Just Translate
Automatically captures and translates text strings using a custom translation panel with multi-language support.
Plugin info
Maintenance & Compatibility
Maintenance score
Maintained • Last updated 111 days ago
Is Just Translate abandoned?
Likely maintained (last update 111 days ago).
Compatibility
Similar & Alternatives
Explore plugins with similar tags, and compare key metrics like downloads, ratings, updates, support, and WP/PHP compatibility.
Description
Just Translate is a lightweight plugin that enables you to manage translations of your WordPress website easily from the admin panel. It automatically detects and stores any string that appears on your website and supports language prefixes in URLs (like /en/, /id/, etc.).
Features:
- Automatically capture and store untranslated strings
- Define multiple supported languages
- Friendly admin UI for translation management
- Filter translated/untranslated strings
- Bulk delete strings
- Frontend-based translation (theme-agnostic)
- SEO friendly
Shortcode
[wpjt_language_switcher]
Parameters:
hide_flag– Hide language flag icon (default:false)show_name– Show language name (default:false)display_name– Define the type of name to display whenshow_name=true
Options:locale: e.g.,id-IDlang: e.g.,idname: e.g.,Indonesian (Indonesia)native_name: e.g.,Indonesia (Indonesia)english_name: e.g.,Indonesian (Indonesia)lang_name: e.g.,Indonesianlang_native_name: e.g.,Indonesialang_english_name: e.g.,Indonesian
Example usage:
[wpjt_language_switcher show_name=true display_name=lang_native_name]
Hooks
1. wpjt_locale_slug
Filter the URL slug for a given locale.
add_filter('wpjt_locale_slug', function($slug, $locale) {
$slugs = [
'ja-JP' => 'japanese',
'id-ID' => 'my-slug',
'en-US' => 'en',
];
return $slugs[$locale] ?? $slug;
}, 10, 2);
2. wpjt_setting_locales
Add or remove locale codes in the settings panel.
add_filter('wpjt_setting_locales', function($locales) {
$locales[] = 'jv-ID';
$locales[] = 'su-ID';
return $locales;
});
3. wpjt_should_skip_string
Skip specific strings from being translated.
add_filter('wpjt_should_skip_string', function($skip, $string) {
if (trim($string) === 'WordPress') {
$skip = true;
}
return $skip;
}, 10, 2);
Installation
- Upload the plugin files to the
/wp-content/plugins/just-translate/directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly. - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress.
- Go to Translations > Settings to configure your supported locales.
- Begin using the translation panel to manage detected strings.
Frequently Asked Questions
Every text test that appears on your website will be captured and stored automatically if it has not been translated.
Yes. The plugin is theme-agnostic and works with custom post types, themes, and almost all builders (please let me know if there are any builders that are incompatible).
Use the [wpjt_language_switcher] shortcode to display a language switcher.
Review feed
Screenshots
Changelog
0.0.10
Fix WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY condition
0.0.9
- Fix cache by device
- Add ability to translate link tag url
0.0.8
- Fix WP_Filesystem Initialization
0.0.7
- Change cache storage from database to files
- Add ability to translate http header links
0.0.6
- Fix internal link recognition when no scheme or host is specified
- Code refactoring
0.0.5
- improve perfomance (cache the translated html)
- Code refactoring
0.0.4
- Fixed bugs in string cache keys
- Changed the condition for skipping string registration from WP_DEBUG to WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY.
- Code refactoring
0.0.3
- Add hreflang tags.
- Add Content-Language header.
0.0.2
- refactor.
0.0.1
- Initial release.