Relevanssi vs TranslatePress - Multilingual
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| Feature | Relevanssi v4.28.5 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details | TranslatePress - Multilingual v3.3.8 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 100,000+ | 400,000+ |
| Last updated | October 23, 2026 | October 13, 2026 |
| Editions | Relevanssi · Relevanssi Premium ($) | TranslatePress - Multilingual · TranslatePress Personal ($) · TranslatePress Business ($) · TranslatePress Developer ($) |
| Pros | Relevance-sorted results with partial-word matching; Compatibility modules for WooCommerce, Polylang, WPML and ACF; Search log and did-you-mean suggestions | Visual front-end translation editor covering any page output; WooCommerce strings and order emails handled in the free version; Google Translate with your own API key works without a licence; Usage data only sent after opt-in |
| Cons | 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 | Only two languages (default plus one) without a paid licence; Translated URL slugs need the paid SEO Pack; AI translation and DeepL need a licence key |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | — |
| Features (Translation plugins checklist) | ||
| Machine translation | — | Yes |
| Visual editor | — | Yes |
| SEO-friendly URLs | — | Yes |
| WooCommerce | — | Yes |
| Languages limit | — | 2 languages in free version |
| Free version | — | Yes |
| More features | ||
| Other features | 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 ($) | Language switcher shortcode, block and menu items, Show content only for chosen languages, Translation memory suggestions, Glossary for machine translation, Search in translated content, Preferred user language for emails, Machine translation character limit and log, More than two languages (Multiple Languages add-on) ($), SEO Pack: translated slugs and meta ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | Polylang, WPML, Advanced Custom Fields | Elementor |
| Other | — | Google Translate, TranslatePress AI (mtapi) ($), DeepL ($) |
| Requires WordPress | 4.9 | 3.1.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.1 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1.3 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | — | translatepress.com, usagetracker.cozmoslabs.com, translation.googleapis.com, mtapi.translatepress.com |
| Blocks | 1 | 1 |
| Shortcodes | — | 4 |
| Custom tables | 3 | 8 |