{"id":23201,"date":"2018-08-13T11:46:34","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T09:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpjournalist.wpmudev.host\/?p=23201"},"modified":"2022-01-13T14:44:35","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T14:44:35","slug":"the-5-best-translation-plugins-for-your-wordpress-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpjournalist.nl\/en\/the-5-best-translation-plugins-for-your-wordpress-website\/","title":{"rendered":"The 5 best translation plugins for your WordPress website"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you want to serve your audience in multiple languages? Then there are different translation plugins for your WordPress website<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Aside from the Dutch language it is a good idea to for example also add the English language so your target audience becomes much larger. But did you know that there are more Spanish speaking people than English? So Spanish is also a good option.<\/p>\n

Although the translation machines like Google Translate are getting better, for a lot of companies it\u2019s still not an option to translate your texts with these. You can always see it was done by a machine, it\u2019s not personal and often boring. So you need creative translators to translate your website into another language.<\/p>\n

I will talk about 5 translation plugins for your WordPress website which you yourself can install and activate.<\/p>\n

1. ConveyThis<\/h2>\n

If there is one truly convenient way to translate your website, it must be through ConveyThis<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span>!<\/p>\n\n\n

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It is the most translated language plugin in the WordPress directory (over 38 language contrubutions) and is growing fast. ConveyThis<\/a> makes it very simple to integrate into WP website and activate as many as 100+ languages.<\/p>\n

ConveyThis<\/a> uses automatic machine translation to translate your entire site, and adds a language switcher button. So within the first couple of minutes, you\u2019ll already have a working, SEO-friendly multilingual site.<\/p>\n

It comes with both free and paid plan. Free plan that lets you translate up to 2,500 words into one language, the paid plans use SaaS-style billing, which means you\u2019ll need to continue to pay for as long as you want to use the service.<\/p>\n

Paid plans start at \u20ac4 a month for one language and up to 10,000 words.<\/p>\n

2. WPML Multilangual CMS<\/h2>\n

One of the most popular translation plugins is WPML Multilangual CMS, which is running on more than 500.000 websites. I myself really like to work with this plugin. You can translate into more than forty languages with this plugin.<\/p>\n

It is a paid plugin and you can\u2019t download it in the WordPress catalogue with all the plugins. But for thirty Euros you can buy the plugin for one website. You do need to extend the subscription every year to keep access to the support.https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/gtranslate\/<\/p>\n

The support is very good by the way and some very helpful people work here. Important, because translation plugins are complex. If something goes wrong you need expert help. And a lot of ThemeForest<\/a> themes indicate they are compatible with the WPML plugin.<\/p>\n

One of the benefits of WPML is that you can – if you want to – connect your website to a subscription with professional translators. When you for example have made a new page with Dutch text then with this subscription it will be automatically translated by a translator from an agency selected by you. Useful for those who don\u2019t want to keep adding translations manually.<\/p>\n

Finally the WPML is also user friendly, because you can for example also translate the meta descriptions into the desired language.<\/p>\n

Ga naar de website van WPML<\/a><\/p>\n

3. Polylang<\/h2>\n

Polylang is a translation plugin which is available for free in the WordPress plugin catalogue. It is a much used (400.000+) and praised plugin to translate your website.<\/p>\n

You can add as many languages as you want. You can translate posts, pages, but also images, menus and widgets. So basically your entire website.<\/p>\n

And what\u2019s handy: if you are not satisfied about your current translation plugin, you can often switch everything over automatically with a separate plugin to another translation plugin.<\/p>\n

Polylang also has a paid version and is more expensive (99 Dollars) for a subscription on one website than for example WPML.<\/p>\n

The plugin uses the technique & taxonomy of WordPress so no heavy changes need to be made. The memory won\u2019t be maxed because of this, and the website won\u2019t suffer when it comes to loading speed.<\/p>\n

Polylang<\/a><\/blockquote>