WPML 4.7 – Better Translation Workflow, Easy String Translation, Improved Editor, and More

From the go, we designed WPML 4.7 to help you get better translations with less effort. Now, you can easily translate your entire site from a single page – the new Translation Dashboard.

WPML 4.7.2 Is Now Available

Since publishing this post, we have released WPML 4.7.1 and WPML 4.7.2 with various bug fixes.

See WPML 4.7 in action for a quick overview of what’s new:

New Translation Dashboard for Smarter Workflow

We completely revamped the Translation Dashboard which is now the only screen you need to translate your entire site.
Easily send any content for translation including posts, pages, WooCommerce products, forms, widgets, and any other type.
Before selecting how you want to translate your content, you now also get an estimate on the wordcount. Everything is simple and at a glance!

The top of the Translation Dashboard page will now also show you the detailed status of your translations and guide you in case your attention is required for anything.

Easy Theme & Plugin String Translations

We vastly simplified how you translate texts (strings) that are outside regular content and come from plugins and themes. You only need to follow two simple steps:

1. Visit your site’s frontend in a secondary language and find the page with the untranslated texts (strings). WPML will autodetect them and make them available for translation.

1. Find the Other texts (Strings) section on the Translation Dashboard and select the Frontend (viewed) filter. This displays all the texts that WPML identified when you visited the frontend. You can safely send all these untranslated texts for translation.

And that’s it! You no longer need to hunt for strings. WPML does this work for you and shows you the strings you need, directly on the Translation Dashboard.

Enhancements for Advanced Translation Editor

WPML 4.7 also brings major improvements to the Advanced Translation Editor, making it more intuitive and user-friendly.

Smarter segmentation – WPML now displays paragraphs together for a more natural translation flow. If you prefer, you can still revert to sentence-based segmentation.

Content is grouped like in WordPress – The Advanced Translation Editor now mirrors the layout of the WordPress editor, keeping content in the same order with familiar labels. This makes translating structured content—like pages built with Elementor, SEO metadata from Yoast, and forms—easier than ever.

New Feature – Automatic Glossary Retranslation!

Updating your WPML Glossary now comes with an added benefit: WPML can automatically retranslate all affected content, ensuring consistency across your site without extra effort.

At launch, Glossary Retranslation is free to use but comes with temporary usage limits to maintain system stability. Soon, these limits will be lifted, and a small fee will be introduced to cover system costs.

Seamless Integration With Major WordPress Plugins

WPML 4.7 enhances compatibility with popular WordPress plugins, ensuring a smoother translation experience across your site. Our team made sure all WPML add-ons take full advantage of the new features.

Alongside WPML 4.7, we’ve released updates to key WPML compatibility add-ons, including:

• WPML Multilingual & Multicurrency for WooCommerce 5.4.0
• ACF Multilingual 2.1.5
• WPML SEO 2.1.1
• CF7 Multilingual 1.3.2

Make sure to update all WPML compatibility add-ons that your site is using.

Ready to Experience WPML 4.7?

We are gradually releasing WPML 4.7 to websites but if you want, you can get it right away:

Share Your WPML 4.7 Experience

This release wouldn’t be possible without the valuable feedback from our WPML users. Your insights make a great impact and help us continue improving WPML.

We’d love to hear about your experience with WPML 4.7. Let us know in the comments below!