Another nail in the Wishlist coffin. Yesterday, Webflow announced it has no “immediate priority” for multi-language sites. That was the 2nd-highest Webflow Wishlist item,
As I noted, Webflow developers are unable to expand their quite-fragile backend. If it wasn’t so shamefully noted with a curt response, I’d be more sympathetic.
Even the CEO of Weglot chimed in, sharing the disappointment (or schadenfreude?). The Wishlist is a place to vent more or less, it seems. FWIW, Weglot is not ideal: $230/year for someone to slow down your site w/ external scripts, limit translated pages to 50k views/month, 50k words total (goodbye blogs), and a tedious amount of day-to-day effort as you update your site’s layout.
I can’t blame Webflow: the Webflow backend is seemingly in tatters after bolting on features and QA is likely dropping bombs every few weeks to product managers who really do not understand Webflow.
Alas. Good effort, Webflow: you have simply detached from the reality of your users. It’s been a disappointing timeline of events.
EDIT: for those curious what Webflow had previously written (late December 2019),
From infrastructure improvements, to staffing up our team, we’re currently working through various initiatives that will enable us to create a foundation for multi-language sites. Though we can’t commit to any timeline, as a team we recognize how important building multi-language sites is to all of you.
The comments on the Wishlist item are clear: users are disappointed, frustrated, confused, and disenchanted that Webflow has any ability to deliver on what many of its users actually need.