Hydori is the SEO + AI translation platform built for WordPress. Connect your site, choose your target languages, and Hydori translates your posts and pages into 20+ languages; then publishes them directly to WordPress as SEO-ready posts with hreflang tags, translated meta titles and descriptions, and proper source-translation relationships.
This plugin is the bridge between your WordPress site and the Hydori platform. It handles content export, translation delivery, SEO metadata sync, multilingual plugin wiring, and a live SEO and AI-readiness scoring panel inside the Gutenberg block editor.
The Problem Hydori Solves
Going multilingual on WordPress involves a lot more than translating text. You need hreflang tags set correctly so Google serves the right language to the right audience. You need translated meta titles and descriptions in your SEO plugin. You need multilingual plugins to recognise the posts as a translation group. You need slugs localised, categories mapped, featured images carried across, and brand terms left untranslated.
Most translation solutions stop at generating text and leave the rest to you. Hydori handles the full chain - from AI translation through to a properly published, SEO-configured WordPress post in every target language.
How Hydori Works
- Install and connect - Activate this plugin, visit Hydori & link your site.
- Choose your languages - Select target languages and a translation style (Professional, Casual, or Technical). Existing posts are indexed in Hydori automatically.
- Translate - Click Translate on any article, or bulk-translate your entire site in one action. Hydori's AI handles the content while respecting your Brand Glossary terms.
- Publish - Translated posts are pushed to WordPress automatically as drafts or live posts, with SEO metadata, hreflang tags, featured images, categories, and multilingual plugin relationships all set.
- Track - Monitor translation status across every post and language from the Hydori dashboard: Done, Pending, Failed, or awaiting review.
Key Platform Features
- AI Translation in 20+ Languages - Accurate, context-aware translations powered by AI, not word-for-word substitution
- Translation Style Control - Choose Professional, Casual, or Technical tone per site
- Brand Glossary - Define terms that must never be translated (product names, brand names, proper nouns)
- Bulk Translation - Translate your entire site's content in one action
- Translation Status Dashboard - See every post's status per language: Done, Pending, Failed, or Missing
- Auto-Translate New Posts - Newly published WordPress posts are picked up and translated automatically
- Require Review Mode - Translations arrive as drafts so your team can review before they go live
- Team Collaboration - Invite team members with Admin, Editor, or Viewer roles
WordPress Integration Features
- SEO Metadata Sync - Translated meta titles, descriptions, focus keywords, Open Graph tags, Twitter Card tags, and canonical URLs are written directly to Yoast SEO, Rank Math, All in One SEO, or SEOPress - whichever is active
- Multilingual Plugin Integration - Translation relationships are created automatically as Source-Translation pairs along with an easy to digest admin panel view
- hreflang Fallback - If no multilingual plugin is active, Hydori emits native
rel="alternate" hreflang tags in <head> so Google still understands your language structure
- Live SEO & GEO Scoring Sidebar - A panel in the Gutenberg block editor shows your SEO score (0-100) and AI-readiness grade (A-F) with per-check breakdowns and an editable focus-keyword field, fetched from Hydori and cached locally
- Score Columns in Posts and Pages List - SEO and GEO scores appear as colour-coded, sortable columns across your entire content library (green ≥80, amber 60-79, red <60)
- Language Switcher Block - A native Gutenberg block that renders translation links on single posts and available languages on archive pages, with dropdown, list, inline, and button display styles
- Featured Image Sync - Images are downloaded and attached as post thumbnails on each translated post
- Category and Tag Mapping - Categories and tags are created and assigned automatically during publishing
- Auto-Export on First Connect - Existing published posts are indexed in Hydori in the background the moment you connect, with no manual action needed
- Secure API Key - Auto-generated on activation and stored securely in your WordPress database
Supported SEO Plugins
- Yoast SEO
- Rank Math
- All in One SEO Pack
- SEOPress
Supported Multilingual Plugins
- WPML
- Polylang
- TranslatePress
Languages Supported
Hydori supports AI translation in 19 languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Arabic, Hindi, Thai, and Vietnamese.
Who Is Hydori For?
- Site Owners Expanding Internationally - Reach new markets without hiring a team of translators
- Marketing Teams - Scale content across languages without scaling headcount
- Agencies - Manage multilingual WordPress sites for multiple clients from one dashboard
- E-Commerce Businesses - Sell in multiple countries with correctly localised content and SEO
- Content Creators - Build a global audience without rebuilding your content from scratch in every language
- Freelance Developers - Deliver multilingual WordPress builds faster with a single integration
Why Choose Hydori Over Other Translation Solutions?
Generic AI translation tools give you text. They do not set hreflang tags, do not write translated meta descriptions into Yoast, do not create source-translation groups, and do not preserve your brand terminology. You end up doing all the SEO configuration by hand, in every language, for every post.
Hydori handles the complete multilingual publishing chain. Translation, SEO metadata, hreflang tags, multilingual plugin relationships, featured images, categories, and tags - all delivered to WordPress in a single sync. And unlike per-word translation services, Hydori uses a credits-based lifetime deal so the cost does not grow with your content volume.
Third Party Services
This plugin connects to the
Hydori platform (
https://hydori.io) to enable AI translation and multilingual publishing for your WordPress site. When you use this plugin, data is transmitted between your WordPress site and Hydori's servers.
Data transmitted to Hydori:
- Post titles, content, excerpts, and metadata
- Category and tag names
- SEO metadata (titles, descriptions, keywords)
- Your WordPress site URL for connection verification
Data received from Hydori:
- AI-translated content in your target languages
- Translated SEO metadata (titles, descriptions, focus keywords, Open Graph, Twitter Card)
- Featured image references
- Language metadata and hreflang configuration
- SEO and AI-readiness scores for your posts
All communication uses HTTPS encryption. No WordPress admin credentials are transmitted or stored by Hydori.
Requirements
Automatic Installation
- Log in to your WordPress admin dashboard
- Go to Plugins > Add New
- Search for "Hydori SEO"
- Click "Install Now" then "Activate"
- Go to Settings > Hydori - your API key is displayed here automatically
- Copy the API key using the "Copy" button
Manual Installation
- Download the plugin ZIP file from WordPress.org
- Log in to your WordPress admin dashboard
- Go to Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin
- Choose the ZIP file and click "Install Now"
- Activate the plugin
- Go to Settings > Hydori to find your auto-generated API key
Connecting to Hydori
After activation:
- In your Hydori dashboard, go to Settings > Integrations > WordPress
- Enter your WordPress site URL
- Paste the API key copied from Settings > Hydori in WordPress
- Click "Connect" - Hydori indexes your existing published posts in the background automatically
- Back in WordPress, click "Test Connection" in Settings > Hydori to confirm the link is working
Once connected, choose your target languages in the Hydori dashboard and start translating. Translated posts are pushed to WordPress automatically - as drafts for review, or live posts, depending on your settings.
Optional: Gutenberg Scoring Panel
Once connected, open any post or page in the Gutenberg editor. The Hydori sidebar panel displays your SEO score (0-100) and AI-readiness grade (A-F) with per-check breakdowns. No setup required - it activates automatically after the plugin is connected.