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Documentation: Autolanguage plugin

Configuration - General

The Autolanguage plugin is packed with options, giving you control over how it works and behaves. Here is the full list of options in the Autolanguage system plugin settings.

Plugin tab:

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Translation method

You can choose Upon saving (Alert banner):
config notification

or Batch (Overview button):
mode overview

Show Notifications (only visible when Translation method is set to Upon saving) Show a notification at the top of the edit screen if the item will be automatically translated on save. You can select or unselect the target languages before saving.
config notification
Active Source Language Select the language used as the source. The plugin only works if the item being saved matches this language. '*' is ignored.
Target Languages Select which languages to translate to.
Unselected Target Languages (only visible when Translation method is Upon saving and one or more Target Languages are selected) Determine whether languages not selected above are shown when editing an item. For example, if you only select English (not French and Spanish), the Alert Banner looks like this, and you can still manually select Spanish and French before saving:
alert banner unselected languages
Debug Enable logging to help troubleshoot issues. Logs are stored in the Joomla log folder.