GTranslate vs Loco Translate
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| Feature | GTranslate v5.0.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid Visit Details | Loco Translate v2.8.9 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | — | 1M+ |
| Last updated | — | September 30, 2026 |
| Editions | GTranslate · GTranslate paid plans (Pro, Enterprise) ($) | Loco Translate |
| Pros | Quick machine translation with a switcher widget and a block; Free tier works without an account or subscription; Deactivates some competing translation plugins to avoid clashes | In-admin PO editor, no desktop translation tools needed; Extracts strings and builds POT templates from source code; Compiles MO and JSON files without gettext installed; Machine translation through your own API keys |
| Cons | Language URLs, hreflang and WooCommerce support are paid-only; Translations are machine-generated and not reviewed in-page by the plugin; Relies on the external GTranslate CDN to load the translation widget | Machine translation needs keys from DeepL, OpenAI, Gemini or OpenRouter; Translates interface strings only, not site content; Not a multilingual content plugin; no translated URLs |
| Mentioned in our posts | 2 | 2 |
| Features (Translation plugins checklist) | ||
| Machine translation | Yes | Yes |
| Visual editor | No | Yes |
| SEO-friendly URLs | Paid | No |
| WooCommerce | Paid | No |
| Languages limit | 58 in code (readme: 103) | — |
| Free version | Yes | Yes |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Language switcher widget and block, hreflang tags for translated pages ($), Translated URL meta for pages ($), Deactivates competing translation plugins, Upgrade tips admin notices, Custom CSS and wrapper selector | In-admin PO editor, String extraction to POT templates, Native MO compilation, JSON (Jed) file export for script translations, Protected languages directory, WP-CLI commands for extract, fetch and sync, Fetch official translations from translate.wordpress.org |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | WooCommerce ($) | — |
| Other | Google Translate, Intercom | OpenAI, Google Gemini, OpenRouter, DeepL, WordPress.org translations (GlotPress) |
| Requires WordPress | 6.0.1 | 6.6 |
| Requires PHP | — | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1.2 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | tdns.gtranslate.net, cdn.gtranslate.net, widget.intercom.io | translate.wordpress.org, api.openai.com, generativelanguage.googleapis.com, openrouter.ai |
| Blocks | 1 | — |
| Shortcodes | 3 | — |