What is the hreflang code for Romanian?

The hreflang / BCP-47 code for Romanian is "ro". Use it in hreflang tags and the attribute.

Does translating to Romanian change my layout?

Romanian text is +15% longer than English. Leave room in buttons and menus so translated text doesn't clip.

How many people speak Romanian?

Romanian (Română) has ~24 million speakers and is written in the Latin script, left to right.

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How to translate WordPress to Romanian

Romanian (Română) reaches roughly ~24 millionspeakers. Here's what's actually involved in translating a WordPress site into it — the technical setup, the Romanian-specific gotchas, and the SEO.

Translate to Romanian with Gloty

hreflang

Native

Română

Direction

LTR

Text length

+15% longer than English

Plurals

3 forms (incl. a 'few' form)

“Welcome”

Bine ați venit

What's specific to Romanian

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 Romanian:

Uses ș and ț with a comma below (not cedilla) — the wrong glyph is a common encoding bug.
A Romance language with Slavic vocabulary influence; machine output is generally strong.
Formality: tu (informal) vs. dumneavoastră (formal).

Step by step

1. Add Romanian as a target language

Set your source language, then add Romanian (ro) 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 Romanian 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 Romanian under a language-prefixed path like /ro/. Give pages readable slugs with the slug generator.

4. Get the Romanian SEO right

Add reciprocal hreflang pointing at your ro version (with x-default), set <html lang="ro">, 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 Romanian 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.

Romanian translation FAQ

What is the hreflang code for Romanian?: The hreflang / BCP-47 code for Romanian is "ro". Use it in hreflang tags and the <html lang> attribute.
Does translating to Romanian change my layout?: Romanian text is +15% longer than English. Leave room in buttons and menus so translated text doesn't clip.
How many people speak Romanian?: Romanian (Română) has ~24 million speakers and is written in the Latin script, left to right.

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