Translate PrestaShop without installing a module
Point a language subdomain at Lingvit and your PrestaShop store is served translated at the edge — products, categories, and CMS pages, with translated URLs, hreflang and a localized sitemap. Nothing is installed in the store.
What gets translated
Setup guide
- 1
Create a Lingvit project
Sign up at app.lingvit.com, create a project for your PrestaShop store and pick the languages to offer.
- 2
Add a language subdomain
In the Lingvit dashboard open Integrations → Domains and add fr.yourstore.com for French (repeat per language). At your DNS provider create a CNAME for each subdomain pointing at the target shown in the dashboard. Within minutes the subdomain is Active with its own TLS certificate.
fr.yourstore.com. CNAME dns.lingvit.com. - 3
Optional: add the language switcher
PrestaShop's recommended way to add head markup is a small module hooked to displayHeader, rather than editing the theme's head.tpl directly — that way the switcher survives theme updates. Install a minimal custom-code module (or ask your developer for one) and paste the script tag into it. Skip this if links between language subdomains are enough.
<script src="https://cdn.lingvit.com/widget.bundle.js?v=1" data-widget-key="lng_wpk_…" async></script> - 4
Review translations
Translations appear in the Lingvit dashboard as pages are served. Edit any of them; edits are pinned and never overwritten.
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