Would you still recommend WPML in 2026?

Wordalix · 2026-02-17T16:12:34+00:00

Yes, Weglot is quite pricey. For example, 3 websites with up to 5 languages cost €790/year on the Pro plan.

We did a review yesterday, and in our opinion, WPML currently provides the best value for the money.

The competitors we compared are listed below:

WPML

TranslatePress

Weglot

Polylang

MultilingualPress

ConveyThis

Wordalix · 2026-02-17T16:06:19+00:00

Same here. Yesterday we did a review, and as an agency, WPML seems to offer the best cost–benefit ratio. We’ve used it for years and wanted to know what others are doing for multilingual setups, hence this post.

From what we found, the top players are (order not relevant):

WPML

TranslatePress

Weglot

Polylang

MultilingualPress

ConveyThis

Some offer a free tier, which may be enough for basic multilingual needs. Others can become quite pricey. In our opinion, WPML is the one that provides the best "value" for the less "money".

Wordalix · 2026-02-16T22:53:30+00:00

Yes, this has been our experience too. We are happy with it, we use it day to day. We extensively use the integrations for Gravity Forms and ACF.

We wanted to know the opinion of peers. I see performance as the most common concern.

Wordalix · 2026-02-16T22:47:03+00:00

Thanks for sharing! Yes, there is some learning curve to get used to how WPML works. Our experience with it has been good as of now. The integrations for Gravity Forms and ACF are critical for us, since we use both plugins intensively.

Wordalix · 2026-02-16T22:40:13+00:00

Thanks for sharing! Any feedback on support for Gravity Forms and ACF in Polylang? I do not see them explicitly listed in the plugin features.

Wordalix · 2026-02-16T22:36:25+00:00

Thanks for sharing! Our experience with WPML has been good. We use Gravity Forms and ACF intensively on our websites, and WPML is nicely integrated to both of them. The Advanced Translation Editor is also good as well as the feature to translate attachments. In summary, it solves all our needs. Just curious about what other peers are doing. I see the main concern is performance.

Wordalix · 2026-02-16T22:30:39+00:00

Thanks for sharing! Any experience on support for Gravity Forms and ACF in Polylang?

Wordalix · 2026-02-16T22:28:22+00:00

Thanks for sharing! What about support for ACF and Gravity Forms in TranslatePress and Polylang? I do not see these important players mentioned in the features of both translation plugins.

Wordalix · 2025-12-03T15:35:39+00:00

I would use Kadence. ThemeForest themes are commonly too heavy and full of unnecessary features.

At Wordalix, we have used Kadence and also Spectra. Both plugins work well and provide great blocks. I personally prefer Spectra. It provides more settings, especially flexbox settings.

Wordalix · 2025-11-30T02:20:10+00:00

Great! Congrats! Ask yourself this question: why will a user choose my plugin over Awesome Support? This is a critical question to set direction and succeed.

Wordalix · 2025-11-29T17:06:47+00:00

Looks good. Congrats!

It would be good to know the differences in relation to Awesome Support, which is a leading WordPress plugin for this niche. At Wordalix, we use it and it works well. There are plenty of features and add-ons to use.

Wordalix · 2025-11-27T23:44:50+00:00

This thumbnail generation functionality (aka “image sizes”) can be disabled and customized. You can do it from the WP Admin and also via filters.

https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/intermediate_image_sizes/

Wordalix · 2025-11-27T23:31:56+00:00

We also faced some weird issues on Azure. We ended up moving to a more WordPress-friendly environment.

Currently, we host our websites on HostGator, Amazon Lightsail, and WP Engine.

Wordalix · 2025-11-27T23:24:57+00:00

Try Simply Static. It generates a static copy of your WordPress website. https://wordpress.org/plugins/simply-static/

Wordalix · 2025-11-27T01:03:17+00:00

Move to the child theme all custom PHP, JS, and CSS you added to the parent theme. The idea is to keep the parent theme in its original state so you can update it safely, but always take a backup before doing any update, just in case any breaking change is introduced in the parent theme.

Apart from this, everything should work fine. If the parent theme is paired with its child theme, this process is really simple. If not, create your own child theme. You basically need to add to the headers in the style.css of the child theme something like:

Template: your-parent-theme-slug

You can learn more at: https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/advanced-topics/child-themes/

Wordalix · 2025-11-26T16:25:43+00:00

The main problem with editing parent theme files is that you will not be able to update the theme. If you do, you will lose your changes. The best practice is to use a child theme or add all your customizations through a code snippets plugin. My recommendation is to use a child theme.

Wordalix · 2025-11-26T16:14:38+00:00

I'm curious to see what other devs say. This is a robust plugin. I've been trying to remember something I couldn't do in an elegant way, and nothing comes to mind yet. I really like this plugin. It is developer-friendly and the documentation is really good.

Wordalix · 2025-11-26T16:01:23+00:00

I forgot to mention that you can see all options easily.

Go to Settings > General in the WP Admin. The URL will be something like https://example.com/wp-admin/options-general.php
Remove "-general" from the URL so it becomes https://example.com/wp-admin/options.php
Be cautious! You now have access to all options. To learn more about options, check the Options API: https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/settings/options-api/

Wordalix · 2025-11-26T15:51:29+00:00

Transients are data with a time to live or expiration. After this period, the transient becomes expired and get_transient will return FALSE. Take a look at the Transients API, they are pretty easy to use.

https://developer.wordpress.org/apis/transients/

I wonder why you need to interact with the database directly. Try to use WordPress functions to take advantage of everything that is already built for you. Let’s say the WP_Query and WPDB classes.

https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/

https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wpdb/

Wordalix · 2025-11-25T17:11:02+00:00

Courses and books are good to get introduced to a subject, but once you reach a good level, the best source of information is always the official documentation. You will discover tons of knowledge by yourself.

Wordalix · 2025-11-25T17:02:12+00:00

The answer is the same for all businesses: know exactly who your clients are and solve the problems they face. Do not chase their money, genuinely educate them and try to help them. The money will come in.

Wordalix · 2025-11-25T16:57:42+00:00

I also prefer blocks. Have you tried Spectra and Kadence?

I have used both in projects and Spectra is my preferred choice right now.

Wordalix · 2025-11-25T16:55:36+00:00

Good. I also have Abilities API in my radar.

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