Translate WordPress with GTranslate

96 Quality Score

Active Installs

27/30

At 900,000 active installs it is one of the most widely used translation plugins on WordPress.org, signalling strong real-world adoption across diverse site types.

Update Freshness

25/25

Last updated June 2026 with a perfect maintenance score, meaning the developer is actively shipping fixes and keeping pace with WordPress core changes.

User Rating

15/15

A 98 out of 100 from 4,918 ratings is unusually high, suggesting the vast majority of users find it does what it promises without friction.

Support Health

15/15

33 support threads with 31 resolved (93.9%) shows responsive, effective support, though the low total thread count hints the plugin is stable enough that few users need to ask questions.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Compatibility is full marks, tested with WordPress 7.0 and requiring only 6.0.1, and it explicitly works with WooCommerce for storefront translation.

Scores higher than 99% of indexed plugins

About

Translate WordPress with Google Translate multilanguage plugin using AI translation. Complete multilingual SEO solution, WooCommerce compatible.

Active Installs 900k+

Rating ★★★★½ 4.9/5

Last Updated 2026-09-15 2:58pm GMT

Requires WordPress 6.0.1+

Tested Up To 7.1

Security History

7 known vulnerabilities, all patched

1 High 6 Medium

Most recent: September 9, 2026

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Translate WordPress with GTranslate < 3.0.10 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium

September 9, 2026 Patched in ["3.0.10"] CVE-2025-15695

GTranslate <= 3.0.3 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Cross-Site Scripting via Multiple Parameters Medium

August 25, 2023 Patched in ["3.0.4"] CVE-2023-4502

Translate WordPress with GTranslate <= 2.9.8 & Translate WordPress – Google Language Translator <= 6.0.13 - Missing Authorization to Sensitive Information Disclosure High

March 7, 2022 Patched in ["2.9.9"] CVE-2022-0770

Translate WordPress with GTranslate <= 2.9.6 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting Medium

January 10, 2022 Patched in ["2.9.7"] CVE-2021-25103

GTranslate Pro and GTranslate Enterprise <= 2.8.64 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting Medium

July 23, 2021 Patched in ["2.8.65"] CVE-2021-34630

GTranslate <= 2.8.51 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting Medium

April 20, 2020 Patched in ["2.8.52"] CVE-2020-11930

Translate WordPress with GTranslate <= 2.8.10 - Open Redirect Medium

February 3, 2017 Patched in ["2.8.11"]

What It Does

Translate WordPress with GTranslate wraps Google Translate to render your entire site in over 100 languages without creating separate WordPress content per locale. The plugin rewrites URLs (including subdirectory or subdomain modes) so each language version is crawlable, which feeds into hreflang tags and multilingual SEO. It also plays nicely with WooCommerce, keeping product pages, checkout, and cart translated for shoppers.

Who It's For

This plugin is built for site owners who need fast, low-effort multilingual coverage rather than word-perfect translations: WooCommerce stores selling across borders, travel and hospitality sites, news outlets with international readers, and SaaS platforms targeting multiple regions. It suits anyone who wants Google-quality machine translation turned on quickly, with SEO-friendly URLs out of the box.

Who Should Skip It

If your brand requires legally reviewed, human-quality translations, professional copywriting, or industry-specific terminology accuracy (law, medical, finance), machine translation alone will not cut it, and you should look at TranslatePress with manual editing or a translation service. Single-language sites, or sites serving only one geographic market, will get no benefit and an extra layer of plugin overhead.

The Bottom Line

GTranslate earns its 95.46 overall score honestly: 900,000 installs, near-perfect ratings, and active maintenance make it the default pick for automated multilingual SEO. Its one real limitation is that it leans on machine translation, so quality-sensitive publishers should budget for a human review step or pick TranslatePress instead. For most e-commerce and content sites that need multilingual reach quickly, it is a safe, well-supported choice.

Pick TranslatePress when you want full control to manually edit machine translations from the front-end visual editor, rather than relying on a fully automated rewrite.

Loco Translate 89/100

Choose Loco Translate when you only need to translate plugin and theme strings into your own language, not the full page content of a multilingual site.

Cyr-To-Lat 86/100

Cyr-To-Lat is not a true alternative; it only converts Cyrillic slugs to Latin characters, useful as a companion tool rather than a translation solution.

Translate WordPress – Google Language Translator 84/100

Pick the simpler Google Language Translator widget when you only want a basic language switcher button and do not need multilingual SEO URLs.

LocoAI – Auto Translate for Loco Translate 84/100

Choose LocoAI when you already use Loco Translate for string localization and want to add AI auto-translation on top of that workflow.