In my post, I show you how to add Google Translate to WordPress step by step.
Google Translate is a free plugin. It is easy to install and configure. You can add it to your WordPress blog in minutes.
Let us start.
Table of Contents
Step One – Install The Google Translate Plugin
Hover your mouse over Plugins, and select Add New.
Type Google Language Translator into the search bar.
Click Install Now.
Click Activate.
Google Language Translator options appear under Settings.
Step Two – Configure Google Translate
Hover your mouse over Settings, and select Google Language Translator.
Check the box to activate the plugin.
Choose the original language of your blog content. Then select the languages you want to activate.
Small flags represent activated languages.
Drag and drop the flags to change their position.
Under Flag Settings, select the size of the flags and the country you want to represent English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Under Language Switcher Settings, you adjust the translator widget.
The Google Language Translator tool has a floating widget option.
A preview of the floating widget is at the bottom of your screen.
If you don’t want a floating widget, uncheck Check To Allow.
Once completed, click Save Changes.
Step Three – Add Google Translate To WordPress Website
Add Google Translate To The Sidebar
Hover your mouse over Appearance, and select Widgets.
Drag the Google Language Translator widget to the sidebar, and give it a title.
Click Save.
The widget is live on the website.
How To Add Google Translate To WordPress Blog Posts
Hover your mouse over Settings, and select Google Language Translator.
Scroll down to Usage. Copy the text next to For usage in pages/posts/sidebar.
Next, go to your blog post and paste the copied code.
Update or publish your post.
Google translate is live on your blog post.
When you enable the floating widget, it appears on the bottom left.
How To Add Google Translate To A WordPress Menu
Hover your mouse over Settings and click Google Language Translator.
Next, scroll down to Usage and click How To Place A Single Language In Your WordPress Menu.
Copy the HTML code.
Hover your mouse over Appearance, and select Menus.
From Add Menu Items, select Custom Links.
In the URL box, type the hash (#) symbol. Then, click on Add To Menu.
In the description box, paste the code from the Google Language Translator.
When you don’t see a description box, go to the top of your screen and select Screen Options.
Tick the Description box.
You can edit this code. Spanish tells Google what language to use, and Español is the label your visitors see.
When changing the language, replace Spanish and edit the menu label.
For example, to translate your text to German, change Spanish to German and Español to Deutsche.
Once you have made your changes, click Save Menu.
The menu has the option to translate your blog content.
Once translated, there is an option to return to the original language.
Add Google Translate To WordPress Video Tutorial
Conclusion
Google language translator is an excellent free tool. The translations are not perfect, but they help visitors understand your blog content.
Configuration is easy and takes just a few minutes.
I hope you found my article informative. If you have questions, please leave them below.
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