What is the hreflang code for Hebrew?

The hreflang / BCP-47 code for Hebrew is "he". Use it in hreflang tags and the attribute, along with dir="rtl" because Hebrew is right-to-left.

Does translating to Hebrew change my layout?

Hebrew text is Often shorter, but RTL layout dominates concerns. It is also right-to-left, so the layout must be mirrored (dir="rtl").

heHebrew scriptRight-to-left

How to translate WordPress to Hebrew

Hebrew (עברית) reaches roughly ~9 millionspeakers. Here's what's actually involved in translating a WordPress site into it — the technical setup, the Hebrew-specific gotchas, and the SEO.

Translate to Hebrew with Gloty

hreflang

Native

עברית

Direction

RTL

Text length

Often shorter, but RTL layout dominates concerns

Plurals

2 forms with gender agreement

“Welcome”

ברוך הבא

What's specific to Hebrew

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 Hebrew:

Right-to-left layout — mirror the UI and set dir="rtl" on the document.
Bidi handling matters where Hebrew mixes with English or numbers.
Formality: Less T-V distinction; register via word choice.

Step by step

1. Add Hebrew as a target language

Set your source language, then add Hebrew (he) 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 Hebrew 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 Hebrew under a language-prefixed path like /he/. Give pages readable slugs with the slug generator — important for Hebrew, since Hebrew characters otherwise become percent-encoded in URLs.

4. Get the Hebrew SEO right

Add reciprocal hreflang pointing at your he version (with x-default), set <html lang="he" dir="rtl">, and translate titles and meta descriptions. Build the tags with the hreflang generator and verify with the hreflang checker.

Because Hebrew is right-to-left, budget time to mirror your layout: set dir="rtl", flip horizontal padding/margins, mirror icons and navigation, and test mixed LTR content (numbers, English brand names) for correct bidi behavior.

Doing it the easy way

Gloty translates your whole site into Hebrew automatically with the AI provider you choose, 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.

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