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Feature TranslatePress - Multilingual v3.3.8 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details WPML Paid Visit Details
At a glance
Active installs 400,000+ —
Last updated October 13, 2026 —
Editions TranslatePress - Multilingual · TranslatePress Personal ($) · TranslatePress Business ($) · TranslatePress Developer ($) —
Pros Visual front-end translation editor covering any page output; WooCommerce strings and order emails handled in the free version; Google Translate with your own API key works without a licence; Usage data only sent after opt-in —
Cons Only two languages (default plus one) without a paid licence; Translated URL slugs need the paid SEO Pack; AI translation and DeepL need a licence key —
Mentioned in our posts — 2
Features (Translation plugins checklist)
Machine translation Yes Yes
Visual editor Yes —
SEO-friendly URLs Yes Yes
WooCommerce Yes Yes
Languages limit 2 languages in free version —
Free version Yes —
More features
Other features Language switcher shortcode, block and menu items, Show content only for chosen languages, Translation memory suggestions, Glossary for machine translation, Search in translated content, Preferred user language for emails, Machine translation character limit and log, More than two languages (Multiple Languages add-on) ($), SEO Pack: translated slugs and meta ($) —
Integrations
E-commerce WooCommerce —
Plugins Elementor —
Other Google Translate, TranslatePress AI (mtapi) ($), DeepL ($) —
Requires WordPress 3.1.0 —
Requires PHP 7.4 —
Tested up to 7.1.3 —
Phones home Only if you agree —
External services translatepress.com, usagetracker.cozmoslabs.com, translation.googleapis.com, mtapi.translatepress.com —
Blocks 1 —
Shortcodes 4 —
Custom tables 8 —