WordPress: Open /wp-content/themes/[your-theme]/header.php and insert the meta code just before </head>.
If you are using a framework and you can’t access header.php directly, then insert the following code in /wp-content/themes/[your-theme]/functions.php:
This code will add the Google Translate code between the head tags.
WordPress: From the WordPress admin screen, go to Appearance > Widgets and drag a Text widget into your sidebar, paste the Google plugin code there and click Save.

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Mark says
WordPress instructions worked perfectly. Thanks!
Jone says
Nice ,,
I Make This tutorial and google translation worked like a charm
thanks
Bob Thomson says
I’m not able to get to either or to insert the meta code. Is there another way to do this or are there more specific step-by-step instructions on how to get there for a noobie?
Pat Fortino says
because you are on wordpress.com, you cannot install any plugins unless they are approved by them. Here is a list of the plugins you can install: http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/. Google translate is not one of them. Best to move your site to your own hosting and then you can do whatever you want.
Moni says
We are working on Joomla 3. Our problem is when we paste the Google plugin code in a HTML module, only the first line is saved, we don’t know why. We tried to deactivate the JCE editor but is the same.
Pat Fortino says
Go to Global Configuration > Text Filters and make sure Super Admin has a setting of “No Filtering”
Moni says
I’ve checked it and it’s ok. Super Admin and Admin have “no filtering”.
Pat Fortino says
You should also check all JCE settings to make sure JCE is not stripping out code. I have had no issues inserting google code to the JCE text editor.
Moni says
I’ve checked them and I think they are correct. But I think the problem is another thing. I tried to work with another editor and without one, and the problem was allways the same. I don’t know if it is a problem of the Joomla version.
Thanks for all.