TranslatePress - Multilingual vs xili-language
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| Feature | TranslatePress - Multilingual v3.3.8 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | xili-language v2.21.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 3.9/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 400,000+ | 600+ |
| Last updated | October 13, 2026 | April 2, 2025 |
| Editions | TranslatePress - Multilingual · TranslatePress Personal ($) · TranslatePress Business ($) · TranslatePress Developer ($) | xili-language |
| Pros | Visual front-end translation editor covering any page output; WooCommerce strings and order emails handled in the free version; Google Translate with your own API key works without a licence; Usage data only sent after opt-in | Free, GPLv2, no paid edition in the code; Language per post and page, with the theme .mo file switched to match; Language prefix in permalinks; Language list, recent posts and categories widgets |
| Cons | Only two languages (default plus one) without a paid licence; Translated URL slugs need the paid SEO Pack; AI translation and DeepL need a licence key | Readme says it is not compatible with PHP 8 or later; Translations are edited outside the plugin (poEdit or xili-dictionary); Needs a translation-ready theme |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 1 |
| Features (Translation plugins checklist) | ||
| Machine translation | Yes | No |
| Visual editor | Yes | No |
| SEO-friendly URLs | Yes | Yes |
| WooCommerce | Yes | No |
| Languages limit | 2 languages in free version | — |
| Free version | Yes | Yes |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Language switcher shortcode, block and menu items, Show content only for chosen languages, Translation memory suggestions, Glossary for machine translation, Search in translated content, Preferred user language for emails, Machine translation character limit and log, More than two languages (Multiple Languages add-on) ($), SEO Pack: translated slugs and meta ($) | Language assigned to each post and page, Theme .mo file switched by post language, Language prefix in permalinks, Navigation menus per language, Author rules settings page |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | Elementor | bbPress, Polylang |
| Other | Google Translate, TranslatePress AI (mtapi) ($), DeepL ($) | translate.wordpress.org |
| Requires WordPress | 3.1.0 | 4.3.5 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4.2 |
| Tested up to | 7.1.3 | 4.9 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | No |
| External services | translatepress.com, usagetracker.cozmoslabs.com, translation.googleapis.com, mtapi.translatepress.com | translate.wordpress.org |
| Blocks | 1 | — |
| Shortcodes | 4 | 4 |
| Custom tables | 8 | — |