Multilanguage vs Relevanssi
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| Feature | Multilanguage v1.5.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 3.8/5 Visit Details | Relevanssi v4.28.5 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 3,000+ | 100,000+ |
| Last updated | October 8, 2026 | October 23, 2026 |
| Editions | Multilanguage by BestWebSoft · Multilanguage Pro ($) | Relevanssi · Relevanssi Premium ($) |
| Pros | Manual translation of pages, posts, menus and widgets; Language switcher shortcode and widget at no cost; Google Translate widget for quick visitor translation | Relevance-sorted results with partial-word matching; Compatibility modules for WooCommerce, Polylang, WPML and ACF; Search log and did-you-mean suggestions |
| Cons | 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 | Index tables can need hundreds of megabytes of database space; Some advanced features are only in Relevanssi Premium; Search log stores what visitors search for, which may need a privacy notice |
| Mentioned in our posts | 2 | 1 |
| Features (Translation plugins checklist) | ||
| Machine translation | Yes | — |
| Visual editor | No | — |
| SEO-friendly URLs | Yes | — |
| WooCommerce | Yes | — |
| Languages limit | 80+ (free) | — |
| Free version | Yes | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | 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 ($) | Relevance-sorted search results, Custom search index table, Stop word list, Search log with optional IP recording, Did you mean block, Relevanssi admin menu with settings, Hooks into Premium-only features when installed ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | Yoast SEO | Polylang, WPML, Advanced Custom Fields |
| Other | Google Translate | — |
| Requires WordPress | 6.4 | 4.9 |
| Requires PHP | — | 7.1 |
| Tested up to | 7.0.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | No |
| External services | bestwebsoft.com, translate.google.com | — |
| Blocks | — | 1 |
| Shortcodes | 1 | — |
| Custom tables | 2 | 3 |