Language options in Elfsight widgets
At times, you may require your Elfsight widget to get translated to another language, especially if your website is a multilingual one. This article aims to provide some guidance on how you can achieve that.
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Currently, the only way to have your widget appear in different languages on different language versions of your website is by creating separate widgets for each language and installing them on the corresponding language versions individually. Unfortunately, our apps don't have integration with language switchers yet.
Switching languages within the widget
While creating a widget that will further be added to a certain language version of your website, don't forget that some of our widgets provide users with the ability to select their preferred language within the settings.
For example, our Instagram Feed widget offers you a choice of 33 languages. To set a specific language, go to the Settings tab, click on the dropdown menu, and pick the desired language from the dropdown list:
Easy as that!
Translating widget elements manually
In addition to automated translations, some of our widgets offer manual translation feature. For instance, within the Messages tab in Event Calendar, users can input custom text for any specific element they wish to translate:
The same option is also available in our Reviews apps on the Settings tab → Language:
Do you feel like adding language switchers to our widgets would be a game-changer for you?
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