Creating a multilingual website

Wix Multilingual basics

Wix Multilingual: Adding and Setting Up Wix Multilingual

Wix Multilingual lets you present your content in diverse languages, ensuring a global audience can fully engage with your site. Add the app to your site, select your primary site language, and add languages as needed.

Important:

Once you've selected your site's main language, you cannot change it to a different language. If this is something you'd like to see in the future, you can vote for that feature.
We recommend reviewing our list of translatable content before translating your site.

Step 1 | Add Wix Multilingual

To get started, add Wix Multilingual to your site directly from your editor or your site's dashboard.

Dashboard

Go to the Wix App Market in your site's dashboard.
Type 'Wix Multilingual' in the search box.
Select Wix Multilingual.
Click Add to Site.

A screenshot of the wix app market with multilingual open

Wix Editor

Go to your editor.
Click Add Apps
on the left side of the editor.
Type 'Wix Multilingual' in the search box.
Select Wix Multilingual.
Click Add to Site.

Studio Editor

Go to your editor.
Click Add Elements
on the left side of the editor.
Click Multilingual.
Click Add to Site.

Step 2 | Set up the app

Continue by setting up the app, where you'll choose your main and secondary languages. At this point, you can also decide whether to make your secondary language visible or keep it hidden until you've completed the translation process.

Dashboard

Go to Multilingual in your site's dashboard.
Click Get Started.
Confirm your site's main language, or change it. Note: Your main site language is the default language for visitors viewing your site. This cannot be changed after selection.
Select a flag to represent the language on your site.
Add your secondary language:
1. Click + Add Language.
2. Select the relevant language from the Language drop-down. Tip: You can add more languages later.
3. Click the Make site visible to visitors toggle:
  - Enabled: Visitors will be able to see your site in your secondary language (once you publish). You can also do this later if you're not ready yet.
  - Disabled: Your secondary language is hidden until you are ready to display it on your live site.
4. Click the Auto-translate site content toggle:
  - Enabled: Your site's content is automatically translated. You can review and edit the translation before publishing. Note: You are granted 3000 word credits for free when auto-translating. If you need more word credits to translate your site, click Get more word credits and select a package.
  - Disabled: Translate your site's content manually by entering your own translations in the translation manager.
5. Click Add Language.

Wix Editor

Go to your editor.
Click Settings at the top and select Multilingual.
Click Get Started.
Confirm your site's main language, or change it.
Note: Your main site language is the default language for visitors viewing your site. This cannot be changed after selection.
Select a flag to represent the language on your site.
Add your secondary language:
1. Click + Add Language.
2. Select the relevant language from the Language drop-down.
  Tip: You can add more languages later.
3. Click the Make site visible to visitors toggle:
  - Enabled: Visitors will be able to see your site in your secondary language (once you publish). You can also do this later if you're not ready yet.
  - Disabled: Your secondary language is hidden until you are ready to display it on your live site.
4. Click the Auto-translate site content toggle:
  - Enabled: Your site's content is automatically translated. You can review and edit the translation before publishing.
    Note: You are granted 3000 word credits for free when auto-translating. If you need more word credits to translate your site, click Get more word credits and select a package.
  - Disabled: Translate your site's content manually by entering your own translations in the translation manager.
5. Click Add Language.

Studio Editor

Go to your editor.
Click the Wix Studio icon
at the top left.
Hover over Tools and select Multilingual.
Click Get Started.
Confirm your site's main language, or change it.
Note: Your main site language is the default language for visitors viewing your site. This cannot be changed after selection.
Select a flag to represent the language on your site.
Add your secondary language:
1. Click + Add Language.
2. Select the relevant language from the Language drop-down.
  Tip: You can add more languages later.
3. Click the Make site visible to visitors toggle:
  - Enabled: Visitors will be able to see your site in your secondary language (once you publish). You can also do this later if you're not ready yet.
  - Disabled: Your secondary language is hidden until you are ready to display it on your live site.
4. Click the Auto-translate site content toggle:
  - Enabled: Your site's content is automatically translated. You can review and edit the translation before publishing.
    Note: You are granted 3000 word credits for free when auto-translating. If you need more word credits to translate your site, click Get more word credits and select a package.
  - Disabled: Translate your site's content manually by entering your own translations in the translation manager.
5. Click Add Language.

FAQs

Click a question below to learn more.

How do I set up a 301 redirect for a multilingual site?

Setting up a 301 redirect for a multilingual site ensures that visitors are seamlessly redirected from an old URL to a new one in the correct language. This helps maintain a smooth user experience and improves your site's SEO.

For example, if your old URL was for a French page (e.g., /about-us) and you now have a new URL for the same page in French, a 301 redirect ensures that French-speaking visitors are directed to the new, correct URL automatically.

Can I add different dialects of the same language?

No. You can only choose one dialect per language in Wix Multilingual. If your site is relevant to several dialects of the same language, you can vote for this feature.

Can I show different currencies, based on my site's languages?

Currently, it is not possible to display a different currency per language version of your multilingual site. When you change your site currency, it applies to all of your languages.

If this is an option you would like to see in the future, you can vote for this feature and we'll make sure to keep you updated.

Can I send emails in the visitor's selected language?

Yes, you can translate your emails.

Can I adjust the SEO settings per language?

Yes. Learn how to optimize your SEO for a global audience.

Can I invite other people to help translate my site's content?

Yes. You can invite other people to help translate your site's content. Create a custom role with a title of your choice and define the role's permissions for working with Wix Multilingual. Then assign the new role to a person of your choice.

There are two permission types available in Wix Multilingual; Manage Multilingual and Translate Web Apps. Each permission has a defined set of actions a collaborator can carry out:

Manage Multilingual: Collaborators with this role can add languages, translate in the editor and dashboard, and can manage all multilingual settings like auto-redirect.
Translate Website Apps: Collaborators with this role can translate app content in the Multilingual dashboard and export app content.

How can I change the regional settings of a language

After you add a language to your site, you can update the regional settings for that language.

For example, when you add German to your site, you can choose Austria, Belgium, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg or Switzerland as the region. The region you choose determines the date format, time format, number and currency display, and the measurement system (Metric or Imperial) for that language version.