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Sublanguage

Sublanguage is a lightweight multilanguage plugin for wordpress.

By maximeschoeni·Language·Free
4.6(31 reviews)
·700 active installs·Updated 3 months ago
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As of April 2026, Sublanguage is a WordPress language plugin with 700 active installations and a 4.6/5 rating from 31 reviews. It has been downloaded 27K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Top alternative: Loco Translate.

4.6/531 reviews
700active installs
27K+total downloads
11 yearssince 2015

Overview

Sublanguage is a multilanguage plugin for wordpress.

Concept

  • no duplicated content (untranslated or untranslatable data inherits main language value)
  • no additional database table (translation data is stored in post_meta)
  • no markup added into content (unlike q-translate)
  • no cookies (language is defined solely by URLs, better for SEO)

Features

  • [NEW] support for Gutenberg (beta feature)
  • translation UI for posts content, title, permalink, excerpt and meta (for posts, pages and custom posts)
  • translation UI for terms name, slug and description
  • translation UI for attachments title, caption, description, alt and meta
  • translation UI for nav menus
  • translate localized text
  • translate login, password change, etc.
  • translatability: define which content is translatable or not
  • URL rewrite: translate po…
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Ratings & Reviews

4.631 reviews
5 ★
25
4 ★
3
3 ★
1
2 ★
2
1 ★
0

Compatibility

WordPress4.5+ requiredTested up to 6.6.5
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

2.12

  • Add filter ‘sublanguage_redirect_uncanonical_url’ in class-site.php
  • Fix versioning when registering gutenberg.js script (class-admin-ui.php, line 1954)
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

maximeschoenimaximeschoeni
Plugin Info
Version
2.12
Last Updated
Dec 8, 2025
WP Requires
4.5+
Tested Up To
6.6.5
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
700
Downloads
27K+
Added
Jul 3, 2015
Business
Free

Tags

languagetranslationmultilingualmultilanguage

Developer

M
maximeschoeni
1 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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