hiDevanagari scriptHow to translate WordPress to Hindi
Hindi (हिन्दी) reaches roughly ~340 millionspeakers. Here's what's actually involved in translating a WordPress site into it — the technical setup, the Hindi-specific gotchas, and the SEO.
What's specific to Hindi
Most of translating WordPress is the same in any language, but each language has quirks that break layouts or SEO if you ignore them. For Hindi:
- Devanagari script with conjunct characters — use a font with full coverage and enough line-height for stacked marks.
- Very large market; English loanwords are common, so expect mixed scripts in real content.
- Formality: तू / तुम / आप — three levels of formality.
Step by step
1. Add Hindi as a target language
Set your source language, then add Hindi (hi) as a target. With an automatic plugin you don't create a translated copy of every page by hand — it translates on the fly.
2. Translate — automatically or by hand
Machine and AI translation get you Hindi coverage in minutes; review the strings that matter (navigation, calls to action, legal) for the right register. Estimate the cost with the translation cost calculator.
3. Serve it under a clean URL
Publish Hindi under a language-prefixed path like /hi/. Give pages readable slugs with the slug generator — important for Hindi, since Devanagari characters otherwise become percent-encoded in URLs.
4. Get the Hindi SEO right
Add reciprocal hreflang pointing at your hi version (with x-default), set <html lang="hi">, and translate titles and meta descriptions. Build the tags with the hreflang generator and verify with the hreflang checker.
Doing it the easy way
Gloty translates your whole site into Hindi automatically — with no API key to set up — stores it in your own database, and emits the correct hreflang and lang/dir attributes for you. See how it stacks up against Weglot and WPML, or read the pillar guide on making WordPress multilingual.
Hindi translation FAQ
- What is the hreflang code for Hindi?
- The hreflang / BCP-47 code for Hindi is "hi". Use it in hreflang tags and the <html lang> attribute.
- Does translating to Hindi change my layout?
- Hindi text is +10–20% longer than English. Leave room in buttons and menus so translated text doesn't clip.
- How many people speak Hindi?
- Hindi (हिन्दी) has ~340 million speakers and is written in the Devanagari script, left to right.
Add Hindi to your WordPress site in minutes — automatic AI translation, stored in your own database.