{"id":14734,"date":"2026-03-11T12:22:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T10:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/creativethemes.com\/blocksy\/?p=14734"},"modified":"2026-03-11T14:21:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T12:21:01","slug":"gato-ai-translations-polylang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/creativethemes.com\/blocksy\/blog\/gato-ai-translations-polylang\/","title":{"rendered":"Translating WordPress Sites with AI in 2026: Using Gato AI Translations for Polylang"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This guide covers how to translate a WordPress site using Gato AI Translations for Polylang<\/a>, a plugin that connects to AI services to automate content translation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It covers several common scenarios: posts, pages, custom post types, ACF custom fields, and SEO metadata.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before you start translating, it’s worth taking a few minutes to review and clean up your original content first<\/a>. Any typos, broken sentences, or formatting issues in your original posts will be copied into every translation\u2014so fixing them once upfront saves you a lot of rework later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Setting Up the Plugin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The plugin requires Polylang<\/a> to be installed and active\u2014it handles the multilingual structure, while Gato AI Translations handles the actual translation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Go to Polylang’s Languages<\/strong> menu page and add the languages you want your site translated into. The plugin will generate translated content for each language configured here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Next, go to Gato AI Translations for Polylang > Settings<\/strong>. Select the AI service you want to use (ChatGPT, Claude, DeepL, Google Translate, or others) and enter the corresponding API key.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Translating New Content Automatically<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With the plugin configured, publishing a post or page will automatically trigger translations for all languages you’ve set up in Polylang. No additional steps are needed\u2014the translations are created when you hit Publish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Translating Your Existing Content<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To translate content that’s already on your site, use the Bulk Actions feature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Go to Posts<\/strong> (or Pages<\/strong>, or any other content list), check the items you want to translate, select Gato Translate<\/strong> from the Bulk Actions<\/strong> dropdown, then click Apply<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Translating Content From Other Plugins (Custom Post Types)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Plugins like WooCommerce, event managers, or portfolio tools register their own content types (custom post types). To translate those, you first need to enable them in Polylang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Go to Languages > Settings<\/strong>, find the Custom post types and Taxonomies<\/strong> section, and enable the ones you want translated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For content types that use the standard WordPress wp_insert_post<\/code> function internally, you can enable Automatic creation of translation entries<\/strong> in the plugin’s Settings. This creates translated versions automatically when new entries are added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After that, translating works exactly the same as with regular posts: publish for automatic translation, or use Bulk Actions to translate existing content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Translating Advanced Custom Fields (ACF)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If your posts use Advanced Custom Fields<\/strong>, those fields can be translated too. Inside each ACF field group, a Gato Translate<\/strong> section lets you configure each field individually: Sync<\/strong> (copy as-is), Translate<\/strong> (translate the text), or Translate entity references<\/strong> (replace linked posts or images with their translated equivalents).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fill in your ACF fields on the source post as usual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When the post is translated, ACF fields are handled according to their configuration\u2014text fields get translated, and entity references are replaced with their translated counterparts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Translating SEO Metadata<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The plugin translates SEO titles, meta descriptions, and related fields for each translated page, for the most popular SEO plugins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These integrations are enabled by default under Settings > Plugin Integration Configuration<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For any custom meta fields not covered by these integrations, you can configure them individually in Settings > Meta Configuration<\/strong>\u2014specifying whether each field should be copied, translated, or linked to its translated counterpart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Translating Content for the Classic and Block Editors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Both the Classic Editor and Block Editor (Gutenberg) are supported without any additional configuration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the Block Editor<\/strong>, the plugin extracts and translates the text content inside each block\u2014paragraphs, headings, buttons, image captions, quotes, etc.\u2014while leaving the block structure and layout intact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With the Classic Editor<\/strong>, the full post content is sent to the AI and replaced with the translation in a single operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wrapping Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Gato AI Translations for Polylang<\/a> covers pretty much everything you’d need to translate a WordPress site. Setup is minimal: install the plugin, connect your Polylang languages, and add an API key for your chosen AI service, and you’re ready to start translating your site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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