WordPress translation tool powered by the Google Translate API. Generates multilingual content automatically for fast, consistent international pages.
The Google Translate API allows developers to programmatically translate text, documents, and websites between various languages. It’s a powerful tool for building applications and services that require multilingual support. The API uses Neural Machine Translation (NMT) technology for high-quality translations.
Overview
For a client needing multilingual content generation inside WordPress, I developed a custom plugin that uses the Google Translate API to translate page and post content into multiple languages.
Project Details
Custom Translation Interface
The plugin adds a clean, purpose-built interface for selecting languages and initiating translation runs. All translation happens in the background and updates the corresponding content automatically.
Result
A simple, fast, and reliable translation workflow that allows generation of multilingual content on demand — no external plugins, no brittle hacks, and no dependency on browser-based auto-translation.
The plugin provides repeatable, stored translations that can be rendered to any user saving repeat calls to the API and time.
Key Features
- When a page is translated to any language, that translated version is stored for re-use.
- Future page loads in that language are super fast.
- Pages saved in various language translations are deleted when a page is edited allowing a fresh translation automatically when that language is called again.
Tech Stack
- Google Translate API
- WordPress (custom plugin)
- PHP
- jQuery + AJAX (admin UI)
- File- and database-based storage for translated content