What is Weglot
An option to help you publish your website in multiple languages is Weglot (https://weglot.com/), a hosted translation service that allows you to convert your content into over a hundred languages.
Let's see how it works.
How Weglot works
Let us examine in detail the various Features offered by Weglot (https://weglot.com/features/).
Automatic and manual translations
Weglot has an automatic translation system to translate the entire website or alternatively, you can also translate it manually.
Weglot will translate your content into any language you select and allow you to approve translations through its editor.
Translations are automatically processed using DeepL, Google Translate, Microsoft Translator and Yandex Translate and multiple team members can edit and approve suggested translations improving the result. Professional translations are also available directly in the Weglot dashboard. If you edit translations, the changes are automatically applied to your website in real time.
Depending on the plan you choose, you'll also be able to have a Weglot professional maintain and translate your entire website, you can also purchase the services as a single service.
Automatic content detection
If you don't need direct human translation, you can set up Weglot to automatically detect all content on your website and translate it automatically.
Team collaboration tools
To keep your team running smoothly on the back-end, you can invite team members and other professionals to collaborate within Weglot.
Multilingual
You can choose your new languages from a list of over 100 options. You can also review and edit all translated content before it is published on your Shopify website, WordPress or WooCommerce.
Editor
You can use Weglot's editor to translate content with context in mind. The visual editor allows you to see how the translation looks in the context of the website.
Automatic language redirection
Weglot offers automated language redirects that redirect visitors to translated content based on the language preferences in their browsers.
Localised experiences for all customers
You can customize every part of the customer journey for your audience. This includes translating email confirmations, landing pages, and more.
Quick and easy installation process
The installation process is super fast, taking less than five minutes. No need to worry about complex coding. Your language selector can be up and running in no time.
Professional translations
All of Weglot's premium plans give you access to the services of professional translators. These can be purchased directly within the Weglot dashboard.
Customizable language button
Visitors will use the language change button provided by this plugin to switch to the language of their choice. This plugin allows you to customize the appearance.
Multiple Domains
Some premium plans allow you to use Weglot on multiple domains.
Statistics for translated content
You can track the popularity of translated content using Weglot's built-in page view statistics.
Multilingual SEO
Weglot is SEO friendly and optimized, following the guidelines of Google's best practices for the Multilingual SEO. The content is translated server-side, allowing Google and other search engines to see and index the translated versions, unlike JavaScript solutions that only translate client-side.
Weglot allows you to create an optimized multilingual architecture with special subfolders, for example /fr/ or /es/ for the French and Spanish versions. The use of subfolders allows you to have a URL for each language.
With Weglot you can automatically add href lang tags in your HTML code so that Google knows that other versions of the page are available and need to be crawled and indexed.
Benefits of Weglot
Here are the main benefits of Weglot:
- It works on virtually every CMS/web technology
- Fast and easy to implement
- SEO friendly functionality
- You can choose up to 100+ supported languages
- Equipped with automatic translation system
- Used by big brands including Microsoft, Spotify, Steve Madden, Murad and Volcom.
Weglot offers you customer support via email.
Integrations
Weglot is known for its plugin for WordPress, but it works with any kind of website. In addition to WordPress, in fact, it offers dedicated plugins for platforms such as Shopify, Squarespace, BigCommerce e Weeblyjust to name a few (https://weglot.com/integrations/).
You can use Weglot on virtually any CMS. Here's a list of some of the technologies you can integrate Weglot with:
- WordPress
- Shopify
- WooCommerce
- Squarespace
- JavaScript
- BigCommerce
- Wix
- Jimdo
- Weebly
- Weblow
- Hubspot,
- Thinkific
- Help Scout
- PrestaShop
- Zendesk
- Magento
- Ghost CMS
- Bubble
If you don't see your CMS you can still add Weglot to any website.
Opinions and reviews on Weglot
Weglot is used by over 50,000 websites, including Microsoft, Spotify, Steve Madden, Murad and Volcom.
Take a look at user comments on the official website and on G2.com, https://www.g2.com/products/weglot/reviews#reviews, where he scored a 4.8 out of 5.
Weglot prices
Now, let's take a look at the prices of Weglot (https://weglot.com/pricing/).
You can choose a plan based on the size of your business. Small businesses can use the starter or business plan. Then, as your business grows, you can update your plan.
Weglot has a limited free plan for those who wanted to test the service before opting for a premium plan. With Weglot's free plan you can translate up to 2000 words.
Weglot offers five premium plans:
- Starter at €9.90 per month, it allows you to translate up to 10,000 words into one language
- Business for €19 per month to translate up to 50,000 words into five languages
- Pro for € 49 per month to translate into an unlimited number of languages up to 200,000 words
- Enterprise for € 199 per month to translate in an unlimited number of languages up to one million words
- Corporate at € 499 per month to translate into an unlimited number of languages up to 5 million words
With a Pro plan you have the multisite function, which allows you to manage several websites separately and gives you access to one person per site.
You can register for a 10-day free trial using your email address (https://dashboard.weglot.com/register). Basically, if you have less than 2000 words in your project, you can continue to use Weglot for free. The free plan is automatically activated after the free trial. If you have more than 2000 words to translate, Weglot will stop translating your website and you will have to upgrade your account and choose a paid plan.