Polylang
Polylang is a WordPress plugin for creating multilingual websites and translating WordPress content.
What Polylang is
Polylang is a WordPress plugin for creating multilingual websites and translating WordPress content. It handles pages, posts, media, categories, tags, custom post types, menus and widgets, with language URLs arranged in subdirectories, subdomains or separate domains. Polylang Pro supports manual translation and DeepL machine translation using the customer's own DeepL API key. It also offers language switchers, browser language detection, translated URL slugs, hreflang and Open Graph tags, and language-specific meta tags. Pro integrates with the WordPress block editor and Site Editor, supports the REST API, and can import and export translation projects in XLIFF format. Listed integrations include WooCommerce, Yoast SEO, Advanced Custom Fields Pro, Custom Post Type UI, WooCommerce Subscriptions and The Events Calendar. A multilingual WooCommerce shop requires Polylang or Polylang Pro together with the Polylang for WooCommerce add-on. DeepL translation is not currently compatible with Elementor and some builders, and Pro has no one-click translate-everything feature.
Good
- Translates a broad range of WordPress content.
- Supports subdirectory, subdomain or separate-domain URLs.
- Pro supports XLIFF import and export.
- Works with the WordPress block editor and REST API.
- Free plugin available.
Watch out
- DeepL requires the customer's own API key.
- DeepL is incompatible with Elementor and some builders.
- No one-click translate-everything feature.
- WooCommerce shops need a separate add-on.
Who it suits
Polylang suits WordPress site owners who need to manage translated content and language-specific URLs. Pro is for teams that want features such as DeepL translation, language SEO controls or XLIFF exchange.
Verdict
Polylang covers content translation, language URLs and SEO features, with additional workflows in Pro. Review builder compatibility and the WooCommerce add-on requirement when planning a site.
Plans and prices
From Polylang's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Polylang | Free | Free WordPress plugin · unlimited languages stated · community support |
| Polylang for WooCommerce | €99 a year | 1 year updates and premium support · multisite licence option · 50% renewal discount · per year, ex VAT |
| Polylang Pro | €99 a year | 1 year updates and premium support · multisite licence option · 50% renewal discount · per year, ex VAT |
| Polylang Pro — 1 site | €99 a year | 1 site · 1 year of updates and premium support · 50% renewal discount · Yearly license; ex VAT |
| Polylang Business Pack | €139 a year | 1 year updates and premium support · multisite licence option · 50% renewal discount · per year, ex VAT; page shows 198€ reduced to 139€ |
| Polylang Pro — 3 sites | €198 a year | 3 sites · 1 year of updates and professional support · 50% renewal discount · Yearly license |
| Polylang Pro — 5 sites | €297 a year | 5 sites · 1 year of updates and professional support · 50% renewal discount · Yearly license |
| Polylang Pro — 25 sites | €495 a year | 25 sites · 1 year of updates and professional support · 50% renewal discount · Yearly license |
The facts
Each one read from Polylang's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Block editor
- The product page states that Polylang integrates with the WordPress block editor and Full Site Editing.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Developer extensibility
- Developer resources cover PHP functions, filters, hooks, custom Gutenberg blocks, wpml-config.xml, PHP constants, REST endpoints and a Polylang CLI.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Developer requirements
- Building from source requires a local WordPress 6.8-or-later instance, Git, Node.js/NPM, Webpack and Composer.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- The support center provides getting-started guides, feature documentation, developer references, FAQs and compatibility tutorials.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Dynamic strings
- Dynamic option strings can be registered with pll_register_string() and output with pll_e(), while hard-coded PHP strings use normal WordPress localization files.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Official integrations include WooCommerce, Yoast SEO, Advanced Custom Fields Pro, Custom Post Type UI, WooCommerce Subscriptions, The Events Calendar and SEOPress.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Language and SEO
- Polylang Pro supports language switchers, browser language detection, hreflang and Open Graph tags, translated URL slugs, and language-specific meta tags.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Language count
- The documentation lists 132 predefined languages and allows custom languages when needed.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Language switcher
- The switcher can use flags or text and appear in menus, widgets, footers, blocks or theme code.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Licence
- The public Polylang repository identifies the project as GPL-3.0 licensed.checked 15 Oct 2026
- License duration
- A paid license key is valid for one year; after expiry the plugin continues to operate, but automatic updates and helpdesk support are unavailable.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Limit: builder compatibility
- A WordPress.org support post reports that Polylang Pro features were incompatible with the Breakdance editor and led to a refund dispute.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: Full Site Editing
- A WordPress.org support post complains that the free plugin did not provide a usable language switcher in the Twenty Twenty-Five block theme without extra work or paid features.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: G2 compatibility
- A G2 reviewer reports that some themes conflicted with Polylang, breaking sites or changing homepage menus.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: Trustpilot refunds
- Trustpilot reviewers complain that refund requests were refused or difficult to obtain, citing the digital-content withdrawal exception.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: Trustpilot support
- One Trustpilot reviewer says meaningful support was unavailable without payment and that forum questions received no response.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Manual translation
- Users can duplicate posts and pages between languages and translate media, widgets and menus manually.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Notable news
- Polylang announced version 3.9 and Polylang Pro 3.9 beta releases on 15 September 2026, featuring a redesigned language switcher, translation-status tools, REST improvements and DeepL usage visibility.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Performance
- The maker says Polylang uses WordPress taxonomies and adds no extra database tables.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Praise: G2 ease and languages
- G2 reviewers praise the no-sign-up workflow, ease of use, free service and support for many languages.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Praise: WordPress.org users
- Recent WordPress.org reviewers repeatedly describe Polylang as reliable, easy to use, flexible and effective, including in its free version.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Company founded
- A business-information listing says WP Syntex was incorporated in 2016.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company legal fact
- WP SYNTEX is a French limited-liability company with €10,000 capital, registered under number 819 143 645, at 8 rue Joseph Cugnot in Bourgoin-Jallieu, France.checked 15 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Machine translation
- Polylang Pro can use DeepL to translate posts, pages, media, categories, tags, custom post types and custom taxonomies, but the site says Elementor is currently incompatible.checked 15 Oct 2026
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