{"id":7587,"date":"2026-07-25T11:20:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T09:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smartsearchwp.com\/docs\/how-does-smartsearchwp-handle-languages-and-multilingual-functionality\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T10:09:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T08:09:52","password":"","slug":"how-does-smartsearchwp-handle-languages-and-multilingual-functionality","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.smartsearchwp.com\/en\/docs\/how-does-smartsearchwp-handle-languages-and-multilingual-functionality\/","title":{"rendered":"How does SmartSearchWP handle languages and multilingual functionality?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is an FAQ entry for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartsearchwp.com\/en\/\">WordPress chatGPT SmartSearchWP plugin<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SmartSearchWP responds <strong>in the language of the<\/strong> visitor&#8217;s <strong>question<\/strong>, relying solely on the <strong>content indexed<\/strong> in the Contexts (RAG).<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Monolingual website<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The chatbot responds in the language of the question, even if your content is in a different language: it draws on your content and rephrases it in the visitor\u2019s language. Sometimes it responds in the language of your content, especially for very short questions (\u201cpricing,\u201d \u201chello\u201d). To prevent this, reinforce the instruction using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartsearchwp.com\/en\/prompt-override-addon\/\">Prompt Override<\/a> add-on, for example: \u201cAlways respond in the language of the question, even if the context is in a different language.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Multilingual website<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Using WPML, Polylang, or a similar plugin, index the pages <strong>by language<\/strong> in Contexts (Training AI, then Activate). 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