Polylang vs Relevanssi Premium
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| Feature | Polylang v3.9.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | Relevanssi Premium v2.26.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 900,000+ | — |
| Last updated | October 21, 2026 | — |
| Editions | Polylang · Polylang Pro ($) | Relevanssi Premium ($) |
| Pros | Unlimited languages with WordPress language packs; Language switcher widget and block; Language-specific URLs and multilingual sitemaps | Click tracking and query log insights; Related posts shortcode and did-you-mean suggestions; Multilingual stopword handling for Polylang and WPML |
| Cons | Translation is manual in the free version; Machine translation and translated slugs need Pro; WooCommerce support is a separate add-on | Needs a licence key and updates come from the vendor; Click tracking adds a database table that is trimmed by cron; Some features call Relevanssi services servers |
| 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 | Language switcher widget and block, Multilingual sitemaps, Language-specific URLs, Translated slugs (preview, Pro) ($), Shared slugs (preview, Pro) ($), DeepL machine translation (preview, Pro) ($) | Click tracking for search results ($), Query log and tracking insights in the post editor ($), Related posts shortcode ($), Did you mean suggestions from successful searches ($), Licence-checked automatic updates ($), PDF file indexing through the services server ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Storage | WP Offload Media Lite | — |
| Plugins | Yoast SEO, Jetpack | Polylang ($), WPML ($) |
| Other | polylang.pro licence server ($) | Relevanssi services servers ($) |
| Requires WordPress | 6.8 | 4.9 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 6.6 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | polylang.pro | eu.relevanssiservices.com, us.relevanssiservices.com |
| Blocks | 2 | — |
| Shortcodes | — | 1 |
| Custom tables | — | 1 |