A cleaner visitor experience
Use a custom language switcher instead of making visitors interact with the default Google widget.
Google Translate plugin for WordPress
Translate your WordPress site with a polished Google Translate language switcher
Automatic Translator v2 gives visitors an easy way to read your site in their language, with a custom selector, flexible placement, lazy Google Translate loading, and no paid SaaS account.
✓ Free WordPress plugin
✓ Powered by Google Translate
✓ No API key required
✓ No SaaS lock-in
The problem
Default website translator widgets can feel rough.
Awkward placement, clunky dropdowns, visible third-party UI, cache-plugin conflicts, and unclear SEO claims all get in the way of visitor translation.
Automatic Translator v2 keeps the free Google Translate path simple while making the visible language switcher feel native to your WordPress site.
It is built for site owners who want a cleaner website translator without adding a paid translation SaaS, managing an API key, or making unsupported multilingual website SEO claims.
Core benefits
A custom selector first, Google Translate behind the scenes.
Flexible placement
Show the selector as a floating button, in a menu, in a widget area, through a shortcode, or with the selector block.
Designed for real WordPress sites
Style the selector, choose supported languages, reorder languages, choose regional flag variants, and exclude brand names or protected content from translation.
Lighter frontend loading
The v2 custom selector path lazy-loads Google Translate when translation is needed, reducing unnecessary third-party script loading.
SEO-honest free translation
Free mode helps visitors read your current pages in another language. It does not pretend to create indexed multilingual pages.
Features
Everything needed for practical visitor translation.
The plugin focuses on the visible selector UX, reliable placement controls, and free client-side translation powered by Google Translate. Third-party Google scripts load when translation is used.
- ✓ Google Translate-powered visitor translation
- ✓ Custom language switcher UI
- ✓ Floating, menu, widget, shortcode, and block placement
- ✓ Language selection and ordering
- ✓ Country flags with broad regional flag choices for languages spoken in multiple places
- ✓ Styling controls for the selector and dropdown
- ✓ Browser language auto-detect option
- ✓ Multiple selectors on the same page
- ✓ Advanced exclusion selectors
- ✓ Lazy Google Translate loading in the custom selector path
- ✓ No translation API key required
Why multilingual access matters
Most of the web is no longer English-first.
Billions of people browse, research, and buy in languages other than English. A visible language switcher helps more visitors understand your WordPress site without making them hunt for browser tools.
Native-language access lowers friction, builds trust, and makes a multilingual website feel more welcoming from the first page view.
Setup guide
Install, choose languages, place the selector.
Download the plugin from the official WordPress.org plugin page, then configure the selector in WordPress.
- 1 Install the plugin from WordPress.org or upload it to /wp-content/plugins/auto-translate/.
- 2 Activate it from the Plugins screen in WordPress.
- 3 Open Translator in the WordPress admin menu.
- 4 Choose your languages, selector style, and placement.
- 5 Visit the frontend and test the language switcher as a visitor.
Screenshots
Selector and settings UI.
FAQ
Common questions.
Does Automatic Translator make my translated pages indexable? +
No. Free mode is client-side translation and does not create crawlable translated pages.
Does it use Google Translate? +
Yes. It uses the Google Translate website widget behind a custom WordPress selector.
Do I need a Google API key? +
No. The free plugin does not require a Google Cloud Translation API key.
Can I control where the selector appears? +
Yes. Use floating placement, menu placement, a widget area, shortcode, or the selector block.
Can I prevent words or sections from being translated? +
Yes. Add CSS selectors in Advanced settings or mark content with the notranslate class.
Can I choose regional flags for each language? +
Yes. Many languages include alternate country flags, so you can choose the flag that best matches your audience or region.
Will it translate text inside images? +
No. It translates text that appears in the page HTML.
Add a cleaner language switcher to your WordPress site.
Use Automatic Translator when you need free visitor translation for a multilingual website experience without a SaaS account.
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