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Cookie consent for GTranslate
the visitor asked for it
GTranslate translates pages with Google, in the visitor’s browser in the free version. Its library loads when the visitor reaches for the language switcher, or at once when a language is already chosen or detected. Cookie Rocks classes GTranslate as necessary and never holds it.
By GTranslate Inc. · gtranslate.io · WordPress.org
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GTranslate
WordPress plugin
- Tested version
- 5.0.2
- How
- Tested automatically around each Cookie Rocks version
- Last test
- 7 November 2026
- Latest version
- 5.0.2 tested
- Active installs
- 900,000+
What GTranslate adds to your visitors’ browser
No trackers In our test of GTranslate 5.0.2 on 7 November 2026, the plugin itself added no tracker and no cookie. What you place in your pages with it, such as a video or a map, still counts.
What matters for consent with GTranslate
Loaded on request
GTranslate serves its widget from your site and adds its translation library only when the visitor points at or clicks the switcher, or on load when a language is kept or detected from the browser.
Page text goes to Google
In the free version, once a language is chosen or detected, the page text is sent from the visitor’s browser to Google Translate, banner text included. Mention it in your privacy policy.
Necessary, never held
Cookie Rocks recognises GTranslate, classes it as necessary and lists its cookie and the Google host in your cookie list.
Paid versions relay requests
With language folders in a paid version, your site relays each translated page request to GTranslate’s servers, with the visitor’s headers and cookies. No banner can hold that: mention it in your privacy policy.
What our tests found on GTranslate
Good to know · GTranslateCookie Rocks treats GTranslate as necessary and never holds it
It lists the cookie gt_auto_switch (30 days, paid versions) and the host translate-pa.googleapis.com, and no longer lists googtrans.
Read in its code, 16 October 2026, GTranslate 5.0.1.
Full detail
Cookie Rocks recognises GTranslate by plugins/gtranslate/js/, gtranslateSettings and cdn.gtranslate.net/widgets/, classes it as necessary and never holds it. It lists the cookie gt_auto_switch (30 days, paid versions) and the host translate-pa.googleapis.com, and no longer lists googtrans.
Set before the choice · GTranslateGTranslate loads its library when the visitor points at the switcher
setting “enable_cdn” · by default: off
It also loads on click, or on page load if a language is kept or detected. It no longer sets googtrans and keeps the language in localStorage.
Read in its code, 16 October 2026, GTranslate 5.0.1.
Full detail
GTranslate 5.0.1 serves its widget scripts from the site by default (CDN option off) and inserts its translation library (cdn.gtranslate.net/widgets/latest/lib.min.js) with JavaScript when the visitor points at or focuses the switcher, clicks it, or on load if a language is kept or browser language detection applies. Every response also carries a Link: <https://cdn.gtranslate.net/>; rel=dns-prefetch header. It no longer sets googtrans; it keeps the language in localStorage __GT_TRANSLATE_LANGS (and gt_autoswitch).
Sent from your server · GTranslateGTranslate paid versions relay visitors' requests and cookies to its servers
With language folders, each translated page request is sent with the visitor's headers, cookies, form data, files and IP address. With browser detection, it sets gt_auto_switch for 30 days.
Read in its code, 16 October 2026, GTranslate 5.0.1.
Full detail
In GTranslate's paid versions with language folders, the site relays each translated page request to <server>.tdn.gtranslate.net with all the visitor's HTTP headers (cookies included, so the consent cookie too), form bodies, uploaded files and IP address. With browser detection, PHP sets gt_auto_switch for 30 days on the home page and redirects by Accept-Language (Vary: Accept-Language).
Good to know · GTranslateGTranslate free sends the page text to Google once a language is chosen
This also happens when the language is detected from the browser. Text added later is translated too, so the banner's text is sent. Elements marked notranslate are skipped.
Read in its code, 16 October 2026, GTranslate 5.0.1.
Full detail
In GTranslate's free version, once a language is chosen (or detected from the browser, without a click), the page text is posted from the visitor's browser to translate-pa.googleapis.com, and a MutationObserver translates text added later, so a banner's text is sent too. Elements with the class notranslate or translate="no" are skipped.
How we test it
Around each version, with its latest release
Around each Cookie Rocks version, a fresh WordPress installs its latest version from WordPress.org next to Cookie Rocks and runs the same checks. A new version joins the next run on its own.
- GTranslate 5.0.2, tested on 7 November 2026.
- The banner shows, the trackers of the test page wait for consent and load after it, and Cookie Rocks raises no PHP error.
- Settings of the test: Default settings after activation.
- Last run: GTranslate 5.0.2 on 7 November 2026, with WordPress 7.1.3.
Multilingual sites
Other plugins of the same kind.
Questions
Can I keep the banner out of the translation?
Yes. GTranslate skips elements with the notranslate class or translate="no".
What happens after the 30-day trial?
The banner, your visitors’ choices and your proofs of consent keep working. Without a key, most settings lock, updates and support stop. Take a key at any time and everything opens again.
For sites with GTranslate
Translation stays one click away.
never held
Every feature of the complete plugin for 30 days, no card. GTranslate keeps working as it does today.
- During the trial: everything, including the full settings and the scans
- After 30 days without a key: the banner, your visitors’ choices and your proofs of consent keep working
- What waits for a key: most settings, updates and support
Get your trial key
Your e-mail and your site. Your key arrives as soon as you confirm your e-mail.