Setting the default language

The Default language card on the Languages tab sets the main language of your site. The list only shows ticked languages and updates as you tick and untick.

• Without a translation plugin, the default language is the one at your normal addresses (/about/). Every other language gets its code in front (/fr/about/).
• With a translation plugin, choose the same default language as in that plugin. It is also used whenever the language of a page cannot be worked out.

The default language is also the one search engines are pointed to as x-default in the hreflang links the plugin adds (built-in URLs only).