Make your website multilingual within minutes
Developers, designers, and site-owners rejoice: you can now make your website multilingual in minutes no matter what language or CMS you’re using to build it.
Weglot is compatible with whatever web technology you’re using to develop your site. Connect Weglot to your website and we’ll do all the heavy lifting for you. Our Translation API will detect all your website content and deliver it back to you in any language. No maintenance, no pain. Weglot is trusted by more than 50,000 website owners.
Quick install: Ready in less than 5 minutes
All content detected & translatable: text, images, metadata…
Easily manage all your translations from a single interface
No need to start from 0, with a first round of automatic translations
Invite team members or work with pro translators
Fully SEO-optimized multilingual site to reach a wider audience
This is going to depend on the technology you’re using and the development stage you’re at.
If you’re using a CMS like WordPress, Wix, or Squarespace (Weglot is compatible with all of them!), start out by checking out our platform-specific integrations to see if we already have a specific guide for yours. That will give you the best installation advice for your particular situation.
If you’re not using a site-building platform or if it’s not listed in the above link, you’re in the right place.
Depending on your development stage, you’ll want to use one of the following integrations.
So, what’s your situation?
→ Get started with the JavaScript integration. Copy & paste a snippet of code into your project, and you’ll be good to go.
→ Get started with the Weglot Subdomain integration. You will have individual, searchable subdomains and URLs for each language.
Ready to try Weglot out? Let’s start with the simpler JavaScript integration. Remember, if you install Weglot using the JavaScript integration, you’ll still be able to integrate the subdomain feature later, if you want to, and get access to all of its multilingual SEO benefits—once you have your own domain name.
This account will be the place where you’ll be able to view and manage all your translations. Simply create a Weglot account here.
Select “Other” as your “Website Technology.”
You should receive a validation email in the account with which you signed up.
Then select “other” as your website technology.
Scroll down and click on “Use Javascript integration”.
Specify the original language of your website (the language you created it in), as well as the language(s) you want to translate it into.
Click “Next”.
This part is pretty easy.
If you’re using a CMS to build and manage your website, find the place on your dashboard where you’re able to add code into the <head> section of your HTML pages. This is usually located in the CMS settings, under a tab that will be titled “Custom Code” or something similar.
If you’re building your site from scratch, simply paste the JavaScript snippet on all your website HTML pages just before the </head> tag.
Go to your website, and you should see the language button at the bottom right of the page (it might take a few minutes to appear).
Try changing the language, you should see your website translated into the desired language instantaneously!
Weglot provides you with a first round of automatic translations, which you can then review and manually edit within your Weglot account dashboard
Log in to your Weglot account and then go to “Translations” to find all your translations and edit them.
Start translating your website now
*Remember, to use this integration method, you will need to have your own domain name. If you haven’t bought or connected your DNS (Domain Name Service) to your website already, don’t choose this integration yet.
This account will be the place where you’ll be able to view and manage all your translations. Simply create a Weglot account here.
You can also select “Other” if you’re using a CMS that simply isn’t listed on our site—the integration will still work.
Specify your domain name, the original language of your website (the language you created it in), as well as the language(s) you want to translate it into.
Click “Next”.
In this step, you will add new DNS entries to your DNS record.
If you bought your domain name via a CMS platform, then you should be able to add new entries (CNAME / Aliases) to your DNS records directly inside your CMS admin panel or dashboard.
Otherwise, if you bought your domain on an external provider (like GoDaddy, 1&1, Gandhi, etc…), you can add the new entries (CNAME / Aliases) directly in this external provider account. If you are not sure how to do it or where it is, we can help you. Just email us at support@weglot.com.
Once you’ve added and saved your entries, go back to your Weglot account tab, click “Check DNS”. If everything goes well, you should see green check icons (where you originally would have seen red “x”s).
This means that your DNS entries have been successfully configured. Bravo! Now, click on “Next”.
It might take a few minutes for your subdomains to be properly set up. In the meantime, simply copy the JavaScript code snippet shown on your Weglot setup screen. (You’ll see your API key somewhere in the middle—this is what identifies your project as your own.)
If you’re using a CMS to build and manage your website, find the place on your dashboard where you’re able to add code into the <head> section of your HTML pages. This is usually located in the CMS settings, under a tab that will be titled “Custom Code” or something similar.
If you’re building your site from scratch, simply paste the JavaScript snippet on all your website HTML pages just before the </head> tag.
Go to your website, and you should see the language button at the bottom right of the page. It might take a few minutes to make sure the subdomains are properly setup and for the language switcher to appear (that’s what the JavaScript snippet allows to happen).
Try changing the language when the language-switch button appears—you should see your translated website instantaneously!
Weglot provides you with a first round of automatic translations, which you can then review and manually edit within your Weglot account dashboard.
Log in to your Weglot account and then go to “Translations” to find all your translations and edit them.
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