Loco Translate vs Multilanguage
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| Feature | Loco Translate v2.8.9 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details | Multilanguage v1.5.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 3.8/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 1M+ | 3,000+ |
| Last updated | September 30, 2026 | October 8, 2026 |
| Editions | Loco Translate | Multilanguage by BestWebSoft · Multilanguage Pro ($) |
| Pros | In-admin PO editor, no desktop translation tools needed; Extracts strings and builds POT templates from source code; Compiles MO and JSON files without gettext installed; Machine translation through your own API keys | Manual translation of pages, posts, menus and widgets; Language switcher shortcode and widget at no cost; Google Translate widget for quick visitor translation |
| Cons | Machine translation needs keys from DeepL, OpenAI, Gemini or OpenRouter; Translates interface strings only, not site content; Not a multilingual content plugin; no translated URLs | Custom post types and IP-based switching are Pro only; Automatic translation is a visitor widget, not editor text; Ships BestWebSoft admin panel and usage-tracking options |
| Mentioned in our posts | 2 | 2 |
| Features (Translation plugins checklist) | ||
| Machine translation | Yes | Yes |
| Visual editor | Yes | No |
| SEO-friendly URLs | No | Yes |
| WooCommerce | No | Yes |
| Languages limit | — | 80+ (free) |
| Free version | Yes | Yes |
| More features | ||
| Other features | In-admin PO editor, String extraction to POT templates, Native MO compilation, JSON (Jed) file export for script translations, Protected languages directory, WP-CLI commands for extract, fetch and sync, Fetch official translations from translate.wordpress.org | Translate pages and posts with a per-language interface, Menu translation, Language switcher shortcode, Language switcher widget, Yoast SEO Open Graph title translation, Custom post type translation ($), IP-based automatic language switching ($), Custom URL structure for languages ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | — | Yoast SEO |
| Other | OpenAI, Google Gemini, OpenRouter, DeepL, WordPress.org translations (GlotPress) | Google Translate |
| Requires WordPress | 6.6 | 6.4 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1.2 | 7.0.1 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | translate.wordpress.org, api.openai.com, generativelanguage.googleapis.com, openrouter.ai | bestwebsoft.com, translate.google.com |
| Shortcodes | — | 1 |
| Custom tables | — | 2 |