# Add a 'default website language' setting **URL:** \ **Category:** Website Translator\ **Tags:** Released\ **Created:** [January 22, 2025, 6:08pm UTC](https://community.elfsight.com/t/add-a-default-website-language-setting/96297 "2025-01-22T18:08:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hello61](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d9b06d/32.png) [@Hello61](https://community.elfsight.com/u/Hello61)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 6:08pm UTC](https://community.elfsight.com/t/add-a-default-website-language-setting/96297/1 "2025-01-22T18:08:29Z")
Please add the option to select the website language that should not be translated. This will allow the widget to determine the site language without having to check the ‘lang=’ attribute, and will also eliminate the need to add special JS codes. ---
**Author:** ![Max](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.elfsight.com/max/32/710_2.png) [@Max](https://community.elfsight.com/u/Max)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 6:28pm UTC](https://community.elfsight.com/t/add-a-default-website-language-setting/96297/2 "2025-01-22T18:28:21Z")
Nice idea, thanks for sharing! Let’s see if it catches on with the community 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Max](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.elfsight.com/max/32/710_2.png) [@Max](https://community.elfsight.com/u/Max)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2026, 11:08am UTC](https://community.elfsight.com/t/add-a-default-website-language-setting/96297/3 "2026-01-11T11:08:32Z")
Split this topic on January 11, 2026, 11:08am UTC 3 posts were split to a new topic: [Question about Website Translator default language](https://community.elfsight.com/t/question-about-website-translator-default-language/142994) ---
**Author:** ![Max](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.elfsight.com/max/32/710_2.png) [@Max](https://community.elfsight.com/u/Max)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 7:07am UTC](https://community.elfsight.com/t/add-a-default-website-language-setting/96297/4 "2026-10-26T07:07:07Z")
Friends, we’ve started working on this feature and it’s in the **Development** stage now! 🎉 We’ll keep you posted on any progress here 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Max](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.elfsight.com/max/32/710_2.png) [@Max](https://community.elfsight.com/u/Max)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2026, 11:45am UTC](https://community.elfsight.com/t/add-a-default-website-language-setting/96297/6 "2026-10-28T11:45:55Z")
Hey everyone! The feature has just been released 🎉 Find more details in this post: [Website Translator: Select original website language](https://community.elfsight.com/t/website-translator-select-original-website-language/177881)