The Complete Migration Checklist: Switching from Legacy Translation Plugins in Under 10 Minutes

Ready to eliminate database bloat, improve Core Web Vitals, and reduce monthly translation costs? This checklist guides you through migrating an existing website to TranslateBeam TDN in under 10 minutes with zero downtime.

Pre-migration preparation

1. Export Historical Translations: If you have custom translations in WPML or Polylang, export them as a standard .po or .csv file.
2. Create TranslateBeam TDN Project: Sign in to your dashboard, click Create Site Project, and enter your domain and target languages.
3. Import Brand Terms: Enter company trademarks, product names, and trading tickers into the Dictionary & Glossary panel.

Deployment and verification

1. Add Embed Tag or Configure Reverse Proxy: Paste the tdn.js embed tag in your header template, or configure subdirectory reverse proxy rules in OpenLiteSpeed / Nginx.
2. Verify Hreflang and Sitemaps: Check that /sitemap.xml renders valid alternate language entries.
3. Deactivate Legacy Plugins: Safely deactivate and delete your old database translation plugin to reclaim MySQL storage and CPU cycles.

Your platform is now running on a modern Translation Delivery Network with sub-15ms edge caching and automated neural translation.