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Translate Your WordPress Site to Hungarian (Magyar)

Everything you need to publish your WordPress site in Hungarian: market size, engine support, setup steps and SEO specifics.

~13M speakers worldwideMagyar native nameLatin scriptGoogle + DeepL engine support

Why translate your website to Hungarian?

Hungarian is spoken by roughly 13M people across markets like Hungary. A Hungarian version of your site opens that audience to your content and products, and because far less web content exists in most languages than in English, translated pages often rank faster for the same topics.

Key markets for Hungarian

Which translation engine should you use for Hungarian?

Both major engines support Hungarian. DeepL typically produces the most natural output for it, while Google Cloud Translation costs slightly less per character and has a generous free tier. Transxlate lets you pick either with your own API key.

Google Translate

Supported

~$20 per 1M characters via Cloud Translation API. First 500K characters each month are free — enough to translate roughly 80,000 words to Hungarian at no cost.

DeepL

Supported

High-quality neural translation for Hungarian. Free tier: 500K characters/month.

How to translate WordPress to Hungarian — 4 steps

  1. 1

    Install Transxlate

    Download the plugin from your transxlate.com account (free plan available) and activate it — the setup wizard opens automatically.

  2. 2

    Add Hungarian as a target language

    Pick your default language and select Hungarian in the wizard. The language URL is created instantly.

  3. 3

    Connect your API key

    Paste a Google Cloud Translation or DeepL key and switch on automatic translation. You pay the provider directly at wholesale rates.

  4. 4

    Refine visually

    Open any translated page with ?trx-edit=1 and click any sentence to perfect it. Human edits permanently override the machine.

What about Hungarian SEO?

Your Hungarian pages live on real, indexable URLs (/hu/...), each with the correct lang attribute. With the Pro SEO pack, hreflang alternates connect every language version so Google shows Hungarian speakers the Hungarian page. Translated titles and descriptions are generated from your translated content automatically.

<link rel="alternate" hreflang="hu" href="https://example.com/hu/" />
<link rel="alternate" hreflang="x-default" href="https://example.com/" />

Full reference: see the hreflang="hu" page for sitemap syntax and common mistakes. hreflang hu reference →

Frequently asked questions

How do I translate my WordPress site to Hungarian?

Install the Transxlate plugin, choose Hungarian as a target language in the setup wizard, connect your own Google or DeepL API key and enable automatic translation. The whole site is served at /hu/ within minutes, and you can refine any sentence visually.

How much does it cost to translate a website to Hungarian?

With your own API key you pay wholesale rates: roughly $1.20 for a 10,000-word site or $6.00 for 50,000 words via Google Cloud Translation — and the first 500K characters each month are free. There is no per-word markup.

Is machine translation good enough for Hungarian?

Yes for most content: Hungarian is supported by both Google and DeepL, and DeepL's quality on this language is widely considered excellent. Review legal and high-conversion pages by hand using the visual editor.

Does Hungarian need any special technical setup?

No. Hungarian uses the Latin script and works out of the box: Transxlate sets the lang attribute, creates the /hu/ URL prefix and emits hreflang automatically (Pro).

Publish your site in Hungarian today

Free plan available — translate into Hungarian with your own API key in under five minutes.