SkyLang Auto Translator for Polylang

SkyLang Auto Translator for Polylang

5/5 (1 ratings) 10 active installs Updated Jun 3, 2026
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SkyLang is an essential tool for any website using the Polylang plugin. It eliminates the tedious process of manually creating translations for your content. With a single click, you can generate translations for all your languages directly from the posts screen.

Key Features

  • One-Click Auto-Translation: Translate any post or page into all your Polylang languages with a single click.
  • Bulk Translation: Translate multiple posts at once from posts screen or the dedicated Bulk Editor.
  • Bulk Editor: Full-featured bulk editing interface with folder filtering (post types, categories, tags, product categories, product tags, product brands), pagination, multi-language progress view, and inline controls.
  • WooCommerce Support: Auto-translate products, product categories, product tags, brands, and product variation descriptions alongside standard content.
  • Elementor Compatible: Deep copy preserves Elementor layouts, custom fields, categories, tags, and featured images.
  • SEO Meta Translation: Automatically translate meta descriptions and titles from Yoast SEO, Rank Math, and All in One SEO.
  • String Translation: Automatically translate strings from your theme and plugins.
  • Category & Tag Sync: Auto-assign translated categories/tags/product taxonomies during translation or run a one-shot sync across all posts and products. New terms created in target language if no translation exists.
  • Menu Sync: Duplicate navigation menus across all Polylang languages. Links to posts, pages, and categories map to their translations.
  • Translator Mode: Quickly regenerate un-translated posts for any language with the translator modal from the posts screen.
  • Configurable Post Types: Enable/disable which post types appear in SkyLang via settings.

How to Use

Check out this video tutorial on how to use SkyLang:

  1. Choose Your Translation Engine:

    • Go to the Skylang settings page.
    • Use Google Translate for the free version. No API key is required.
    • Upgrade to Pro if you want Google Gemini, OpenAI, or Claude with your own API keys and model selection.
  2. Single Post Translation:

    • Go to Posts > All Posts.
    • Hover over the post you want to translate and click the Auto-translate link.
  3. Bulk Translation:

    • Go to Posts > All Posts.
    • Select the posts you want to translate.
    • From the Bulk Actions dropdown, choose Auto-translate and click Apply.

SkyLang Free vs Pro

Upgrade to the Pro version to unlock the full potential of SkyLang and provide the highest quality translations for your professional website.

SkyLang Free

  • Translation Engine: Google Translate
  • Translation: Posts, Pages, Products, Taxonomies & Product Taxonomies
  • WooCommerce: Full product, product category, product tag, brand, and variation support
  • Elementor: Full layout preservation
  • Post Types: Standard posts, pages, and products (configurable)
  • Strings: Basic support for theme/plugin strings
  • Category & Tag Sync: Auto and manual sync with translation
  • Menu Sync: Duplicate menus with linked content mapping
  • Bulk Editor: Translate, force translate, translate all missing
  • Support: Community forums

SkyLang Pro

  • AI Engine: Google Gemini + OpenAI + Anthropic Claude + OpenRouter + custom endpoints
  • Full Content AI Translation: Context-aware AI translation of complete post content with Gutenberg block awareness
  • Custom AI Instructions: Append custom instructions for AI translation behavior
  • Higher Accuracy: AI reads surrounding UI context for menus, buttons, labels, and short strings
  • Unsupported Languages: AI handles language pairs where Google Translate is limited
  • Custom Post Types: Full support for any CPT (WooCommerce, Portfolios, etc.)
  • Custom Base URLs: Connect OpenAI or Anthropic through proxy endpoints or self-hosted gateways
  • String Translation: Dedicated interface for Polylang String Translation
  • Priority Support: Premium 24/7 expert assistance

Upgrade to SkyLang Pro today

External services

This plugin connects to external services to provide its translation and AI capabilities.

  1. Google Translate API
    • What it is used for: Providing the default free translation functionality using Google Translate.
    • What data is sent and when: The specific text or post content requested by the user is sent when the translation is triggered.
    • Links: Terms of Service, Privacy Policy

Privacy

This plugin uses third-party translation services to translate content.

What data we send to third parties

When you use the auto-translation feature, this plugin sends the following data to the API:
* The content of your posts, pages, and custom post types
* The source and target languages for translation

This data is transmitted to the third-party for the sole purpose of translating your content through their service. The data is not stored permanently by the third-party beyond what is required to provide the translation service.

How the third-party uses your data

Please review the third-party’s privacy policy for complete details on how your data is handled.