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Actively maintained Tested with WP 7.1 #4 in localization

WP Multilang – Translation and Multilingual Plugin

Multilingual plugin for WordPress. Go Multilingual in minutes with full WordPress support. Translate your site easily with this localization plugin.

Active installs10K+10K+ tier
Downloads · 30d6.1K▲ +3.4% vs prev. 30d
Rating4.3/5100 reviews
Health score91/100Excellent
All-time downloads284.1KSince May 2017
Support resolved1 / 1100% in last 2 months
RequiresWP 4.7PHP 5.6.20+
Downloads · 7d1.2K▲ +20.6% week over week
Our verdict

Safe pick

Yes — WP Multilang is a safe, well-maintained plugin to use in 2026. It runs on 10K+ sites, is rated 4.3/5 and was last updated 3 weeks ago, and scores 91/100 on our health check.

  • Proven at scale on 10K+ active sites
  • Actively developed — last update 3 weeks ago
  • Tested with the latest WordPress (7.1)

How does it stack up?

Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support

Daily downloads

4689371.4KJun 28Aug 11Sep 25
Yesterday158
Daily average (1y)159
Peak day1,933May 12, 2026
Last 12 months58.1K

Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.

Rankings

Where WP Multilang stands today

WordPress.org search rankings

Live position in the plugin search, top 100
KeywordPositionCompeting pluginsCategory
localization #10 2,247 Best localization plugins →
multilanguage #10 227 Best multilanguage plugins →
multilingual #9 2,679 Best multilingual plugins →
translate #44 3,390 Best translate plugins →
translation #10 10,000 Best translation plugins →

Version adoption

Share of active sites per release.

  • 2.495.1%
  • Other4.9%

Rating breakdown

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 from 100 reviews

  • 5★77.0%
  • 4★5.0%
  • 3★1.0%
  • 2★2.0%
  • 1★15.0%

About WP Multilang

From the official readme · v2.4.33

Description

WP Multilang is a multilingual plugin for WordPress.

Translations of post types, taxonomies, meta fields, options, text fields in miltimedia files, menus, titles and text fields in widgets.

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New Features of the plugin WP Multilang

Features of the plugin WP Multilang

  • 100% free.
  • Translation at PHP.
  • Compatible with REST.
  • Support configuration for translate multidimensional arrays in options, meta fields, post content.
  • Support multisite.
  • Support WordPress in sub-folder.
  • Separate menu items, posts, terms, widgets, comments per language.
  • Many filters for dynamic applying translation settings.
  • No duplicate posts, terms, menus, widgets.
  • No sub-domain for each language version.
  • No additional tables in database.
  • Possibility set many languages with one localization. For example, for localization in the region.
  • Possibility to set custom locale for html(If installed locale is en_US, you can set locale like: en, en-UK, en-AU etc. Without installation another localization)
  • Possibility for add new languages for any user with capability manage_options.
  • Exist the role “Translator” for editing posts, terms. It can not publish or delete.
  • No limits by languages or by possibilities.

WP Multilang compatible with plugins

  • Elementor ( available in premium version ) – View Tutorial
  • Divi Builder ( available in premium version ) – View Tutorial
  • Bricks Builder ( available in premium version ) – View Tutorial
  • ACF, ACF Pro
  • WooCommerce
  • WooCommerce Customizer
  • Gutenberg
  • Yoast Seo
  • SEOPress
  • Contact Form 7 (added mail tag [_language] for send user language in mail)
  • WPBakery Visual Composer
  • Page Builder by SiteOrigin
  • NextGEN Gallery
  • All in One SEO Pack
  • MailChimp for WordPress
  • Newsletter
  • Maps Builder
  • Max Mega Menu
  • MasterSlider
  • WP-PageNavi
  • BuddyPress
  • Meta Slider
  • TablePress
  • Download Monitor (Redefine templates for links in your theme and translate link texts)
  • Better Search
  • Rank Math SEO (thanks for @pratikmts)
  • WPGraphQL (Add lang to the query parameters in URL. Eg: lang=en)
  • Smart Custom Fields
  • Team – Team Members Showcase Plugin
  • Schema & Structured Data for WP & AMP
  • Forminator Forms
  • Gravity Forms
  • Ultimate Member Form
  • Oxygen Builder ( available in premium version )
  • Internal Link Juicer
  • Strong Testimonials
  • Fluent Forms
  • Gamipress
  • PublishPress Authors
  • Autolinks Manager

Advance Woocommerce Support

  • Send emails in customer’s selected language
  • REST API Support
  • Import and export products in customer’s selected language
  • Translate products (simple products, variable products, grouped products), categories, tags, global attributes
  • Cart synchronization across multiple languages

Manage translation settings via json.

Add in the root of your theme or plugin file wpm-config.json.

Sample configurations can be viewed in config files in folder ‘configs’ in root the plugin.

Configuration is updated after switching theme, enable or update any plugins.

The plugin has filters for dynamic application configuration for translate.

For turn off translation, set null into the desired configuration.
For example, you must turn off translation for a post type post.
There are two ways:

  1. In json.
    Create in root of a theme or a plugin file wpm-config.json with:
    {
    “post_types”: {
    “post”: null
    }
    }

  2. Through the filter.
    Add in functions.php
    add_filter( ‘wpm_post_post_config’, ‘__return_null’ );

To enable translation pass an empty array in php array() or empty object in json {}.

Supports translation multidimensional array of options, meta fields and post_content.
Supports the removal of established localizations.
Supports translation via GET parameter. Add in the GET parameter lang code desired language.
Supports clean database of translations when removing the plugin. Translations are only removed from the built-in tables.
Supports import term translations from qTranslate(by Soft79).
Supports automatically redirect to the user’s browser language, if he visits for the first time.

Ideal for developers.

For display language switcher in any place add the code to your template if ( function_exists ( 'wpm_language_switcher' ) ) wpm_language_switcher ();
Function accepts two parameters:
$type – ‘list’, ‘dropdown’, ‘select’. Default – ‘list’.
$show – ‘flag’, ‘name’, ‘both’. Default – ‘both’.

Or using the shortcode wpm_lang_switcher. It accept two not necessary parameters ‘type’ and ‘show’.

Available features for translation:
wpm_translate_url( $url, $language = ” ); – translate url
wpm_translate_string( $string, $language = ” ); – translate multilingual string
wpm_translate_value( $value, $language = ” ); – translate multidimensional array with multilingual strings

Update translation occurs at PHP. Therefore plugin has high adaptability, compatibility and easily integrates with other plugins. This is what distinguishes it among similar.

Available translation html tags by JS for strings what do not have WP filters before output.

Add your tags in config:

"admin_html_tags": {
    "admin_screen_id": {
      "attribute": [
        "selector"
      ]
    }
}

Where:
admin_screen_id – admin screen id.
attribute – attribute what need to translate. Available ‘text’ – for translate text node, ‘value’ – for translate form values. Or other tag attribute, like ‘title’, ‘alt’.
selector – css selector for search needed tag. Each selector is a new array item.

If You need to add translation for multidimentional array for repeated elements You can use custom tag ‘wpm_each’ for set config to each element in array.
Example, add config for each item ‘title’ in custom post field array:

"post_fields": {
    "custom_field": {
      "wpm_each": {
        "title": {}
      }
    }
}

For set translation uses the syntax:
[:en]Donec vitae orci sed dolor[:de]Cras risus ipsum faucibus ut[:]

Added shortcode for translate text in any place:
[wpm_translate][:en]Donec vitae orci sed dolor[:de]Cras risus ipsum faucibus ut[:][wpm_translate]

If You translate text in established language, add lang parameter:
[wpm_translate lang=”de”][:en]Donec vitae orci sed dolor[:de]Cras risus ipsum faucibus ut[:][wpm_translate]

Support translating from syntax qTranslate, qTranslate-X, WPGlobus etc.

Compatible with REST-API.
Support transfer the required translation through option lang in the GET request to REST.
Has the ability to keep recording the target language through the transmission parameter lang in the request.

Migration from qTranslate-X

  1. Before installing/uninstalling, make database backup.
  2. Deactivate qTranslate-X.
  3. Install and activate WP Multilang.
  4. Create in root of your theme file ‘wpm-config.json’.
  5. Add all needed post types, taxonomies, options, fields to ‘wpm-config.json’. Setting from qTranslate-X not importing.
  6. Import term names from qTranslate.
  7. Check that everything is okay.
  8. If everything is okay, remove qTranslate-X. If not, make screenshots of errors, restore database from backup and add support issue with your screenshots and description of errors.

Warning

Not compatible with:
– WP Maintenance

Known issues

Function ‘get_page_by_title’ not working, because in title field are stored titles for all languages. Use function ‘wpm_get_page_by_title( $title )’ as solution.

NOTE: Because plugins have different ways of storing data, WP Multilang is not compatible with every single plugin out-of-the-box (mostly page builders). This may result in texts not being translatable or translations not being saved. Most of these issues can be resolved using the integration options (wpm-config.json or filters) of WP Multilang.

Please try WP Multilang in a test-environment before activating it on an existing production site and always make a backup before activating!

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Support

We try our best to provide support on WordPress.org forums. However, We have a special community support where you can ask us questions and get help about your WP Multilang related questions. Delivering a good user experience means a lot to us and so we try our best to reply each and every question that gets asked.

Bug Reports

Bug reports for WP Multilang are welcomed on GitHub. Please note GitHub is not a support forum, and issues that aren’t properly qualified as bugs will be closed.

Installation

  1. Upload the plugin files to the /wp-content/plugins/wp-multilang directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress.
  3. Adjust languages on WP Multilang Settings page.

Frequently asked questions

I add new translation, but it rewrite another translation on different language.

If you have opened several browser tabs for editing this post in different languages, translation will be saved for the language that you opened last.

Changelog

Before installing or uninstalling make the site database backup before.

2.4.33

  • Feature: Added compatibility with a BasePress module plugin #213
  • Feature: Added compatibility with Frontend Post Submission Manager lite plugin #235
  • Fixed: Translations are overwritten by default language when editing multiple translations in Gutenberg #277
  • Tested: Tested with wordpress version 7.0 #278
  • Fixed: Language switcher design issue after updating to wordpress 7.1 #279

2.4.32

  • Feature: Added Compatibility With Autolink Manager #232
  • Feature: Added Compatibility With PublishPress Authors #233
  • Feature: Added Compatibility With Gamipress #234
  • Enhancement: Ultimate Member compatibility improvement $237
  • Fixed: Vulnerability fix reported by wordfence #272
  • Feature: Product type compatibility with Qodeum theme #275

2.4.31

  • Fixed: Backslashes lost upon saving different language in custom HTML editor #267
  • Fixed: Yoast global settings not saving values per language #271
  • Enhancement: Improve Post Content Rendering and HTML Entity Handling #272

2.4.30

  • Feature: Need to add DeepL AI Integration #257
  • Fixed: Language switcher compatibility with wordpress 7.0 #264
  • Feature: Added compaitbility with YMC Filter plugin #266
  • Fixed: Duplicate content creating in post/page using Divi #268
  • Enhancement: Added support to Secure Custom Fields #269

2.4.29

  • Fixed: With WooCommerce storefront theme customization #252
  • Fixed: issue with Gutslider #253
  • Feature: Need to add compatibility with custom post type #256
  • Feature: Added compatibility with fluent form #261

2.4.28

  • Feature: Added a Compatibility With Strong Testimonials #238
  • Enhancement: Add Welsh Flag #250
  • Fixed: ACF Fields saving issue with key #254
  • Feature: Added compatibility with bricks builder #255
  • Tested: Tested with wordpress version 7.0 #259

Full changelog on WordPress.org →

Screenshots

Settings page
Settings page
Post list page
Post list page
Taxonomy list page
Taxonomy list page
Taxonomy edit page
Taxonomy edit page
Post edit page
Post edit page

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FAQ

WP Multilang: quick answers

Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.

Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 26, 2026

Is WP Multilang free?

Yes. WP Multilang is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Is WP Multilang safe to use in 2026?

Yes — WP Multilang is a safe, well-maintained plugin to use in 2026. It runs on 10K+ sites, is rated 4.3/5 and was last updated 3 weeks ago, and scores 91/100 on our health check.

How many websites use WP Multilang?

WP Multilang is active on 10K+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 284,086 times since it launched in May 2017. It was downloaded 6,131 times in the last 30 days.

Does WP Multilang work with WordPress 7.1?

Yes. The developer has tested WP Multilang up to WordPress 7.1.2, the latest release. It requires WordPress 4.7 or newer.

What PHP version does WP Multilang need?

WP Multilang requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher. Most hosts run PHP 8.x today, so it works on any modern WordPress hosting.

When was WP Multilang last updated?

The latest version, 2.4.33, was released on September 3, 2026 (3 weeks ago).

Who makes WP Multilang?

WP Multilang is developed and maintained by Magazine3.

What are the best alternatives to WP Multilang?

The most popular alternatives to WP Multilang are Polylang (800K+ installs), Performant Translations (40K+ installs) and Bogo (10K+ installs).

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