TranslatePress - Multilingual vs WPML Widgets
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| Feature | TranslatePress - Multilingual v3.3.8 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | WPML Widgets v1.0.6 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 400,000+ | 9,000+ |
| Last updated | October 13, 2026 | November 28, 2017 |
| Editions | TranslatePress - Multilingual · TranslatePress Personal ($) · TranslatePress Business ($) · TranslatePress Developer ($) | WPML Widgets |
| Pros | Visual front-end translation editor covering any page output; WooCommerce strings and order emails handled in the free version; Google Translate with your own API key works without a licence; Usage data only sent after opt-in | Adds a per-widget language selector in the widget form; Hides widgets on languages they are not set for; Free and GPL licensed |
| Cons | Only two languages (default plus one) without a paid licence; Translated URL slugs need the paid SEO Pack; AI translation and DeepL need a licence key | Needs WPML core installed and active; Readme last tested with WordPress 4.7, so compatibility is unclear; Only controls widget visibility, not widget content translation |
| Features (Translation plugins checklist) | ||
| Machine translation | Yes | No |
| Visual editor | Yes | No |
| SEO-friendly URLs | Yes | No |
| WooCommerce | Yes | No |
| Languages limit | 2 languages in free version | — |
| Free version | Yes | Yes |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Language switcher shortcode, block and menu items, Show content only for chosen languages, Translation memory suggestions, Glossary for machine translation, Search in translated content, Preferred user language for emails, Machine translation character limit and log, More than two languages (Multiple Languages add-on) ($), SEO Pack: translated slugs and meta ($) | Language selector in each widget form, Hide a widget on languages it is not set for |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | Elementor | WPML ($) |
| Other | Google Translate, TranslatePress AI (mtapi) ($), DeepL ($) | — |
| Requires WordPress | 3.1.0 | 3.6 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1.3 | 4.7 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | No |
| External services | translatepress.com, usagetracker.cozmoslabs.com, translation.googleapis.com, mtapi.translatepress.com | — |
| Blocks | 1 | — |
| Shortcodes | 4 | — |
| Custom tables | 8 | — |