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Polylang
What it is
Polylang is a WordPress plugin for building multilingual websites and translating WordPress content. It supports translations for pages, posts, media, categories, tags, custom post types, menus, and widgets; language URLs can use subdirectories, subdomains, or separate domains. Polylang Pro supports manual translation and DeepL machine translation, which requires the customer's own DeepL API key. Pro also includes language switchers, browser language detection, translated URL slugs, hreflang and Open Graph tags, and language-specific meta tags. It integrates with the WordPress block editor and Site Editor and supports the REST API and XLIFF translation project import and export. The maker lists integrations including WooCommerce, Yoast SEO, and Advanced Custom Fields Pro. A multilingual WooCommerce shop also requires the Polylang for WooCommerce add-on. The free WordPress plugin costs nothing; paid licenses start at €99 a year, ex VAT. DeepL is not compatible with Elementor and some builders, and there is no one-click translate-everything feature.
For and against
For
- Supports 132 languages.
- Language URLs can use several domain structures.
- Pro supports XLIFF translation project import and export.
- Integrates with the WordPress block editor and Site Editor.
- Free WordPress plugin is available.
Against
- DeepL requires the customer's own API key.
- DeepL is not compatible with Elementor and some builders.
- There is no one-click translate-everything feature.
- WooCommerce multilingual shops require an additional add-on.
The verdict
Polylang provides broad content translation and language-specific site settings for WordPress, with a free plugin and paid Pro licenses. Check builder compatibility and the extra WooCommerce requirement before planning a translation workflow.
Who it suits
It suits WordPress site owners who need to manage multilingual content and language-specific SEO. WooCommerce shop operators should account for the additional Polylang for WooCommerce add-on.
Plans and prices
Polylang
Free WordPress plugin · unlimited languages stated · community support
Read 15 Oct 2026 · polylang.pro
Polylang for WooCommerce
1 year updates and premium support · multisite licence option · 50% renewal discount
Read 15 Oct 2026 · polylang.pro
Polylang Pro
1 year updates and premium support · multisite licence option · 50% renewal discount
Read 15 Oct 2026 · polylang.pro
Polylang Business Pack
1 year updates and premium support · multisite licence option · 50% renewal discount
Read 15 Oct 2026 · polylang.pro
Polylang Pro — 1 site
1 site · 1 year of updates and premium support · 50% renewal discount
Read 4 Oct 2026 · polylang.pro
Polylang Pro — 3 sites
3 sites · 1 year of updates and professional support · 50% renewal discount
Read 4 Oct 2026 · polylang.pro
Polylang Pro — 5 sites
5 sites · 1 year of updates and professional support · 50% renewal discount
Read 4 Oct 2026 · polylang.pro
Polylang Pro — 25 sites
25 sites · 1 year of updates and professional support · 50% renewal discount
Read 4 Oct 2026 · polylang.pro
On the record
- Block editor
- The product page states that Polylang integrates with the WordPress block editor and Full Site Editing.polylang.pro · read 15 Oct 2026
- Company founded
- A business-information listing says WP Syntex was incorporated in 2016.creditsafe.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Company legal fact
- WP SYNTEX is a French limited-liability company with €10,000 capital, registered under number 819 143 645, at 8 rue Joseph Cugnot in Bourgoin-Jallieu, France.polylang.pro · read 15 Oct 2026
- Developer extensibility
- Developer resources cover PHP functions, filters, hooks, custom Gutenberg blocks, wpml-config.xml, PHP constants, REST endpoints and a Polylang CLI.polylang.pro · read 15 Oct 2026
- Developer requirements
- Building from source requires a local WordPress 6.8-or-later instance, Git, Node.js/NPM, Webpack and Composer.github.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- The support center provides getting-started guides, feature documentation, developer references, FAQs and compatibility tutorials.polylang.pro · read 15 Oct 2026
- Dynamic strings
- Dynamic option strings can be registered with pll_register_string() and output with pll_e(), while hard-coded PHP strings use normal WordPress localization files.polylang.pro · read 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Official integrations include WooCommerce, Yoast SEO, Advanced Custom Fields Pro, Custom Post Type UI, WooCommerce Subscriptions, The Events Calendar and SEOPress.polylang.pro · read 15 Oct 2026
- Language and SEO
- Polylang Pro supports language switchers, browser language detection, hreflang and Open Graph tags, translated URL slugs, and language-specific meta tags.polylang.pro · read 4 Oct 2026
- Language count
- The documentation lists 132 predefined languages and allows custom languages when needed.polylang.pro · read 15 Oct 2026
- Language switcher
- The switcher can use flags or text and appear in menus, widgets, footers, blocks or theme code.polylang.pro · read 15 Oct 2026
- Licence
- The public Polylang repository identifies the project as GPL-3.0 licensed.github.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- License duration
- A paid license key is valid for one year; after expiry the plugin continues to operate, but automatic updates and helpdesk support are unavailable.polylang.pro · read 4 Oct 2026
- Limit: builder compatibility
- A WordPress.org support post reports that Polylang Pro features were incompatible with the Breakdance editor and led to a refund dispute.wordpress.org · read 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: Full Site Editing
- A WordPress.org support post complains that the free plugin did not provide a usable language switcher in the Twenty Twenty-Five block theme without extra work or paid features.wordpress.org · read 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: G2 compatibility
- A G2 reviewer reports that some themes conflicted with Polylang, breaking sites or changing homepage menus.g2.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: Trustpilot refunds
- Trustpilot reviewers complain that refund requests were refused or difficult to obtain, citing the digital-content withdrawal exception.uk.trustpilot.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: Trustpilot support
- One Trustpilot reviewer says meaningful support was unavailable without payment and that forum questions received no response.uk.trustpilot.com · read 15 Oct 2026
