Paying Weglot every month by the word? TranslateRocket ships a dedicated Weglot importer so you can move your existing translations into a plugin with no word limits and no subscription — they end up in your own database, free forever. Weglot keeps translations in its cloud, so you bring them over with a one-file export.
What you get by leaving Weglot
- No more word metering. Weglot bills by translated words per month; TranslateRocket is free for unlimited languages and unlimited words.
- Your translations, on your server. After the import they live in your WordPress database — not behind a subscription you must keep paying to display them.
- Edit anything, free. Fix a machine translation in the visual editor at no cost — no plan tier required to touch your own text.
How to migrate from Weglot, step by step
- In your Weglot dashboard, open Translations → Languages, click Actions → Export and choose CSV (UTF-8). You get a file with
word_from/word_tocolumns — your translations. - Install TranslateRocket — free, from the official WordPress.org directory (Plugins → Add New → search “TranslateRocket”).
- In TranslateRocket → Settings, add the same target languages you had on Weglot.
- Open TranslateRocket → Import, go to the Weglot card and upload the CSV. The columns are detected automatically and each row is mapped to your target languages — rows for a language you have not configured are skipped and reported, never guessed.
- Turn on Preview mode (“Who sees the translations” in Settings): review the fully translated site on the real pages while visitors keep seeing the default language. Fix anything in the visual editor, then publish with one click.
- Cancel your Weglot subscription. Your translations stay — they are in your database now, and you can export them again to CSV or TMX any time.
Why people switch from Weglot
- Free, permanently. Visual editor, AI translation with your own keys, SEO URLs, WooCommerce — no monthly bill, no word cap.
- Built for real sites. Past ~20,000 strings the engine switches to indexed per-page lookups — flat memory, load-tested at 500,000 strings.
- No lock-in. Unlike a hosted service, if you stop paying nothing disappears — the translations are yours, on your server.
FAQ
Can I really export my translations from Weglot?
Yes. Weglot lets you export your translations as a CSV or XLIFF file from the dashboard (CSV import/export is available on the paid plans). TranslateRocket reads the CSV export.
Will my content translations come over too?
The importer brings over every word_from → word_to pair in the export, across all the languages in the file. They are matched to your pages as visitors browse, exactly like TranslateRocket’s own translations.
What about my translated URLs and SEO?
Each language is served under its own prefix (e.g. /it/) with automatic hreflang tags and a multilingual sitemap — the SEO signals Weglot gave you, without the subscription.
Can I check everything before going live?
Yes — Preview mode serves the imported translations to administrators only, so you browse the fully translated site while visitors keep seeing the default language. One click publishes it.
Still deciding? Read the full TranslateRocket vs Weglot comparison.
Coming from a different plugin? Migrate from WPML · Migrate from TranslatePress · Migrate from Polylang — or see the full comparison.
Leaving a paid plugin? Read the honest comparisons: WPML alternative · TranslatePress alternative · Weglot alternative · GTranslate alternative
Want a hand with your site? I can do it for you
I am Federico, the developer of TranslateRocket — and building and translating WordPress sites is what I do for a living. That is how this plugin stays free: it is not crippled to sell you an upgrade, it is the tool I use every day on the sites I am paid to build.
A new multilingual site from scratch, a design put right, an existing site taken from one language to ten, custom development, reviewed translations, or a migration off a plugin that charges you every month: tell me what you need and I will tell you honestly whether I am the right person for it. You get the person who wrote the engine, not a support queue.
