Website Builder includes a default language feature that helps screen readers read your site’s content aloud for those who need it. This ensures that your website is accessible to as many visitors as possible. The language screen readers use will be the same as the language you chose for your website during onboarding. If you didn't pick one, it defaults to the language set in your Website Builder editor.
You can manually change the language for individual pages in your site’s settings. This guide will show you how to do that in just a few clicks.
Note: If you want information on changing the language in your Website Builder editor, please go to this guide instead: How do I change the language?
- Step 1 - Go to the page settings in Website Builder
- Step 2 - Find the SEO settings
- Step 3 - Choose the language for your page
- Step 4 - Publish your site
Step 1 - Go to the page settings in Website Builder
- Open your Website Builder editor and go to the pages menu in the upper-left corner.
- Click on the three-dot icon next to the page for which you want to change the language.
- Click Settings in the menu that appears.
Step 2 - Find the SEO settings
- Select SEO in the left-side menu of the window that pops up.
- Scroll down to Page language.
Step 3 - Choose the language for your page
- Select the language you want screen readers to use. You can choose from a list of 50 languages, listed alphabetically.
- Click Save.
- Repeat the above process for each page where you want to adjust the language.
Step 4 - Publish your website
Lastly, remember to (re)publish your site to implement the changes.
Note: It might be a while before these changes appear in the search results for your website. However, you can ask Google to index your site faster by doing a recrawl, thus speeding up the process. Check out this guide for more information: How to ask Google to update your website in search results.
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