Gravity Forms Multilingual vs Polylang
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| Feature | Gravity Forms Multilingual v1.8.5 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free Visit Details | Polylang v3.9.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | — | 900,000+ |
| Last updated | — | October 21, 2026 |
| Editions | Gravity Forms Multilingual | Polylang · Polylang Pro ($) |
| Pros | Form fields, labels and confirmations go through WPML translation; Notifications can be sent in the recipient's language; Compatibility hooks for Survey, Conversational Forms and Gravity Flow | Unlimited languages with WordPress language packs; Language switcher widget and block; Language-specific URLs and multilingual sitemaps |
| Cons | Needs WPML 4.6.4 or later, which is a separate paid product; Needs Gravity Forms active; Translation is managed in WPML, not in the form editor | Translation is manual in the free version; Machine translation and translated slugs need Pro; WooCommerce support is a separate add-on |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 1 |
| Features (Translation plugins checklist) | ||
| Machine translation | — | Paid |
| SEO-friendly URLs | — | Yes |
| WooCommerce | — | No |
| Languages limit | — | unlimited |
| Free version | — | Yes |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Form fields and labels sent to the WPML translation editor, Notifications sent in the recipient's language, Notification routing by language, Save and continue email translated, Entry field values handled per language, WooCommerce currency filter, Survey and Conversational Forms add-on support, Gravity Forms Quiz support | Language switcher widget and block, Multilingual sitemaps, Language-specific URLs, Translated slugs (preview, Pro) ($), Shared slugs (preview, Pro) ($), DeepL machine translation (preview, Pro) ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Storage | — | WP Offload Media Lite |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | WPML (sitepress-multilingual-cms) ($), Gravity Forms, Gravity Flow | Yoast SEO, Jetpack |
| Other | — | polylang.pro licence server ($) |
| Requires WordPress | — | 6.8 |
| Requires PHP | — | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | — | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | — | polylang.pro |
| Blocks | — | 2 |