Weglot
by Weglot
Weglot is a website translation platform that detects site content, provides machine translation, supports human editing and collaboration, and publishes localized pages with multilingual SEO features.
Why Abandoned
Weglot’s official website and product documentation remain available, and the company continues to publish product and company updates.
💵 Pricing & access
- Pricing model
- Not documented
- Starting at
- Not documented
- Official site
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🩺 Health Signals
- HTTP Status
- 200
- Response
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- SSL
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- Confidence
- 98%
- Domain expires
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- API status
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📅 Timeline
Weglot launched
Augustin Prot and Rémy Berda launched Weglot in Paris as a website translation product; the company identifies February 2016 as its starting point.
First seed funding announced
Weglot raised €450,000 from SIDE Capital to support product development and growth.
€45 million growth investment announced
Weglot announced a €45 million investment from Partech, its first major outside financing after years of largely bootstrapped growth.
Weglot acquired WordPress translation plugin Dilingual
Weglot announced its acquisition of Dilingual, a WordPress translation plugin, and said existing users would be migrated to Weglot.
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❓ Frequently Asked Questions
What is Weglot used for?
Weglot is used to translate and localize websites. It detects website content, generates initial machine translations, lets teams review or outsource edits, and displays translated versions through language-specific URLs.
Does Weglot support multilingual SEO?
Yes. Weglot provides translated page metadata, language-specific URLs, and hreflang tags, and it supports server-side delivery designed to make translated pages discoverable by search engines.
Does Weglot work with WordPress, Shopify, and Webflow?
Yes. Weglot offers integrations for WordPress, Shopify, Webflow, and other content-management and ecommerce platforms, along with options for websites without a dedicated integration.
Can Weglot translations be edited manually?
Yes. Users can edit translations in Weglot’s dashboard, use a visual editor, invite collaborators, and order professional translation services for selected content.
Is Weglot still active?
Yes. Weglot’s website, documentation, integrations, and company updates are currently available. No shutdown or acquisition of Weglot itself has been announced in the cited sources.