Title: Site language vs. admin language
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# Site language vs. admin language

 *  [ixiter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ixiter/)
 * (@ixiter)
 * [3 days, 10 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/site-language-vs-admin-language/)
 * 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](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amjadali688/)
 * (@amjadali688)
 * [2 days, 9 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/site-language-vs-admin-language/#post-18915214)
 * Hi [@ixiter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/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](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ixiter/)
 * (@ixiter)
 * [2 days, 5 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/site-language-vs-admin-language/#post-18915360)
 * Hi [@amjadali688](https://wordpress.org/support/users/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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## Tags

 * [language](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/language/)
 * [Site language](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/site-language/)
 * [templates](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/templates/)

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 * Last reply from: [ixiter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ixiter/)
 * Last activity: [2 days, 5 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/site-language-vs-admin-language/#post-18915360)
 * Status: not a support question