![]() You can find instructions on how to set it up on the TranslatePress website. In the free version, you can only use Google Translate for this and you need to input an API key from Google Cloud to do so (there is a free trial available). Unsurprisingly, you find this option in the settings under Automatic Translation where you first need to set Enable Automatic Translation to Yes in order to access it. ![]() The site will automatically change to the translations you just created.Įasy peasy, don’t you think? How to Automatically Translate Your ContentĪside from manually translating content, TranslatePress also offers the possibility to do it automatically. Hover over it and choose your target language. When you have saved your changes and now go to the front end of your site, you will see a language switcher there. you can click on the blog post seen in the screenshot to convert it to another language as well. In addition, when you are done with one page, you can also use this screen to navigate your site and translate other parts of it. Hover over what you want to translate and click the blue pen icon next to it. You can also choose strings to translate on screen with your mouse. When you pick a string, it opens up a second menu at the bottom where you can input its translation.ĭo it and click Save translation at the top or hit Ctrl/Cmd+S. You can also cycle through them with the Next and Previous buttons plus they keyboard shortcut Ctrl/Cmd+Alt+right/left arrow. Below that, you can access all the strings (meaning text) on the current page via another drop-down. Choose your source language with the top drop-down menu. On the left, you find the tools to convert it to another language. On the right side you see the content of your site. For that, click the big blue button that says Translate Site or a link with the same name in the WordPress admin bar. Once you have your source and target language in place, it’s time to get translating. You can also customize the end of the URL under Slug in the language settings. It’s up to you to decide which way you like better and you can change this where it says Use a subdirectory for the default language. So, if your site is originally in English, the homepage would then be available under /en/. However, you can also determine that your default language should get the same treatment as well. That means, if your site is at, the German translation would appear under /de/. By default, it will display target languages in a different directory. There are also options to review what changes TranslatePress makes to your site URL to keep the different language versions separate. ![]() Choose it from the drop-down list and then click Add, don’t forget to save at the bottom. In this example, I choose German, since that is one of the languages I speak. That’s what you want to translate your site to. Secondly, you need to pick a target language. Choose it from the drop-down menu under Default Language. Here, you first need to pick your source language that your site is currently in. Once found, click on Install Now and then Activate once it has been downloaded.Īfter that, go to the settings, which you can find under Settings > TranslatePress. Log in to your WordPress back end, go to Plugins > Add New and search for it by name. You can easily install TranslatePress like any other plugin. The best way to understand what TranslatePress is capable of is to go over a simple use case and see the plugin in action. So, building a multilingual website doesn’t seem like such a bad idea, does it? Then let’s review how TranslatePress can help you do so. In short, if you are only offering your website in one language, you may be missing out on a ton of traffic and potential customers. 40% of users won’t make purchases in a language that is not their own.56.2% of consumers say the ability to obtain information in their own language is more important to them than price.Though English is the most commonly used language on the web, ¾ of Internet users don’t speak it as their primary language – that’s 3.8 billion people!.Why use a multilingual plugin and translate your WordPress site in the first place? Well, there are some compelling reasons: Not only was it a nominee of plugin madness 2021, it also boasts over 100,000 installs in the WordPress directory and a solid 4.6 out of 5-star rating. In this post, we will review TranslatePress, a popular plugin to build multilingual websites.
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