How to Build a Multilingual Squarespace Site With Weglot
You can build a beautiful website with Squarespace, but someone on the other side of the world might land on your website and leave because they can’t read your content. In this post, we’ll walk you through the process of using Weglot to build a multilingual Squarespace site in 5 simple steps.
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What is Weglot?
Weglot is a tool that integrates with Squarespace to automatically translate your website content. It also add a language switcher in the header area, and can create multilingual URLs for SEO, so your site can appear in different languages in search results.
Are There Any Limitations?
Weglot doesn’t translate everything. Add-on features like Squarespace Email Campaigns, Acuity Scheduling, and Member Areas are outside of its scope. It’s also currently only available to connect to Squarespace 7.1.
How Much Does Weglot Cost?
Weglot offers a free plan that covers one language and up to 2,000 words. There’s also a 14-day free trial to translate up to 10,000 words, so you can explore before committing. Paid Weglot plans start at €15 per month excluding VAT.
How to Build a Multilingual Squarespace Site
Here’s a step-by-step guide to setting up Weglot:
Open Your Squarespace Settings
From your Squarespace* dashboard, head to Settings → Website → Site Languages.
Choose Multilingual by Weglot
Scroll down to Multilingual by Weglot and click Connect.
Connect to Weglot
Allow Weglot permissions, then log in to your Weglot account or create one.
Choose Your Languages
Select your site’s original language, then pick the additional languages you want to make available.
Add the Switcher
Once connected, your site is now multilingual. Weglot will automatically add a language switcher to your site header so visitors can toggle between languages.
FAQs
Can I choose which languages to offer?
Yes, you can choose your original language and additional languages.
Can I edit the translations?
Weglot offers a dashboard where you can review and edit translations to make them more accurate.
Can Weglot slow down my site?
Weglot uses CDN and caching to speed up subsequent page loads, however there may be a small delay the first time a translated page loads.
Can I trial Weglot?
Weglot offers a free plan (1 language, up to 2,000 words) and a 10-day free trial for up to 10,000 words.
What happens if I stop using Weglot?
Your Squarespace site and content will continue running as usual, but the translations and language switcher will no longer appear.
