huLatin scriptHow to translate WordPress to Hungarian
Hungarian (Magyar) reaches roughly ~13 millionspeakers. Here's what's actually involved in translating a WordPress site into it — the technical setup, the Hungarian-specific gotchas, and the SEO.
What's specific to Hungarian
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 Hungarian:
- Agglutinative with vowel harmony — suffixes stack into long words; leave layout room.
- Uses double-accent letters ő and ű that are easy to mangle — verify UTF-8 end to end.
- Formality: te (informal) vs. Ön/maga (formal).
Step by step
1. Add Hungarian as a target language
Set your source language, then add Hungarian (hu) 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 Hungarian 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 Hungarian under a language-prefixed path like /hu/. Give pages readable slugs with the slug generator.
4. Get the Hungarian SEO right
Add reciprocal hreflang pointing at your hu version (with x-default), set <html lang="hu">, 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 Hungarian 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.
Hungarian translation FAQ
- What is the hreflang code for Hungarian?
- The hreflang / BCP-47 code for Hungarian is "hu". Use it in hreflang tags and the <html lang> attribute.
- Does translating to Hungarian change my layout?
- Hungarian text is +30% — agglutination makes it long. Leave room in buttons and menus so translated text doesn't clip.
- How many people speak Hungarian?
- Hungarian (Magyar) has ~13 million speakers and is written in the Latin script, left to right.
Add Hungarian to your WordPress site in minutes — automatic AI translation, stored in your own database.