If you wish to find a simple way to translate a WordPress website, WPML is the answer. It's very simple to use and has some fantastic functions. WPML lets you do SEO for each language. Even you can employ expert translators from inside the WordPress admin control panel
WPML is a commercial plugin, designed to make things very easy for you to create a WordPress site in many languages. You can have your website based on WordPress in other languages like Spanish, Russian, Italian, Chinese, French, Dutch, and many more. The default install is offered in over 40 foreign languages. It is possible to add your own language variants using their languages editor.
WPML has a lot of features that help you manage your multilingual site, but also require database resources to run. Sometimes this plugin can slow the admin panel but not your website.
This plugin is great for SEO. WPML lets you do SEO for every language. You can set SEO features for the homepage, categories and internal pages, letting your sites rank high on local search engine result. WPML is fully compatible with SEO plugins: WordPress SEO by Yoast, All in One SEO Pack, etc (Article: Using WordPress SEO by Yoast with WPML).
A simple setup wizard lets you configure WPML and turn your WordPress website multilingual in a few minutes. Add languages, choose language selectors and start translating.
Technical support. They give native-language support in 7 languages.
Price. WPML is a commercial plugin and it is not cheap: $29 on the Multilingual Blog version (annual renewal costs $15) and $79 on Multilingual CMS version (annual renewal costs $39). If you wish to purchase a perpetual license must pay $195. The license is offered for unlimited sites. You can request refunds until 30 days of your purchase date. They will refund 100 % of your payment-- no questions asked.
