<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\nThe easiest way to automatically translate WordPress is to use a translation plugin. We recommend WPML for this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WPML is a premium plugin and you need their \u2018Multilingual CMS\u2019 plan or higher to run automatic translations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
First, you need to install and activate the WPML plugin. For more details, see our step by step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Upon activation, click the \u2018Register Now\u2019 link that you will see on your plugins page. You will then see a page where you need to enter your site key. You can find this under your account on WPML website.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNow, go to the WPML \u00bb Languages<\/strong> page in your WordPress admin. This will show the WPML setup options.<\/p>\n\n\n\nFirst, simply select the language for your current content, then click the Next button.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNow, you need to choose the languages to enable for your site. Just check the box next to the ones that you want to use.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe language options on your site will appear in a language switcher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WPML will prompt you to choose an order for the languages in the switcher. You also need to choose what to do if a translation is missing for a specific page.<\/p>\n\n\n\nBelow this, you can go ahead and add the language switcher to your navigation menu. If you prefer, you can add it to a widget or the footer area of your website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finally, you have the option to link to translations either above or below your posts. If you enable this option, you can choose how these translation links will look. You will also see a preview:<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhen you\u2019re ready, click the Next button to move on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WPML will then ask you whether you want to send themes and plugin information to WPML.org. This can help speed things up if you need support.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThen, you need to enter your site key if you didn\u2019t do so before. If you\u2019ve already entered it, simply click the Next button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After that, you will see some recommendations for other components to install. Go ahead and install and activate the String Translation and Translation Management addons at this step:<\/p>\n\n\n\nFinally, click the \u2018Skip and Finish\u2019 link in order to close the setup wizard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/span>Translating Your Content Automatically<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\nTo translate your content, you need to go to the WPML \u00bb Translation Management<\/strong> page in your WordPress admin.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHere, you need to choose who will translate your site. We recommend choosing \u2018Only myself\u2019 here:<\/p>\n\n\n\nNext, you will see some details about the Advanced Translation Editor. Simply click to continue. You will then see a Summary, where you just need to go ahead and click the \u2018Done!\u2019 button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After that, you will be taken to your translation management dashboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here, you need to click on the \u2018Translation Tools\u2019 tab then the \u2018Sign up for free\u2019 button to set up automatic translations:<\/p>\n\n\n\nTip:<\/strong> You get 2,000 words\/month of machine translation for free.<\/p>\n\n\n\nYou will then be prompted to enter your billing details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After that, click on the \u2018Translation Dashboard\u2019 tab. From here, you can select the content that you want to translate. We\u2019re going to translate our About and Contact pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Simply check the boxes next to your chosen pages:<\/p>\n\n\n\nOnce you select the content, you will see a word count estimate. This helps you budget for the automatic translations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Next, scroll down to the \u2018Select translation options\u2019 section. This will default to creating translations of your chosen content in all languages, but you can change the settings if you want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After making your selection, click on the \u2018Add selected content to translation basket\u2019 button.<\/p>\n\n\n\nYou should now see a new \u2018Translation Basket\u2019 tab at the top of the screen. Clicking on it will show you the pages that are ready for translation and total number of words that will be needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Go ahead and click the \u2018Send all items for translation\u2019 button:<\/p>\n\n\n\nYou should then see a success message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Next, go to the WPML \u00bb Translations<\/strong> page in your WordPress admin to see your translations queue.<\/p>\n\n\n\nTo use the automatic translater, just click the \u2018Take and translate\u2019 button next to a version of a page.<\/p>\n\n\n\nYou will then see the advanced translation editor. Here, you just need to click the \u2018Yes, translate automatically\u2019 button:<\/p>\n\n\n\nWPML will now automatically translate your content into the chosen language using machine learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSimply click the \u2018Complete\u2019 button at the bottom of the screen and you can then translate your other pages in the same way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/span>Viewing Your Translated Pages on Your Website<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\nYou can visit a page on your website and view the translated versions. Here\u2019s how our About page now looks on our demo website:<\/p>\n\n\n\nIf we click the link for the French version, we see the translated page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/span>Automatically Translating WordPress Content in Bulk<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\nIf you have a lot of content to translate, it\u2019s quickest to do it as a batch. As before, you first need to add the content to your Translation Basket then send it for translation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After that, go to the Translation Tools tab. Here, you will see the list of translation jobs. Click the checkbox at the top of the list to select them all:<\/p>\n\n\n\nOnly 10 items fit on each page. You need to select any jobs on any subsequent pages too. Simply click the \u20182\u2019 button to the bottom right of the table to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Once you\u2019ve selected all the jobs, click the \u2018Translate automatically\u2019 button:<\/p>\n\n\n\nThey will be automatically translated for you. You can view the completed versions by viewing your site as before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you want to edit an automatic translation, simply go to Pages \u00bb All Pages<\/strong> in your WordPress dashboard. Then, click on the pencil icon for that language:<\/p>\n\n\n\nThis will then launch the Advanced Translation Editor.<\/p>\n\n\n\nTo learn more about WPML, check out our article on creating a multilingual site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/span>Changing the Language of Your WordPress Admin<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\nWPML also lets different users select different languages within the WordPress admin area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
it\u2019s easy to do this by going to Users \u00bb Profile<\/strong> and selecting your preferred language from the Language dropdown:<\/p>\n\n\n\nDon\u2019t forget to click the \u2018Save Changes\u2019 button at the bottom of the page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, your admin area will then be translated into your chosen language:<\/p>\n\n\n\nDo you want to automatically translate your WordPress site into other languages? There are few different ways to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":278,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wordpress-performance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harmonweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harmonweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harmonweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harmonweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harmonweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/harmonweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":311,"href":"https:\/\/harmonweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277\/revisions\/311"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harmonweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harmonweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harmonweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harmonweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}