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Lingua Visual

Visual translation plugin for WordPress — unlimited languages, visual mode, XLIFF, media translation.

by Vanf Lab · github.com/vanf-lab/lingua-visual · website

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Install

No release zip yet. The repository archive installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow:

wp plugin install https://github.com/vanf-lab/lingua-visual/archive/refs/heads/main.zip

Readme github.com/vanf-lab/lingua-visual ↗

Visual multilingual translation with UNLIMITED languages, free. Click any frontend text and translate it on the spot. Per-language URLs (/en/page/) that persist while browsing and play nice with caching.

Description

Lingua Visual lets you translate your site directly on the frontend: enable visual mode from the admin bar ("Translate this page"), click any text block, type the translation, done. No language limit, no paid APIs, no subscriptions.

Unlimited languages: add as many as you want (code, name and emoji flag).
Per-language URLs: each language lives at its own URL (/en/my-page/); the default language has no prefix. The translation persists while browsing and each language is a separate page-cache entry (compatible with WP Rocket and similar).
Own dictionary: strings and translations are stored in dedicated tables (wp_lingua_strings, wp_lingua_translations).
Multilingual SEO: per-language hreflang + x-default in the <head> and canonical matching the active language.
Backward compatible: ?lang= and the lingua_lang cookie keep working and redirect (302) to the prefixed URL.
Language switcher: [lingua_switcher] shortcode + widget, with per-language URLs.
Import/export the dictionary as CSV.
Hook for optional automation: filter lgv_auto_translate to suggest translations with your own API.

Installation

Upload the lingua-visual folder to wp-content/plugins/.
Activate the plugin from Plugins.
Go to Lingua Visual → Languages and add your languages.
In Lingua Visual → URLs verify that language prefixes are enabled.
On the frontend, from the admin bar, choose "Translate this page" and start clicking texts.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do pretty URLs like /en/page work?

Yes, since 0.2.0. Each non-default language lives at its prefixed URL (/en/my-page/); the default language has no prefix. Internal links are rewritten automatically and ?lang= / the cookie redirect to the prefixed URL.

Does it work with page caches like WP Rocket?

Yes, that's the point of the 0.2.0 design: since each language is a different URL, the cache stores one translated version per language without going through PHP.