WPGlotty versus Weglot
WPGlotty: a Weglot alternative
WPGlotty translates your whole WordPress site and is free for one site, with no end date. Your translations stay in your database, visible if you stop paying. Weglot stores and serves translations from its own servers. When your Weglot subscription ends, those translations stop appearing.
Free download, with 5,000 words of WPGlotty credits included.
Where they differ
Features and costs compared
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Where your translations live
Weglot stores and serves translations from its own servers. When you cancel, translations stop appearing and your site returns to its original language. Search engines progressively remove the translated pages. Weglot’s own help centre says so (checked on 3 September 2026).
WPGlotty stores translations in your WordPress database. They remain visible if you stop paying, and you can keep editing one site on the free licence.
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A fixed total of translated words
Weglot covers a fixed total of translated words: 10,000 on Starter, 50,000 on Business and 200,000 on Pro. This total does not reset each month. At the limit, translation stops until you upgrade or delete translations.
Start with 5,000 free words of WPGlotty credits. A paid plan lets you add a fresh allowance each year, buy word packs that never expire or use your own provider key.
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Language limits vary by plan
Weglot includes one language on Starter, three on Business, five on Pro and ten on Advanced. Adding a fourth language on Business requires Pro.
Every WPGlotty licence includes all 108 languages and regional variants. Each language you add uses words, from your WPGlotty credits or through your own provider key.
Side by side
WPGlotty and Weglot compared.
| What | WPGlotty | Weglot |
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| Who does the translating | You translate by hand on the page, or WPGlotty translates for you with WPGlotty credits. You get 5,000 free words to start. On a paid plan, you can also use your own provider key. | Weglot, on their own engines |
| What a translated word costs | Editing by hand is free. On a paid plan, buy word packs or add yearly credits at checkout or later on your billing page. With your own key, your provider bills you directly and we add nothing. | Included, up to the plan total |
| Words | Start with 5,000 free words. Paid plans let you add yearly credits or word packs. With your own key too, you choose which goes first. By default, credits go first and your key takes over at zero. | 10,000 · 50,000 · 200,000 by plan, as a fixed total that does not renew |
| Languages | 108 languages and regional variants, on every licence, including the free one | 1 · 3 · 5 · 10 by plan |
| Sites | 1 · 5 · unlimited by plan | 1 · 1 · 3 by plan |
| Price | €36 to €180 a year | $170 · $320 · $870 a year |
| Where translations are stored | In your own WordPress database | On Weglot servers, served to your visitors from there |
| If you stop paying | They stay on your site | They stop appearing and the translated pages are progressively removed from search engines |
| Edit a translation on the page | Click a sentence on the page and type the correct translation | Yes, in their visual editor |
| SEO output | hreflang, translated slugs and sitemaps, included | Included |
| Works without the service | Yes. Translated pages come from your own database. Only the licence check and new translation on WPGlotty credits use our service | No. The translated site depends on their service being up |
Figures for Weglot from weglot.com/pricing, checked on 3 September 2026. If something here has gone out of date, tell us and it gets corrected.
When you switch
What you get with WPGlotty
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Keep translations in your database
WPGlotty stores your translations in your WordPress database. Visitors can still read them if you stop paying.
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Translated pages on your own domain
Your site serves each translated page at its own URL, with hreflang tags and a sitemap entry. Search engines use these to find each language version.
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All 108 languages and variants on every licence
Choose from 108 languages and regional variants on every licence. With WPGlotty credits, set each language’s tone and choose formal or informal wording.
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Translate your WooCommerce shop
Translate product pages, options, categories, the cart and checkout. Customers receive WooCommerce order e-mails in the language they ordered in.
Features
Translate your whole WordPress site.
Get natural, native-sounding translations you can edit on the page. Your free licence includes 5,000 words of WPGlotty credits to start translating.
Site translation
Translate your whole WordPress site.
Follow the setup wizard, choose your languages and translate your whole site in one go.
WPGlotty translates pages, menus, forms, SEO titles and descriptions. It adds translated slugs, hreflang tags and sitemaps for each language. Start with 5,000 free words of WPGlotty credits on first activation. Your free licence covers one site with no end date.
Edit translations on your own pages. Give translators their own accounts and, if you like, limit them to the languages they work on. Choose formal or informal wording for each language. Translate your WooCommerce shop, from product pages to checkout. Customers receive order e-mails in the language they ordered in. E-mails to you stay in your site's language.
- 108 languages and variants
- SEO for each language
- Free licence for one site
The language switcher
A language switcher for your page builder, with 11 styles.
WPGlotty adds a switcher element to Elementor, Bricks, Breakdance, Divi and WPBakery, plus a Gutenberg block. Or use a menu item, floating button or shortcode.
Choose from 11 styles, including dropdowns, flags, text, lists, toggles, a floating switcher, a modal and an off-canvas drawer. Start with a preset, then make it your own. Adjust the design using your builder's controls or the shortcode settings.
Show flags or language names, then choose colours, spacing and position. Set your defaults once and every switcher on your site follows them. You can still change any one switcher.
- Eleven styles
- Builder element, block or shortcode
- Shared default settings
Native switcher element for
Gutenberg
Full-site translation
Translate your whole site and keep it up to date.
Translate pages, products, menus, buttons, forms, alt text, SEO titles and descriptions in one run.
WPGlotty translates new pages, posts and products automatically, unless you switch this off. When you edit the original, it translates only the changed sentences.
WPGlotty translates several pages at once in the background. You can close the screen while the run continues. Speed depends on hosting and WordPress scheduled tasks. On credits, you see an estimated word count before starting.
- Pages, shops, menus and forms
- Runs in the background
- Only changed text next time
The translation editor
Edit translations on your own pages.
Open a translated page, click a sentence and write what you want it to say.
Check your translations as visitors read them. Click a heading, button or sentence and edit it on the page itself. You can also preview search results and social cards in each language.
Fix a sentence once. WPGlotty keeps your correction when you translate again and uses it wherever that sentence appears on your pages.
- Type on the page itself
- Keep your manual corrections
- Preview search and social
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Paid plans let you use your own provider key. You pay your provider's rates, with no markup. DeepL and Google Translate skip styles, tone and your site profile.
Natural wording
Translation styles and tone of voice.
Stay close to the original, write naturally or adapt freely for each market.
WPGlotty uses your site profile to choose words that fit your subject. Set your tone and form of address for each language. It can detect your form of address in five languages. Built-in rules guide punctuation and local conventions in 19 languages. WPGlotty credits need no key and use all these settings.
Change your instructions, then choose ‘Translate everything again’ to update older text. Your own corrections stay as they are.
- Three styles
- Your tone of voice
- Formal or informal address
Translation tools
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Whole-site translation
Translate pages, posts, products, menus and widgets in one background run. On credits, you see an estimate of the words needed before starting.
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Automatic translation
WPGlotty automatically translates new pages and changed sentences unless you switch this off. Your free licence starts with 5,000 words of WPGlotty credits. New translations follow changed instructions.
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The translation editor
Click a sentence on your page and edit its translation. Your correction appears wherever the same sentence is used on your pages. Later translation runs leave your edits alone.
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A panel on your pages
Switch languages, check progress, see who translated the page, highlight untranslated text and open the editor. Only people who can translate see this panel.
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Theme and plugin text
Translate buttons, labels and messages from your theme and plugins, including text added after the page loads.
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Accounts for your translators
Give translators their own logins, with access to the on-page editor but not the WordPress dashboard. You can limit each account to chosen languages.
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Translation styles and tone
With AI providers or credits, choose close, natural or free wording. Your tone and site profile guide word choice.
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Formal or informal, per language
Choose formal or informal address for each language: Sie or du, vous or tu. In five languages, WPGlotty detects which form you already use.
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Leave chosen text untranslated
Use the glossary to set translations, keep terms or ban words. Exclude text by CSS selector, exact text or URL pattern.
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Automatic translation with WPGlotty credits
WPGlotty’s engine needs no key. Paid plans let you add yearly credits or packs that never expire. Choose what goes first: by default, credits go first, then your own key takes over.
For your site
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WooCommerce
Translate product pages, including options and categories, plus the cart and checkout. Customers receive order e-mails in the language they ordered in.
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Page builder support
WPGlotty translates the finished page, whichever builder you use, and adds switcher elements to Elementor, Divi, Bricks, Breakdance and WPBakery.
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Your language switcher
Add a switcher through your builder, a block, shortcode, menu item or floating button. Choose flags, language names, colours and spacing.
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108 languages and variants
All 108 languages and regional variants are included. Your sites share one credit balance. Track usage by site and language, and set monthly word limits per site.
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Import from TranslatePress
Import your translations, language URL settings, glossary, exclusions and any translated slugs. WPGlotty leaves your TranslatePress installation and data unchanged.
For search engines
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Translated URLs and sitemaps
WPGlotty adds hreflang tags, canonical URLs and sitemaps for each language. You can choose to translate every slug during a whole-site run.
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Your SEO titles and descriptions
Translate SEO titles and descriptions from Yoast, Rank Math, SEOPress and All in One SEO. WPGlotty also translates Open Graph text and supported structured data fields.
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URL structure for each language
Choose the addresses visitors use: give each language a subdirectory, a subdomain or its own domain.
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Send visitors to their language
You can send first-time visitors to their browser’s language, and your page cache keeps working.
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Your translations stay if you stop paying
Your translations stay in your WordPress database if you stop paying. You can keep editing one site on the free licence.
Reasons to stay
Where Weglot stands out.
Weglot works on any website, not only WordPress. One account can cover both your Shopify shop and your WordPress blog. WPGlotty only works with WordPress.
Weglot includes translation in the plan, with no API key, provider account or spending limit to set. One invoice covers everything. WPGlotty credits also need no provider account. After your 5,000 free words, a paid plan lets you add yearly credits or buy word packs.
Weglot translates on its own servers. Your WordPress site does no translation work, and its database does not grow with translations. WPGlotty runs translation jobs from your server and adds tables to your database.
Stay on Weglot if your site is not on WordPress, or only part of it is. Stay if your plan covers your words and languages and you are happy to keep translations on Weglot servers. The main reason to move is to keep translations in your own database. If that does not matter to you, the other differences here are not reason enough to switch.
Before you switch
Common questions.
Is WPGlotty free to use?
Yes. WPGlotty is free for one site, with no end date. Create an account at wpglotty.com to get your licence. On first activation, you get 5,000 words of WPGlotty credits, once per account and site. No provider key needed. Your licence includes the on-page editor, WooCommerce, SEO features and all 108 languages and regional variants. With a paid plan, you can add yearly credits, buy word packs or use your own provider key.
What happens to my site if I cancel Weglot?
Weglot's help centre says translations become inactive on your project and no longer appear. Search engines progressively remove the translated pages. Your original language keeps working.
Can I export my translations out of Weglot first?
Weglot exports in its own format, not as WordPress content. WPGlotty cannot import that format. You can translate your site again in one run with WPGlotty credits. On a paid plan, you can also use your own provider key.
What do I need to set up WPGlotty?
Install WPGlotty, then follow the setup wizard to enter your licence key and choose your languages. The wizard shows your WPGlotty credits, ready for a whole-site run. Paid plans also support your own provider key. How long translation takes depends on your word count, hosting and WordPress scheduled tasks.
Free WordPress translation plugin
Start free on one site, with no end date and 5,000 words of WPGlotty credits. Edit translations on your pages. On a paid plan, use credits, your own key or both. You choose which goes first. By default, credits go first and your key takes over when they run out.
Free download, with 5,000 words of WPGlotty credits included.