Title: WPGlobus Author: Gregory Karpinsky (@tivnet) Published: July 29, 2014 Last modified: February 1, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/wpglobus/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=956934) ![](https://ps.w.org/wpglobus/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1069705) # WPGlobus By [Gregory Karpinsky (@tivnet)](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tivnet/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wpglobus.3.0.2.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpglobus/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpglobus/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpglobus/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpglobus/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpglobus/) ## Description **WPGlobus** is a family of WordPress plugins assisting you in translating and maintaining bilingual/multilingual WordPress blogs and sites. #### Quick Start Video Please also read the [Quick Start Guide](https://wpglobus.com/quick-start/). #### Important Notes: please read before using WPGlobus! * NO AUTOMATIC TRANSLATION: - WPGlobus does NOT translate texts automatically! You will **translate texts manually**. * PAGE BUILDERS / COMPOSERS: - WPGlobus supports blocks (“Gutenberg”) and WPBakery Page Builder. Other builders, such as “Page Builder by SiteOrigin”, “Beaver Builder”, Fusion (“Avada”), Elegant (“Divi”), Elementor, etc. have limited or no support. * IF YOU UNINSTALL, YOU LOSE TRANSLATIONS: - WPGlobus stores all translations using a special format: `{:en}English{:}{: fr}French{:}{:es}Spanish{:}`. If you decide to **deactivate and uninstall WPGlobus**, you **must run the cleanup tool** to keep only one language. See the details on the “Welcome” tab in the WPGlobus Settings. * COOKIES: - WPGlobus use browser cookies to store the selected language in the form `wpglobus- language=xx` where `xx` is a two-letter language code: `en`, `de`, `fr`, etc. * NO MULTISITE: - The **multisite** mode (multiple virtual sites sharing a single WordPress installation) is **not tested and not supported**. * FREE PLUGIN with PAID EXTENSIONS: - Some functionality is available only with our **premium add-ons**. Details below. * OLD PHP / OLD WORDPRESS: - We develop and test our software using the **latest versions of PHP, WordPress, and all plugins**. If you have an older version and something is not working properly – please upgrade before contacting us. * MBSTRING: - For the full UTF-8 compatibility and better performance, please make sure that the [Multibyte String](https://www.php.net/manual/en/intro.mbstring.php) PHP extension is enabled. #### What is in the FREE version of WPGlobus? The WPGlobus plugin provides you with the general multilingual tools. * **Manually translate** posts, pages, categories, tags, menus, and widgets; * **Add one or several languages** to your WP blog/site using custom combinations of country flags, locales and language names; * **Switch the languages at the front-end** using: a drop-down menu extension and/ or a customizable widget with various display options; * **Switch the Administrator interface language** using a top bar selector; The WPGlobus plugin serves as the **foundation** to other plugins in the family. #### When do I need WPGlobus Extensions? * To translate URLs (`/my-page/` translates to `/fr/ma-page`, `/es/mi-pagina` and so on); * To “postpone” translation to all languages and publish only those that are ready; * To have completely separate menus for each language; * To translate WooCommerce products and taxonomies; * …and more. For more details, please check out the extension descriptions on our website: * [WooCommerce WPGlobus](https://wpglobus.com/product/woocommerce-wpglobus/): adds multilingual capabilities to WooCommerce-based online stores. * [WPGlobus Plus](https://wpglobus.com/product/wpglobus-plus/): adds URL fine-tuning, publishing status per translation, and more. * [WPGlobus – Mobile Menu](https://wpglobus.com/product/wpglobus-mobile-menu/): makes the WPGlobus language switcher menu compatible with mobile devices and narrow screens. * [WPGlobus – Featured Images](https://wpglobus.com/product/wpglobus-featured-images/): Set featured image separately for each language defined in WPGlobus. * [WPGlobus – Translate Options](https://wpglobus.com/product/wpglobus-translate-options/): Selective translation of the texts stored in the `wp_options` database table. #### Compatibility with WordPress Themes * WPGlobus works correctly with all themes that apply proper filtering before outputting content. * Some themes incorporate 3rd party plugins (e.g., sliders, forms, composers) – not all of them are 100% multilingual-ready. When you see elements that cannot be translated, please **tell the theme/plugin authors**. * Read more on the topic [here](https://wpglobus.com/documentation/wpglobus-compatibility-with-themes-and-plugins/). #### Compatibility with WordPress Plugins We have tested WPGlobus with many plugins. However, since plugins are frequently updated, some adjustments may be required after a new update. We will do our best to monitor and make the necessary changes on our end. #### Permalinks **IMPORTANT:** WPGlobus will not work if your URLs look like `example.com?p=123` or `example.com/index.php/category/post/`. Please go to `Settings->Permalinks` and change the permalink structure to non-default and with no `index.php` in it. If you are unable to do that for some reason, please talk to your hosting provider or systems administrator. **Note:** WooCommerce adds their own section to the Permalinks. It is important to fill in all the information. For example, you need to specify your Shop Base, for example, `/product/`. If you leave it blank, WooCommerce will try to translate the base (eg `/produkt/` for German), which will result in a 404 error. #### Developing on `localhost` or custom ports WPGlobus may not work correctly on development servers having URLs like `//localhost/ mysite` or on custom ports like `//myserver.dev:3000`. Please use a proper domain name (a fake one from `/etc/hosts` is OK), and port 80. ## Screenshots * [[ * The Welcome screen. * [[ * Settings panel. * [[ * Languages setup. * [[ * Attaching language switcher to a menu. * [[ * Editing post in multiple languages. * [[ * Multilingual Yoast SEO and Featured Images. * [[ * Language Switcher widget and Multilingual Editor dialog. * [[ * Multilingual WooCommerce store powered by [WooCommerce WPGlobus](https://wpglobus.com/product/woocommerce-wpglobus/). ## Installation You can install this plugin directly from your WordPress dashboard: 1. Go to the _Plugins_ menu and click _Add New_. 2. Search for _WPGlobus_. 3. Click _Install Now_ next to the WPGlobus plugin. 4. Activate the plugin. Alternatively, see the guide to [Manual Plugin Installation](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/manage-plugins/#manual-plugin-installation-1). ## FAQ ### Please read these first: * [The Quick Start Guide](https://wpglobus.com/quick-start/) * [Before contacting Support…](https://wpglobus.com/support/before-contacting-wpglobus-support/) ### No automatic translation WPGlobus does NOT translate texts! You need to **translate texts manually**. ### After deactivating WPGlobus, all my pages look like garbage! What you see is a mix of the languages, which WPGlobus knows how to handle when it’s active. When you deactivate WPGlobus, your site is not multilingual anymore, and you have to remove all translations. WPGlobus stores all translations using a special format: `{:en}English{:}{:fr}French{:}{: es}Spanish{:}`. If you decide to **deactivate WPGlobus**, you **must run the cleanup tool** to keep only one language. See the details on the “Uninstall” tab in the WPGlobus Settings. ### When I switch language, I am getting 404 on all pages Please go to the `Admin - Settings - Permalinks` page. Make sure that the `Common Settings` is not set to “Plain” and then press the `Save Changes` button. It should help. ### Is there a PRO version? We have a set of add-ons that extend the WPGlobus functionality. Please found them on [our website](https://wpglobus.com). **NOTE:** When you install an add-on, such as **WPGlobus Plus**, you must keep the WPGlobus plugin activated! ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/92fe206c01f64625f1a90efbbeea324ff82906c7f5ae6e7d7c89c9c3784b5caa? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[stay away³](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stay-away%c2%b3/)󠁿 [neralex](https://profiles.wordpress.org/neralex/) August 26, 2025 1 reply I came across along here because a client’s website with this plugin crashed completely because it is adding to each db-entry inside of the _postmeta, _options and _posts table brackets like {:de}…{:pl}…{:}. The deinstallation-routine of this plugin was not able to remove it, what it has stored into the database. The result after running the deinstallation-routine ended in completely removed styles and content-blocks, which were created with Elementor. All menue-eintries got broken too. The website was built as onepager and this plugin blowed up the wordpress-database with this those shitty brackets to more than 130 MB. All revision were affected too.After 5 times of try&errror without any solution and rolling back, I got today this plugin finally removed with WP-CLI and a lot of regex-sql-updates along sql-backups after each step. The database got shrinked to 4 MB after the cleaning from WPGlobal. I have never seen so much hazzle to remove a plugin. This is a very bad example how it can ends, when the developers doesn’t follow the wordpress codex. It’s a shame that the developers of this plugin are still selling licenses for it, which is not more maintained anymore. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3709a07fefffc34a9a9bf6113792bd124f87c6acae7257e43bb07e4912b9ae7f? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[WARNING ! not supported even when premium bought](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-not-supported-even-when-premium-bought/)󠁿 [tripmedia](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tripmedia/) April 24, 2024 We bought the premium plugin which turns out to be outdated , irrelevant and doesn’t get any new updates. We tried to reach the support team with their email , however, no response won’t recommend ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7cc22bd557530be0e238a65163322649a47b1b2563a1d2fd93a1927f23fe6c29? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[STAY AWAY!!!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stay-away-69/)󠁿 [gazebo74](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gazebo74/) January 22, 2024 This plugin have had always several bugs, until they stop to support and now it’s in conflict with Gutemberg and none of them give any support! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/90e5a347d1fe4a906f6783d7fda8c462a974730c0898b7fe0cfc8e904cb9e89a? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Weak plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/weak-plugin-3/)󠁿 [mihailmc](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mihailungu/) December 2, 2023 There are far more better free plugins then WPGlobus. One big minus is how it works by adding {} language tags, then they do not bother to fix massive fixes like critical error conflict with latest Elementor versions. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/05fa75aaab07f14ea53fc58cdee5d70960b14e16ab7f9bcb2b4c528ce91a7114? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Not working on new themes](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-working-on-new-themes/)󠁿 [geekery](https://profiles.wordpress.org/geekery/) December 21, 2022 There’s no way to show the language switcher in the new themes, and the current tutorial says to add as a widget. There’s no more widget support in wordpress. This plugin is very complicated to use. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e6ae0026612debdccec7a08ba838503c19cb6446348dc4db7bf3fcca4e87ec52? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Fast and good support, plugging is excellent](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fast-and-good-support-plugging-is-excellent/)󠁿 [CanaC](https://profiles.wordpress.org/canac/) December 13, 2022 They help in the translation of specially created texts in seting All the best in your future work [ Read all 228 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpglobus/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “WPGlobus” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Gregory Karpinsky (@tivnet) ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tivnet/) * [ TIV.NET INC. ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tivnetinc/) “WPGlobus” has been translated into 2 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wpglobus/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “WPGlobus” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wpglobus) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpglobus/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wpglobus/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wpglobus/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wpglobus/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 3.0.2 * Fix: option panel broken by incorrect HTML sanitizing * Fix: multilingual media JS missing * “Plugin Check” security fixes. #### 3.0.1 * Fix: Early translations warning (admin-helpdesk). * WP tested up to: 6.9 #### 3.0.0 * Fix: PHP-8 warnings * PHP support: 7.4+ * No longer supported: All-in-One SEO v3, older versions of Yoast SEO. * See `changelog.txt` for the older entries. ## Meta * Version **3.0.2** * Last updated **2 months ago** * Active installations **10,000+** * WordPress version ** 6.2 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.9.4** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Languages * [English (Canada)](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/wpglobus/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpglobus/), and [Russian](https://ru.wordpress.org/plugins/wpglobus/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wpglobus) * Tags * [localization](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/localization/)[multilanguage](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/multilanguage/) [multilingual](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/multilingual/)[translate](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/translate/) [WPGlobus](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/wpglobus/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpglobus/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.5 out of 5 stars. * [ 191 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpglobus/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 6 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpglobus/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 2 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpglobus/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 5 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpglobus/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 24 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpglobus/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpglobus/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpglobus/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Gregory Karpinsky (@tivnet) ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tivnet/) * [ TIV.NET INC. ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tivnetinc/) ## Support Issues resolved in last two months: 0 out of 1 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpglobus/)