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title: "Automatic Language Detection"
url: https://docs.coolplugins.net/doc/automatic-language-detection-translatepress/
date: 2026-03-10
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description: "If you are using the TranslatePress plugin, you can easily enable automatic language detection using the AI Translation for TranslatePress plugin. What is Automatic Language Detection? The Automatic Language Detection..."
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# Automatic Language Detection

If you are using the TranslatePress plugin, you can easily enable automatic language detection using the **AI Translation for TranslatePress** plugin.

## What is Automatic Language Detection?

The **Automatic Language Detection** feature helps your website automatically recognize a visitor’s preferred language and suggest switching to it.

The detection method works by analyzing the visitor’s browser language settings or their approximate geographic location** (IP address)**, depending on the setting you choose. If the detected language is different from the current website language, a small notification appears suggesting the visitor switch to the language according to their preferences.

## Enable Automatic Language Detection

Follow these steps to enable the **automatic language detection** feature:

- From your WordPress Dashboard, navigate to **Settings > AI Translation (TranslatePress)**.

- Open the **Settings** tab.

- Scroll down to the "**Automatic Language Detection**" section.

- Enable the "**Enable language suggestion**" option.

[![automatic language detection](https://docs.coolplugins.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/automatic-language-detection-800x863.png)](https://docs.coolplugins.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/automatic-language-detection.png)

- Next, choose your preferred **Detection Method**.

**Browser First, Then IP**: This method first checks the visitor’s browser language settings. If the browser language cannot be detected, it then uses the visitor’s IP address to identify language based on location.

- **IP First, Then Browser**: This method first detects the visitor’s language using their IP address (location). If the location cannot determine the language, the plugin then checks the browser language settings.

- **Browser Language Only:** This method detects the language only from the visitor’s browser settings.

- **IP Address Only: **This method detects the visitor’s language only from their IP address by identifying their geographic location.

- Click **Save Changes**.

Once enabled, visitors will see a language suggestion pop-up when a different language is detected.

[![language detected](https://docs.coolplugins.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/language-detected-800x254.png)](https://docs.coolplugins.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/language-detected.png)