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Polylang review: free multilingual WordPress, Pro from €99

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Polylang is the multilingual WordPress plugin from WP SYNTEX, a French company, active on 800,000 sites. The free version handles any number of languages. Polylang Pro, from €99 a year before VAT, adds DeepL machine translation and XLIFF export.

WordPress pluginFree versionUnlimited languagesXLIFF exportManual translation

Our verdict on Polylang

Polylang suits an English-language adult blog, tube or escort site on WordPress that wants Spanish or Portuguese versions of each page, each on its own URL. The free version works if you write or paste translations yourself.

It does not translate anything on its own: automatic translation needs Polylang Pro plus a DeepL key paid separately, or a third-party add-on such as AI Translation For Polylang. The DeepL feature does not yet work with Elementor. Prices are in euros only.

The Polylang website presenting its multilingual plugin for WordPress
Polylang

Is Polylang free?

Yes, the core Polylang plugin is free on WordPress.org and puts no limit on the number of languages. You write each translation, and Polylang links the versions. It covers posts, pages, media, categories, tags, custom post types, classic menus and widgets, with the language set in the URL, a subdomain or a separate domain.

A language switcher comes as a block, widget or menu item, right-to-left scripts are supported and it works with Yoast SEO. It needs WordPress 6.5 and PHP 7.4 or later, and version 3.8.10 shipped in late September 2026. No text leaves your server, and no usage terms apply to your content.

What Polylang Pro adds: DeepL and XLIFF

Polylang Pro translates a post or page with DeepL from inside the editor, using a DeepL API key you pay for separately, and supports DeepL glossaries. It is not yet compatible with Elementor. Your text then falls under DeepL’s terms, and DeepL’s free tier uses submitted text for training.

For human translation, Pro exports pages, posts and media as XLIFF files that agencies can open, then imports the result. Interface strings export as PO or XLIFF. Pro also adds translated URL slugs, content duplication across languages, ACF Pro integration and premium support.

Polylang pricing

Licenses are yearly, priced in euros before VAT, with a year of updates and support, and renewals cost half price. There are no dollar prices.

LicensePrice per year
PolylangFree
Polylang ProFrom €99, ex VAT
Polylang for WooCommerceFrom €99, ex VAT
Business Pack, Pro plus WooCommerce€139, ex VAT, instead of €198

Multi-site license options exist for each plan. The WooCommerce add-on translates products, cart and checkout pages for a toy or lingerie store.

Who makes Polylang

Polylang is published by WP SYNTEX, a French SARL with €10,000 in share capital, based in Bourgoin-Jallieu and run by Frédéric Demarle. On WordPress.org the plugin has 800,000 active installs and a 94 out of 100 rating from close to 3,000 reviews.

Polylang strengths and limitations

Strengths

  • Unlimited languages in the free version.
  • A URL, subdomain or domain per language.
  • XLIFF export for human translators, in Pro.
  • Half-price renewals.

Limitations

  • No machine translation without Pro and a paid DeepL key, or a third-party add-on.
  • DeepL translation not compatible with Elementor.
  • Euro pricing only, WordPress only.

Polylang alternatives in this directory

TranslatePress is the other WordPress plugin listed here, with visual front-end translation. DeepL is the engine behind Polylang Pro. For human translation of your XLIFF files, Adult Translations works only on adult content.

Adult Translations

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Read the review Adult Translations →Amazon Translate

Amazon Translate is the machine translation API of Amazon Web Services.

Read the review Amazon Translate →Argos Translate

Argos Translate is a free, open source machine translation library under the MIT license that runs offline on your own hardware.

Read the review Argos Translate →DeepL

DeepL is the machine translator from DeepL SE in Cologne, Germany. The free version handles 50,000 characters a month and uses your text for training.

Read the review DeepL →
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