But yes , it is a piece of cake to translate a WordPress website . The fastest and most accurate way to do it is with the WordPress plugin WPML, which is short for WordPress Multilingual Plugin.
After installing How can I the plug-in, you can request quotes from affiliated translators via the plug-in. They can see directly via the plug-in how much text needs to be translated. The translator of your choice enters his translation directly in the right place on your website.
Sounds good, right? Let’s take a look at how WPML works.
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Most popular WordPress themes and plugins are available in translated versions, making it possible for anyone in the world to start a WordPress site in their own language.
However, by default, WordPress only supports one language at a time. What if you wanted to use multiple languages on a site to reach a much larger audience?
Governments, international companies and educational institutions often have to offer their website in multiple languages. In our little Belgium, you don’t even have to trade across the border to need a multilingual site: a Flemish company that also wants to attract customers from Wallonia and Brussels must have a French version.
One way to offer multiple language options is to install
WordPress on subdomains for each language. This is a hassle, as you have to manage updates and back up all those installations.
WPML solves this How can problem by making your website multilingual. You can use the same WordPress installation to create content in many different languages.
WPML provides an How can easy-to-use interface for managing translations. It also adds language switching options for your users.
The benefits
The benefits of WPML are numerous, in my experience as a WordPress website builder :
WPML saves time when making an inventory of texts. Without WPML, you have to make an inventory of all your website texts manually. You have to copy and paste every letter of text from your website into a text document. This task alone can take hours. Because translators connected to WPML can get an inventory of your texts directly via the plug-in, the need for you to manually comb through your texts is no longer necessary.
WPML makes translations more accurate. Through WPML, the translator not only sees the text that needs to be translated, but because he can see the text in the context of the website page, he better understands the context of a sentence or word.
This allows him to choose his words better.
How can I WPML ensures that every word is translated. When you have to manually copy and paste texts from your site, there is always a chance that you will forget to inventory a piece of text somewhere. A meta description, SEO title , widget or button text can easily be overlooked. However, when the translator works with WPML, he can immediately see where there are still gaps in the translation.
WPML makes it easier to get quotes quickly. Simply click the quote request button and the request is sent to affiliated translators who speak the language you want.
WPML saves time when placing the translation.
Where without WPML you would have to copy and paste all the translations from a text document into your site yourself, with WPML the translator can place the translation directly in the right place on your site.
WPML also has advantages if you don’t work with translators. Maybe you’ve translated your website yourself, or maybe you’ve had your website translated in a more traditional way and only heard about WPML later. But even if you don’t want to have your website translated by external WPML-affiliated translators, there are advantages. Thanks to WPML, you can quickly and easily make copies of existing pages, which you can then fill with your translations. WPML then automatically provides a language flag on translated pages, so that your website visitors can consult the translated page with a single click. Thanks to WPML, you also keep an overview: on your website dashboard you can immediately see which pages have already been translated and which are still waiting for a translation.
The disadvantages
I’ll be honest, there are also disadvantages to WPML:
WPML limits your choice of translators. In order to translate via WPML as a translator, you must be affiliated. Have you worked with a good translator on an offline project in the past, but they are not affiliated with WPML? Then you will unfortunately have to look for someone else.
WPML slows down your website. WPML has a negative impact on the loading speed of your pages. If you want to use WPML on your site, you will need to implement other load speed improvement measures to compensate for the slowdown caused by WPML. Now, let me say that this all sounds more dramatic than it is. Yes, WPML is a slowing factor, but don’t think that your pages will suddenly take twenty seconds to load. I’m talking about a maximum of one second extra load time per page.
WPML does not have a free version. WPML prices range from $29 per month to $159 per month. However, you often do not have to pay this amount if you have your website built by a website builder that has a Multilingual Agency package. Later on, I will tell you more about WPML prices and the option to piggyback on a website builder’s package.
My experience is that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, especially if the website to be translated is large or needs to be translated into multiple languages.
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How much does WPML cost?
WPML is a premium plugin and is therefore not free to download. You purchase the plugin from the official website .
The cheapest version, Multilingual Blog, costs $29.00 for the first year and then $21.00 per year for support and updates. I find this plan to be rather limited in terms of possibilities. You cannot translate widgets or WooCommerce products with it, and pages and posts made with a page builder like Elementor or Divi are also not translatable.
You will soon need the Multilingual CMS version, which costs $79.00 for the first year and then $59.00 per year for support and updates.
What may be reassuring: you are not obliged to bangladesh telegram material renew your license. Even if you stop paying for WPML, the plugin will continue to work for the time being. However, you will no longer receive updates and support. In the short term, this is not so bad, but you should know that in the long term you cannot do without updates. Or, well, you can, but then you will get an unstable site full of security holes. And that is not what you want, right?
Piggybacking on your website builder’s WPML package
As I mentioned, there are many website builders who purchase a Multilingual Agency package from WPML. With this package, they can provide an unlimited number of websites with WPML without additional costs per website. Website aob directory builders who have such a package (I am one myself!), often install WPML on your website for a very reasonable price.
WPML specialist in Antwerp
You can download, install and configure WPML via your WordPress dashboard. Do you need help with this? You know where to find me. I help all owners of WordPress websites, even if the website was not created by me. As a WordPress and WPML specialist in Antwerp, I regularly get complicated challenges on my virtual plate. I am sure that I can help you too.
How to Create a Multilingual WordPress Website with WPML
In my years as a website builder, I’ve learned that WPML, despite its few drawbacks, is by far the fastest and easiest way to translate a WordPress website. My advice is to definitely give it a try.
