Strapi Integration

Langbly integrates with Strapi as a translation provider for the strapi-plugin-translate plugin. Translate your headless CMS content automatically.

Requirements

• Strapi v4 or v5
• strapi-plugin-translate >= 1.4.0

Installation

npm install strapi-provider-translate-langbly

Configuration

Add the provider to your Strapi config:

// config/plugins.js
module.exports = {
  translate: {
    enabled: true,
    config: {
      provider: 'langbly',
      providerOptions: {
        apiKey: process.env.LANGBLY_API_KEY,
        // Optional: set source language (default: auto-detect)
        // sourceLocale: 'en',
      },
    },
  },
};

Set your API key as an environment variable:

# .env
LANGBLY_API_KEY=your_api_key_here

Getting Your API Key

1. Sign up for free (500K characters, no credit card)
2. Go to your Dashboard
3. Click Create API Key

How to Translate Content

1. Open a content entry in the Strapi admin
2. Click Translate in the sidebar
3. Select the target locale
4. Langbly translates all text fields automatically
5. Review and publish

Supported Field Types

Field Type	Supported
Short text	Yes
Long text (Rich text)	Yes
Markdown	Yes
JSON	Yes
Components	Yes (recursive)
Dynamic zones	Yes
Relations	Skipped
Media	Skipped

Features

• Rate limiting: Built-in request throttling to stay within API limits
• Locale mapping: Automatic Strapi locale to ISO 639-1 conversion
• Batch processing: Translates multiple fields per API call
• Error handling: Graceful fallback on translation errors

Supported Languages

100+ languages supported. Strapi locale codes are automatically mapped to ISO 639-1 codes.

Pricing

Tier	Price/mo	Characters
Free	$0	500K
Starter	$19/mo	5M
Growth	$69/mo	25M
Scale	$199/mo	100M

Plans are 81-90% cheaper than Google Translate ($20/M) and 85-92% cheaper than DeepL ($25/M).

Sign up for free to get started.

Links

• npm: strapi-provider-translate-langbly
• GitHub: Langbly/strapi-provider-translate-langbly

Need Help?

Contact us at hello@langbly.com or visit langbly.com.