Full multilingual sites used to mean a weekend of setup: duplicate posts per language, manage translation files, configure switchers, hope nothing desyncs. ConveyThis skips all of it — install, pick your languages, and its AI translation serves your content in 120+ languages while you sleep. Translations live in ConveyThis’s cloud and load through a lightweight snippet, so your WordPress database stays untouched and there are no duplicated posts per language — the core architectural difference from Polylang Pro, where every language version is a post you maintain.
The part that makes it genuinely usable is the visual editor: machine translation gets you 90% of the way, and you click any text on your own site to refine the remaining 10% — brand names, tone, specialized terms. SEO isn’t sacrificed either: hreflang tags, language-specific URLs, and indexed translations are generated automatically, so search engines treat each language version properly rather than ignoring it.
Competitive Features
- One-click 120+ languages — AI translation with no per-language setup
- Zero database overhead — translations in the cloud, your WordPress untouched
- Visual in-context editor — click text on your live site to fix any translation
- Automatic hreflang and translated URLs — each language indexed properly by search engines
- Real-time translation — new content translated the moment it publishes
- CSS selector exclusions — protect forms, buttons, and custom scripts from translation
- Translation memory — consistent phrasing across all pages
Key Features
- Browser language detection — visitors land in their language automatically
- Customizable switcher — button, dropdown, or flag styles to match your design
- Glossary support — brand terms and product names translated consistently
- Page-level exclusions — skip specific URLs from translation entirely
- Team access — invite translators or editors to review through the dashboard
- Language-specific sitemaps — search engines discover each version
- PHP 7.4+ compatibility — recent releases fixed PHP 8 fatal errors and WordPress 7.0 support
Comparison with Competitors
ConveyThis vs Weglot
| Aspect | ConveyThis | Weglot |
|---|---|---|
| Translation method | AI machine + visual editing | AI machine + visual editing |
| Language count | 120+ | 100+ |
| Content storage | ConveyThis cloud | Weglot cloud |
| Free tier | Limited page views | Limited words |
| Setup complexity | Minutes | Minutes |
| Team translation access | Yes | Higher plans only |
Bottom line: Architecturally twins — both are cloud-based AI translation with visual editing. ConveyThis typically wins on pricing at scale and team access in lower tiers; Weglot has the larger enterprise footprint. For most sites the decision comes down to word-count pricing at your volume.
ConveyThis vs WPML
| Aspect | ConveyThis | WPML |
|---|---|---|
| Approach | Automated AI translation | Manual translation management |
| Database changes | None | Per-language content |
| Setup time | Minutes | Hours to days |
| Custom post types | Auto-translated | Configuration per type |
| Translation quality control | Visual editor on live site | Full editorial workflow |
| Ongoing maintenance | None | Translations updated per edit |
Bottom line: WPML is the professional’s tool — full control, manual quality, translation workflows with teams. ConveyThis is what you choose when you don’t have translators: instant coverage, manual polish only where it matters. Setup effort differs by an order of magnitude.
Recommended Stack — multilingual sites need their SEO to work per language. Pair ConveyThis with Rank Math SEO — it handles hreflang cleanly and the two integrate without conflicts.
Official Changelog
Version 270.7
Release Date: September 10, 2026
- Redesigned the settings screen: one consistent field and button style across every tab, clearer section headings, and a header strip showing your plan and language usage.
- Fixed unreadable buttons, missing dropdown arrows, an empty flag list on Widget Style, and two settings rows rendered far narrower than the space given to them.
- Color pickers on Widget Style now show the selected value as a hex code.
- Fixed an empty rule selector on Excluded Pages, and a saved page URL is now escaped when redisplayed.
- Fixed two fatal errors: a setting stored as an empty string on PHP 8, and sitemap generation with Yoast, Rank Math or SEOPress on PHP 7.x. The plugin now runs on PHP 7.4 and above.
- Removed the recurring “SEO update deployed” notice, and assets are versioned by file so updates are no longer served from cache.
Version 270.6
Release Date: August 5, 2026
- Keep translated URLs on API errors (no bounce to English); longer timeout for page translate only.
- Fix glossary full delete sync; homepage language links use /{lang}/.
- Tested up to WordPress 7.0.
Version 270.5
Release Date: June 8, 2026
- Add nonce verification to legacy admin POST handlers (CSRF hardening for CVE-2025-68021 follow-up).
- Migrate onboarding, cache-clear, and API-key setup flows to nonce-protected admin-ajax handlers.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where are the translations stored?
On ConveyThis’s cloud servers. Your WordPress database stays untouched — a JavaScript snippet loads the right translation per visitor. No duplicate posts, no per-language database bloat.
How accurate is the AI translation?
Neural machine translation handles most content naturally. For brand terms, tone, or specialized vocabulary, the visual editor lets you correct any phrase directly on your live site, and corrections persist for all future visitors.
Does ConveyThis work for SEO?
Yes. Each language gets its own indexed URL, hreflang tags are generated automatically, and language-specific sitemaps help search engines discover every version. The 270.7 release also fixed sitemap generation conflicts with Yoast, Rank Math, and SEOPress.
Can I keep certain content untranslated?
Yes. Exclude whole pages, or target specific elements with CSS selectors — useful for forms, buttons, login screens, and custom scripts where translation would break functionality.
Is there a free plan?
Yes, with limited page views and languages to test the workflow. Paid plans scale by traffic volume and language count — pricing that stays predictable because it’s based on usage rather than per-language licenses.
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