WPML Documentation

The first 30 minutes with WPML. Install the plugin, register your site, pick your languages, run the Setup Wizard, and translate your first pages. Start here if WPML is new to you.

The how to translate X catalogue. One page per kind of content: posts and custom post types, taxonomies, menus, strings, media, WooCommerce, SEO meta, ACF custom fields, Gravity Forms, WPForms, Ninja Forms, Contact Form 7, BuddyPress, content import, GraphQL, ElasticPress.

How WPML’s built-in AI translation works. Translate Everything Automatically, pricing, the Translation Quality Guarantee, and the agency billing workflow that lets agencies bill their clients for AI translation.

The settings reference. Languages, language switcher, URLs and SEO, what gets translated, the translation editor, AI translation settings, translator workflows, and compatibility settings for themes and plugins.

The plugin catalogue. Each add-on has its own marketing page that links to the matching how-to: WPML core, String Translation, Media Translation, WooCommerce Multilingual, ACFML, SEO, Export and Import, GraphQL, Gravity Forms, WPForms, Ninja Forms, CF7, BuddyPress and BuddyBoss, ElasticPress, MailChimp.

Third-party themes that have been tested with WPML and run multilingual sites without modification. Filter by industry, page builder, or WPML-tested status.

Third-party plugins that have been tested with WPML. Useful when you’re picking a plugin for a multilingual site and want to know it works with WPML before installing.

The developer reference. The wpml-config.xml file (how themes and plugins tell WPML what their custom fields, taxonomies, and post types are), the WPML hooks reference, the WCML and ACFML hooks references, and other programmer resources.