Site language vs. admin language

  • ixiter

    (@ixiter)


    3 days, 2 hours ago

    My site language is English, but my admin user language is German.

    When I create or edit a form, WPForms currently uses the admin user language instead of the site language.

    Example:
    When I create a contact form from a template, the generated help texts use German texts like “Vorname” and “Nachname”.
    For an English website, I would expect labels like “First Name” and “Last Name”.

    Please consider changing this behavior so that templates, labels, placeholders, and other generated texts use the configured WordPress site language instead of the admin user language.

    Alternatively, it would also help to provide an option in WPForms to choose which language should be used for generated form content.

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  • Plugin Support Amjad Ali

    (@amjadali688)

    2 days, 2 hours ago

    Hi @ixiter ,

    Thanks for taking the time to share this feedback

    What you’re seeing is currently expected behavior in WordPress. The admin user language dictates the language used in your dashboard, menus, settings, and also the default/generated content inside the WPForms builder. That’s why template fields are being created in German for your user account.

    The front-end content shown to visitors will still follow the site language, but the form builder itself uses the logged-in user language.

    At the moment, WPForms doesn’t include a separate option to force generated form content to always use the site language instead of the admin user language. I’ll share your feedback with the team.

    Thanks!

    Thread Starter ixiter

    (@ixiter)

    1 day, 21 hours ago

    Hi @amjadali688,

    thank you for your reply.
    I am looking forward for your decision in the team how to handle this issue.

    Hopefully you agree to my point of view, that site language should priorize when creating any content for the site, while admin language helps the admin to understand features and workflows better.

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