Squarespace Multilingual Integration - Weglot
Squarespace Weglot Integration: Making Your Website Multilingual Has Never Been Easier
Running a business in today's global marketplace means reaching customers who speak different languages. If you've ever wondered how to make your Squarespace website multilingual without the technical headache, I have fantastic news for you – the Weglot integration is a total game-changer!
Gone are the days when creating a multilingual website meant building duplicate pages and wrestling with complex code. Weglot seamlessly integrates to make your website multilingual in just a few minutes, and honestly, it's one of the most impressive integrations I've seen on the Squarespace platform.
What Makes Weglot So Special?
Complete Website Translation The Weglot extension detects, translates, and displays the content of your Squarespace website. All without any workarounds, complicated code injections, multiple websites/web pages, and additional translation costs. This means everything gets translated – your pages, blog posts, menus, product descriptions, and even your checkout process.
Effortless Translation Management What I love most about Weglot is how it combines the best of both worlds. You get automatic translation to get you started quickly, but you can also fine-tune everything through human editing. Need professional-quality translations? You can order those directly through your Weglot dashboard too.
SEO That Actually Works Here's where Weglot really shines – it follows Google's SEO best practices automatically. Your translated content gets proper metadata, hreflang tags, and can even use language subdomains (like es.yourwebsite.com for Spanish). This means search engines can actually find and index your multilingual content properly.
Beautiful, Customizable Language Switcher Weglot adds a sleek language switcher to your site that visitors can use to choose their preferred language. The best part? You can customize it to match your brand and move it anywhere on your site using Squarespace's visual editor.
The Smart Way to Structure Your Multilingual Site
If you're serious about reaching international audiences, I highly recommend setting up language subdomains. Instead of just having yourwebsite.com, you'll have es.yourwebsite.com for Spanish, fr.yourwebsite.com for French, and so on. This approach makes your site more searchable in different languages and provides a faster, smoother experience for your visitors.
What to Keep in Mind
While Weglot handles most of your website beautifully, there are a few features that aren't integrated yet:
Customer email notifications
Email campaigns
Scheduling features
Third-party content blocks (like Instagram feeds)
Member area login screens
These limitations are pretty minor for most businesses, and Weglot continues to expand their integration capabilities.
Pricing That Makes Sense
Starting with Weglot is refreshingly simple. You get a 10-day trial to translate up to 10,000 words into one language – perfect for testing it out on your site. After that, there's a free plan for up to 2,000 words in one language, which works great for smaller sites.
For growing businesses, their paid plans offer more words and languages, with transparent pricing that scales with your needs.
Ready to Go Global?
Creating a multilingual Squarespace website used to be a complex, expensive project. With Weglot, it's something you can set up this afternoon and have running beautifully by dinner time.
If you're ready to expand your reach and connect with customers around the world, I'd love to help you set up a multilingual site that works as hard as you do. After all, great businesses deserve websites that can speak to customers in their own language.