1,000+ plugins and themes, making sure you enjoy a smooth translation process without any compatibility issues.
https://wpml.org/plugin/	https://app.ptc.wpml.org/
https://wpml.org/theme/	https://app.ptc.wpml.org/
Some of our partners include:
Why Translate with WPML?
Since 2011, WPML has helped millions of WordPress users build multilingual websites. As of today, WPML…

Has over 1,000,000+ annual active installations
Is compatible with almost every plugin and theme
Automatically translates 18 billions words per year
And if you’re still not sure, see what our existing clients say about us.
WPML’s features, functionality, consistent updates, and the tremendous amount of behind-the-scenes support set it apart.
James Welch CIO, Embryo
WPML is a powerful and user-friendly plugin that helps websites translate their WordPress site into multiple languages with ease.
Ben Foster CEO, SEO Works
WPML has been the most useful plugin by far in our company. Whenever we have a new customer, WPML is our default choice.

Vadim Pavlovich Owner, Coma
Translate WordPress with WPML
Build your multilingual website with the No. 1 WordPress plugin
https://wpml.org/purchase/	https://app.ptc.wpml.org/
Get WPML	Sign up/Log in Start your free 30-day trial Translate a resource file for free