Description
Falang is a multilanguage plugin for WordPress. It allows you to translate an existing WordPress site to other languages. Falang natively supports WooCommerce (product, variation, category, tag, attribute, etc.)
Free vs Pro
Pro version:
– has on-site support and language filtering – documentation
– WP User Manager
– YITH WooCommerce Compare
– WC Product addons
– CookieYes
Concept
- Easy setup
- Supports all languages supported by WordPress (RTL and LTR)
- When you add a language in Falang, WP language packages are automatically downloaded and updated
- Easy to use: Translate Posts, Pages, Menus, Categories from the plugin or linked from the WP interface
- Translate Posts and Terms permalinks
- Translate additional plugins like WooCommerce, Yoast SEO, etc.
- You can use Google, Azure, Yandex, Lingvanex to help you with the translation (DeepL services may be included in later versions)
- Displays the default language if the content is not yet translated
- The Language Switcher widget is configurable to display flags and/or language names
- Language Switcher can be put in Menu, Header, Footer, Sidebars
- Image captions, alt text and other media text translation without duplicating the media files
- Language Code directly in the URL
- No extra database tables created, no content duplication
- Very good website speed performance (low impact)
- Contains translations for IT, FR, DE, ES, NL
- Falang is not meant for WordPress multisite installations!
Falang’s goal is to let you translate everything on your page
- Taxonomies
- Menu items
- Theme and plugin strings
- Custom fields
- Page builder content
- Widgets
- Shortcode outputs
- URL slugs
- WooCommerce products
- Page title and description
- Image alt text and captions
Quick start video
Falang and Falang for Elementor Lite
(French version with english subtitles)
Also available
- Falang WPML Importer Falang WPML Importer
- Falang Q-Importer qTranslateX to Falang
- Falang for Divi Falang for Divi
- Falang for Elementor Falang for Elementor
- Falang for WPBakery Falang for WPBakery
- Falang for YooTheme Falang for YOOtheme
Known issues
- The WooCommerce attribute slug doesn’t have to be translated
Screenshots
The Post Listing translation panel 
The Post translation panel 
The Language Listing panel 
Installation
- Upload the entire Falang folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory or install from WP Plugins
- Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Add languages
- Set the default language (main language of your site)
- Add the Language Switcher to your site
- Translate your post / pages / menus etc. to the other languages
FAQ
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Is Falang Translate free?
Yes, but without on-site support.
Purchased licenses come with 1 year on-site support. -
Where to find help?
First time users should read the Falang – Documentation, which explains the basics (with screenshots – in English).
Reviews
March 29, 2023
Best free multi-language plugin there is. I tried several but all of them wants €€€ if you want more than 2 languages. Falang is simply the best
February 17, 2023
An easy to use plugin and an outstanding support!
February 13, 2023
This is the best plugin for translations. Even works with yootheme builder.Support is outstanding!!
February 7, 2023
I've tried many multilingual plugins, but this one is by far the best for performance and support. Initially, I had some difficulty setting it up, but the author intervened promptly to help me and now it works perfectly: really easy to use. I recommend it to anyone!
January 6, 2023
I've been using this plugin for months and I found it very simple and intuitive. When I had some doubts I always received a solution from the support (thanks Stephane!)
January 4, 2023
I recently installed this plugin and was pleasantly surprised by how easy it was to use. One of the things I liked the most is the ability to translate almost anything directly from the frontend. Simply switch to the Falang tab and you have access to all the translation strings you need. Adding a language switcher is also easy with the widget feature. I also appreciated the option to customize the default flags with my own solution.
Even if you have experience with other translation tools, you won’t need to consult the documentation as the interface is intuitive. In my experience, it worked well with other plugins I use, such as German Market and ACF. The only exception was Borlabs cookie, but the Borlabs team released an update that fixed the issue.
One thing to be aware of is that if you use this plugin with WooCommerce in combination with Math Rank, or Yoast SEO, you should avoid removing the shop base as it may cause issues.
I used the pro version for Yootheme light, as the free version only allows you to translate headlines and text fields. While the pro version is not particularly expensive, the real value comes from the exceptional support provided by the developer, Stéphane. He is quick to respond and goes above and beyond to help solve any issues you may encounter.
Contributors & Developers
“Falang multilanguage for WordPress” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
“Falang multilanguage for WordPress” has been translated into 3 locales. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.
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Interested in development?
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Changelog
1.3.36 (2023/03/14)
- add popup system for menu translation
- fix elementor preview bug
- add flag for locale in post/page list
- use start for “all language”
- message when _menu_item_url not enabled in custom menu item translation
- support language filtering for Shortcoder plugin (Falang pro version support translation)