Hire Polylang Developers

Polylang is a free WordPress plugin that adds multilingual support to a WordPress site. Content – posts, pages, custom post types, taxonomies, and strings – is created once and then translated into additional languages. Each language version has its own URL (either a subdirectory like /fr/ or a subdomain like fr.example.com), and visitors are served content in the appropriate language.

The core Polylang plugin is free and handles the fundamental multilingual workflow: language assignment to content, language switcher widget, and translated URL generation. Polylang Pro adds WooCommerce multilingual support, RTL language support, and a language switcher block for the block editor. For WooCommerce multilingual sites, the Polylang for WooCommerce add-on is required to translate products, product categories, and shop pages.

Polylang is an alternative to WPML – both solve the same problem, but Polylang has a simpler interface, a free core tier, and lower ongoing cost. WPML has broader plugin compatibility, more translation workflow features (translation management, professional translation service integration), and better support for complex multilingual architectures. Polylang.

Polylang development work typically involves:

• Setting up Polylang for a new multilingual site – configuring languages, URL structure, language switcher, and translating existing content.
• Integrating Polylang with custom post types and taxonomies – ensuring custom content types are translatable and their translated URLs work correctly.
• Polylang + WooCommerce setup – translating products, categories, shop pages, and checkout strings for a multilingual e-commerce site.
• Troubleshooting Polylang issues – untranslated strings, broken language switcher, incorrect language detection, or URL conflicts.
• Migrating from WPML to Polylang or vice versa.

Polylang configuration is accessible to non-developers for basic setup, but integrating it with custom post types, page builders, and third-party plugins requires developer experience. Look for developers who have configured Polylang for a complete site – not just installed it and translated a few posts.

For WooCommerce multilingual projects, confirm experience with Polylang for WooCommerce specifically. The WooCommerce integration has its own configuration requirements, and the checkout and account pages require specific string translation setup.

Common Polylang problems: How To Set Up WordPress Multisite.

• Language switcher not showing all languages – the content does not have a translation in the target language, or the switcher widget is not configured to show languages without translations. Check the language switcher settings.
• Custom post type content not translatable – the post type is not registered as translatable in Polylang > Settings > Custom post types. Enable it there.
• Wrong language content served to visitors – the language detection settings are using browser language detection that conflicts with the URL-based language. Review Polylang’s language detection order in Settings > Languages.
• WooCommerce shop page in wrong language – the shop page is not translated, or the Polylang for WooCommerce configuration for shop pages is not set up. Create translated versions of the WooCommerce pages and assign them in Polylang.

Polylang updates regularly and compatibility with new WordPress versions is well-maintained. After major WordPress or WooCommerce updates, verify that translated content continues to display correctly and the language switcher functions as expected.

String translations – for theme strings, plugin strings, and custom strings – need to be reviewed when themes or plugins update, as new strings may be introduced that need translation.

When posting a Polylang project on Codeable, specify the languages needed, whether WooCommerce is involved, and which custom post types or page builders are used on the site. Also mention whether content is already in WordPress and needs translation setup, or whether you are starting a new multilingual site from scratch.