---
title: Installing WPML Multilingual CMS
description: WPML asks for a registration key on first install. Enter any ten digits, such as 1234567890, and it completes normally.
url: "https://99plugs.com/knowledgebase/installing-wpml-multilingual-cms-wordpress-plugin/"
updated: "2026-10-01"
category: "Installing Plugins & Themes"
tags:
  - License Keys
  - WPML
---

# Installing WPML Multilingual CMS

WPML asks for a registration key while it is setting itself up. Enter any ten digits, for example `1234567890`, and setup completes normally.

That instruction is correct and it has been working for years. Here is why it works, because on its own it looks like it should not.

## Why any value gets you through

WPML holds its setup behind a registration step, but the field accepts whatever you type into it. Nothing is checked, so nothing has to be real.

Everywhere else in this knowledgebase we tell you your 99Plugs update key goes in the Update Manager and never inside a plugin. That rule still holds. This field is not connected to us, does not control your updates, and is not a place a real key belongs. It is a door with a lock and no bolt.

If you would rather not keep a made-up number anywhere, put your 99Plugs update key in instead. It works the same and it is one less thing to remember.

## Then set up your updates

WPML updates come through the 99Plugs Update Manager, not through WPML's own updater. See [How to enable auto updates](https://99plugs.com/knowledgebase/how-to-enable-auto-updates/).

More on activation prompts across the catalog in [My plugin or theme is not activating](https://99plugs.com/knowledgebase/my-plugin-or-theme-is-not-activating/).