How to change the site's main language

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Choose the “Base language” on the “Site languages” tab and click “Save languages”. This declares the language the texts are already written in — it does not translate anything by itself.

  1. Open “General settings” → the “Site languages” tab.
  2. In the “Base language” list, choose a language.
  3. Click “Save languages”.

The base language is the one in which the site's texts are written: section titles and content, products, plans. It opens at addresses without a prefix (/about), translation into the other languages starts from it, and SEO texts are written in it.

Changing it translates nothing. Change the base language only if the site's texts are actually written in the chosen language. Example: the site was filled in English, but Russian is set as the base — switch to English, and translation will go in the right direction.

The previous base language remains enabled as a regular one — uncheck it if its version is not needed.

If it didn't work

  • You wanted to make the translated version the main one, but it shows Russian texts. You cannot swap languages: translations into the new base language are saved but not shown. Switch back to the previous base language.
  • There is no language switcher on the site. The base language does not depend on it: languages and prefixed addresses work without the informer; the visitor just cannot switch the language themselves.
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See also

How to add a second languageCheck a language on the “Site languages” tab in general settings and click “Save languages” — a switcher will appear, and addresses will get a prefix like /en/.How to translate the interface and contentOn the “Site languages” tab, each language has two rows with a “Translate” button: “Interface” translates module labels, “Content” translates your texts.Why part of the text remained RussianEither the translation run did not finish, or these are service names that cannot be translated.How to hide or replace a section in one of the languagesThe “Sections and informers by language” card on the “Site languages” tab: for a language, choose a section and the action “Hide” or “Show instead”.

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