UsingTranslating SEO metadata
Translating SEO metadata
Gato AI Translations for Polylang can translate the SEO metadata from any plugin that stores this data in the wp_postmeta
table.
The following plugins are supported:
- All in One SEO
- Rank Math
- SEO Simple Pack
- SEOPress
- Slim SEO
- The SEO Framework
- WP Meta SEO
- Yoast SEO
How it works
In the Settings > Meta Configuration
tab, define the meta keys to copy and translate for custom posts, under inputs:
Copy Meta for Custom Posts and Meta
Translate Meta for Custom Posts and Meta
Each meta key can be defined via its name, or using a regex:

Provide the meta keys corresponding to the SEO plugin you are using.
For instance, any of these entries match meta key "_yoast_wpseo_title"
:
_yoast_wpseo_title
/"_yoast_wpseo_.*/
#"_yoast_wpseo_([a-zA-Z]*)#
SEO plugin meta keys
The following table shows the meta keys to copy and translate for several SEO plugins:
SEO Plugin | Meta Keys to Translate | Meta Keys to Copy |
---|---|---|
All in One SEO (AIOSEO) | _aioseo_description _aioseo_og_title _aioseo_og_description _aioseo_twitter_title _aioseo_twitter_description | |
Rank Math | rank_math_description rank_math_focus_keyword rank_math_facebook_title rank_math_facebook_description rank_math_twitter_title rank_math_twitter_description | rank_math_facebook_image rank_math_twitter_image rank_math_canonical_url |
SEO Simple Pack | ssp_meta_title ssp_meta_description ssp_meta_keyword | ssp_meta_image ssp_meta_canonical |
SEOPress | _seopress_titles_title _seopress_titles_desc _seopress_analysis_target_kw _seopress_social_fb_title _seopress_social_fb_desc _seopress_social_twitter_title _seopress_social_twitter_desc | _seopress_social_fb_img _seopress_social_twitter_img _seopress_robots_canonical |
Slim SEO | slim_seo | |
The SEO Framework | _genesis_title _genesis_description _open_graph_title _open_graph_description _twitter_title _twitter_description | _social_image_url _genesis_canonical_uri |
WP Meta SEO | _metaseo_metatitle _metaseo_metadesc _metaseo_metaspecific_keywords _metaseo_metaopengraph-title _metaseo_metaopengraph-desc _metaseo_metatwitter-title _metaseo_metatwitter-desc | _metaseo_metaopengraph-image _metaseo_metatwitter-image |
Yoast SEO | _yoast_wpseo_title _yoast_wpseo_metadesc _yoast_wpseo_focuskw _yoast_wpseo_opengraph-title _yoast_wpseo_opengraph-description _yoast_wpseo_twitter-title _yoast_wpseo_twitter-description | _yoast_wpseo_opengraph-image _yoast_wpseo_twitter-image |