Automatic Translator with Google Translate

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93 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 13 listed. 80 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

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Crossed into this band 6 months ago and the previous band took 2.7 years to cross, so the real count is still just under 3K.

1. ★★★★★ veerendratikhe

   5mo ago

   works as what it claims

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2. ★★★★★ mozalan

   3.7y ago

   Main issue is that it won’t display on mobile version of the site, which is not good nowadays and there isn’t a tick box for such to be enabled. Needs sorting out. Thanks.

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3. ★★★★★ B

   3.9y ago

   I pampa, me and my team were the ones who sent you some ideias and designs for a new flag pack a few months ago, since then I’ve started using your plugin on one more client site. I’d say that this is probably the fastest and most performant translator plugin in the directory, and that’s what makes it special. It’s modern, it feels really nice to use with gutenberg. Unlike all the other plugins out there. For the Pro version my wish is the following: 1. Make it so we can create custom urls from an automatic translation 2. Make it simple on how to index these results on google 3. Make it simple, simple, simple. Please don’t add bloat or to much complexity. Hope all is well.

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4. ★★★★★ yaitema

   4.0y ago

   This plugin really delivers what it says. Did exactly what I needed and more! Super Simple to configure and has clear handling. Support was almost instant! Best and most efficient Google Translate plugin on wordpress.org

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5. ★★★★★ freechelmi

   4.1y ago

   I don’t understand why this is called ” automatic” When you Visit the website from a different language the website does not switch to it. User have to select the language from the widget. Did I miss something ?

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6. ★★★★★ amburtt

   4.2y ago

   This plugin is a good solution for someone looking for auto machine translation using Google’s free translation service, but it has the same shortcomings as other similar plugins which limits its usefulness. It could be great with some changes. ===PROS=== 1. It’s free. 2. Simple to set up and use. 3. Auto translates your website. ===CONS=== 1. It only uses Google’s standard free translation service which is imperfect. When I translated a paragraph from English to French the result contained four changes in meaning from the original text. Multiply this over 100’s of paragraphs and it becomes a problem. 2. It does not take advantage of the neural machine translation (NMT) services now being offered by Google and Microsoft. This is next gen and is claimed to be near perfect to human translation. Both Google and Microsoft have free accounts for text translation using NMT with an API key, so the plugin would need to allow users to enter an API key. It is worth mentioning a bit about the NMT offerings by Google and Microsoft. Both have free offerings but require the user to have an account (to get an API key). ATM Google offers a $300 credit with up to 500,000 characters translation per month. The Microsoft offering is better IMO. It is called Auzure Translator and offers 2,000,000 characters translation per month at no cost. That’s between 30,000 and 50,000 words each month! So, in summary the plugin is OK as far as it goes, but it would be great if users could take full advantage of the Azure Translator NMT free offering by entering their API key.

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7. ★★★★★ barracudadigital

   4.2y ago

   We use this plugin in several of our clients’ websites, it has a simple interface to make it match the designs. They also offer good email support which is much appreciated. Thanks!

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8. ★★★★★ Dumbo16556

   4.6y ago

   fast, simple – absolutely stunning …and the few design issues I had are probably due to my bad coding 🙂

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 2.1.3 Corrected the WordPress.org release package so it contains the 2.1.3 source and build outputs. 2.1.3
2. — Version 2.1.2 Fixed PHP template calls to do_shortcode( '[auto_translate_button]' ) so they bootstrap the frontend translator runtime when the floating selector is disabled and the shortcode is not present in post content 2.1.2
3. — Version 2.1.1 Raised the minimum supported WordPress version to 6.5 Fixed the isolated minimalist selector so it stays styled when hosts combine plugin CSS into aggregated cache URLs Fixed the minimalist selector so the detached open 2.1.1
4. — Version 2.1.0 Added bundled plugin translations for French (France), German, Japanese, Spanish (Spain), Portuguese (Brazil), English (UK), and Italian Changed minimum supported WordPress version to 5.0 to match the plugin’s selector b 2.1.0
5. — Version 2.0.0 Changed the default Language label style to Native names for new installs and unsaved settings Rebuilt the frontend translator around a custom selector-first visitor experience Added lazy Google Translate loading, shared 2.0.0
6. — Version 1.7.1 Updated WordPress compatibility metadata to 7.0 1.7.1

1 open vulnerability affects the current version (2.3.0). 0 of 1 disclosed are patched.

1. Open Medium · 4.4 Automatic Translator with Google Translate <= 1.5.4 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Custom Font ↗
   2024-05-21 CVE-2024-0632 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.5.4 No patch available

Translated into 7 languages, 0 at 90% or more

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Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-04-28 4K+ → 2K+ down after 993 days in tier
2. 2023-08-09 3K+ → 4K+ up after 180 days in tier
3. 2023-02-10 2K+ → 3K+ up after 76 days in tier
4. 2022-11-26 1K+ → 2K+ up after 53 days in tier
5. 2022-10-04 200+ → 1K+ up after 378 days in tier
6. 2021-09-21 100+ → 200+ up after 403 days in tier
7. 2020-08-14 30+ → 100+ up

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Automatic Translator with Google Translate: 2K+ active installs, 4.4★ (11 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/auto-translate