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WPML SEO Multilingual
WPML SEO Multilingual is a WordPress plugin by OnTheGoSystems for managing SEO across translated pages on WPML sites.
Product facts
- Version
- 5.2.0
- Released
- 21 October 2026
- Type
- Plugin
- Licence
- GPL
- Included in
- Every plan, or $4.79 / year on its own
Overview
Managing SEO across translated pages involves more than translating page text. WPML SEO Multilingual helps structure multilingual content for search engines by handling hreflang tags, multilingual sitemaps, and localized URL formats. This gives site owners tools to configure how language versions are represented and indexed.
The plugin works with WPML and supports SEO settings across multiple languages, including localized meta titles, descriptions, and keywords. It integrates with Yoast SEO and Rank Math, making it suitable for businesses, bloggers, and developers who manage a multilingual WordPress site.
Features
- Hreflang tags: Adds hreflang tags to help search engines identify the language and regional targeting of each page.
- Localized URL formats: Creates SEO-friendly URL structures for translated content, with formats suited to different language versions.
- Language-specific metadata: Lets you set meta titles, descriptions, and keywords separately for each language version of your content.
- Multilingual sitemaps: Generates XML sitemaps that include translated content, helping search engines crawl and index pages across languages.
- SEO plugin integration: Connects multilingual content with Yoast SEO and Rank Math, so you can manage SEO settings across language versions.
- Setup wizard: Guides you through multilingual SEO configurations, including settings for translated pages and search engine indexing.
Best for
- Businesses with multilingual WordPress sites
- Bloggers publishing in multiple languages
- Developers managing WPML sites
Changelog
Version 5.2.0 — 21 October 2026
- New Yoast SEO 27.1 Schema Aggregation is fully supported on multilingual sites.
- New REST requests for a page's SEO head return it in that page's language.
- New Yoast SEO's readability analysis runs in the language of the content, not the admin language.
- New Rank Math sitemaps include the translated archive pages of custom post types.
- New Changes made in Yoast SEO's bulk editor update the translation status of the post.
- Improved Faster pages: WPML and WPML SEO take far fewer call-stack traces, including on every read of Yoast SEO term data in the admin.
- Fixed With Yoast SEO's category-base stripping and No Category Base (WPML), /favicon.ico no longer redirects to itself endlessly.
- Fixed Rank Math XML sitemap pages no longer repeat some posts and drop others when posts share a modified time, with a domain per language.
- Fixed Sitemap pagination is correct.
- Fixed Rank Math Shop sitemap hreflang alternates use each language's own slug on every domain.
- Fixed Yoast SEO Shop sitemap hreflang alternates use each language's own slug on every domain.
- Fixed Yoast SEO Premium redirects with a domain or parameter per language no longer capture the other language's URL or point to the default domain.
- Fixed Rank Math primary terms of other taxonomies are copied and mapped to translations.
- Fixed The Rank Math breadcrumb Home link points to the home page in the current language.
- Fixed IndexNow accepts the URLs of every language, because the IndexNow plugin no longer places its key location in a language directory.
- Fixed Rank Math with IndexNow submits second-language URLs when the default language uses a directory.
- Fixed Rank Math's Instant Indexing submits the correct URL for translated content automatically.
- Fixed The text values of every Rank Math schema type can be translated.
- Fixed Rank Math accepts a translated URL on its own language domain when building the page head.
- Fixed Approving translation reviews works with Rank Math SEO PRO and customized permalinks.
- Fixed With Rank Math's Remove Base setting on, REST requests are no longer redirected to a product whose slug matches the endpoint.
- Fixed Rank Math's custom author base slug is translated.
- Fixed Product category archive URLs work in secondary languages after upgrading WooCommerce Multilingual to 5.6.x, also on sites that had the base translated.
- Fixed Yoast SEO meta fields set to Copy are synchronized to translations.
- Fixed Yoast SEO's primary category syncs to translations for custom taxonomies.
- Fixed Yoast SEO meta descriptions show on duplicated pages.
- Fixed The "Hreflang tags moved to your sitemap" notice reaches admins in every admin language.
- Fixed Search results pages no longer show a PHP 8.1+ "ltrim(): Passing null" deprecation notice when Yoast SEO breadcrumbs are enabled.
- Fixed Calendar embeds no longer cause "urlencode(): Passing null" deprecation warnings.
- Fixed When a headless site asks Yoast SEO for the home page's head over REST, the social title and description now match the page in that language.
- Improved Built and released together with WPML 5.2.0, with the same shared library version.
- Fixed Read the release announcement for WPML 5.2 for the full story behind this version.
Earlier versions
- 5.1.0 (29 September 2026): 1 new, 2 improved, 10 fixed
- 5.0.1 (22 September 2026): 4 fixed
- 5.0.0 (13 September 2026): 1 new, 2 improved, 10 fixed
FAQ
Is WPML SEO Multilingual free?
The code of WPML SEO Multilingual is licensed under the GPL, so anyone may use, change and share it. GPL 247 is a paid service: a plan or a purchase of WPML SEO Multilingual gives you the download and its updates. The developer's own support, licence key and online services are not included.
Which version of WPML SEO Multilingual is this?
Version 5.2.0, released 21 October 2026. New versions appear here when the developer publishes them.
How do I update WPML SEO Multilingual?
Install GPL 247 Updater on your site and paste your key from My Account. It installs new versions of WPML SEO Multilingual for you.
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