Introduction

Languages, Multi-lingual Content, Automatic translations, Language Edition

After more than 12 years Falang is still the easiest system to translate your Joomla site into one or more languages.
You don't need to duplicate everything, just translate your default language into one or more languages.
The most used components are supported by Falang with content element.
You can use translation service to help you in the translation like deepl/google/azure


Falang 5.22 compatible with Joomla 5 and Joomla 4.3+ released the 2025/09/29
Joomla 4 compatible is Falang 4.X version last 4.14 (2023/10/10)
Joomla 3.9 and 3.10 are Falang 3.10.X version last version 3.10.6 (2022/10/21)

Since the 2.0 vesion show you the status of component translation directly in joomla for menu, article, module.... you can easy extend it for almost all components.

The component is so flexible that you can easily add new components at a later date and then translate the new content.

With extensions you can translate k2, aiContactSafe, hikashop, Redshop, jDownload, phocaDownload ....

The free version has a backlink to faboba site. You can remove it if you upgrade to a basic or standard version without losing your translations and parameters.

The Free version has some limitations.

Falang doesn't use the default language system of Joomla 2.5 and 3.5. You don't have to specify a language for each content article or menu item (which results in a huge amount of duplication).

Did you ever ask yourself how you can create a multi-lingual website without copying every single item and re-creating them in the new language? Then Falang is one of the possible answers to this problem.

In case of problems look for the solution in that page: falang’s problems resolution

Falang was a fork of Joomfish (2012)

The Falang 5.X are for Joomla 4.4 to the last 5.3 version

5.22 (2025/09/29)
* allows language change in yootheme customizer
* add show status of Falang custom fields plugin , in the falang cpanel list
* refactor custom fields code in the new falang cf plugin
* fix acfupload translation bug
* improve display of custom fields

5.21 (2025/09/04)
* add new system plugin to manage custom fields system/falangcf
* add custom fields extra tab (allow disabled translation)
* fix tassos gallery custom field display
* fix calendar custom fields empty translation
* display only custom field set to all language for translation
* fix dynamic properties on TranslationFilter (hide warning)
* fix tag translation (no param's in translation)
* fix help link for non en-GB language in backend
5.20 (2025/06/30)
* fix custom fields multiple line copy/transalte (use base64)
* fix quickjump settings in content element xml file
* fix calendar custom field for non utc site
* fix quickjump bug with ajax call

5.19 (2025/05/27)
* add tags param's translation
* Automatically update the smart search index upon article translation changes.

5.18 (2025/04/15)
* fix front-end edition translation
* allow editor custom fields copy/translate (not display the original value)
* fix bug in Custom fields translation copy

5.17 (2025/04/03)
* add message for yootheme article / translation build with yootheme buidler
* put back the English canadian and french canadian in translation services
* add acf upload support (yootheme builder dynamic field) (not work on subform)

5.16 (2025/03/17)
* add Translate for Yootheme search support (change signature of FalangContentTable)
* remove unused class
* start to change code to be Joomla 6 compatible
* fix titletext copy/translation (banner)
* update banner.xml content element
* update status of translation list on quickjump edit

5.15 (2025/02/11)
* fix bug in copy/translate article meta description/keywords
* improve vikRentCart support, switching on same item

5.14 (2024/12/16)
* fix quickjump bug
* fix astroid framework article param's translation
* fix Google translation on Joomahaper template (Helix plugin)
* improve code in Template by language

4.14 (2023/10/10)
* add 4sef support

3.10.7 ((2023/04/04)
* fix Joomla 4 update process without disabling Falang
* add dlid param's in package (paid version)
* add message to set downloadid
* fix mod_falang inline display language flags

must have



Posted on 27 March 2012
Since Joomfish i was waiting for this. Great component and very good support. Fast and great. I just can say, its a must have. Thanks to the Falang team.

Great Tool



Posted on 24 March 2012
It's in the title, the extension worked perfectly, and the support is excellent. Just had to send a mail, and the solved my issue. since Joomfish doesn't exists for joomla! 1.7, i tried this one, and bought it. It realy works good !
A must have for multilingual sites.



Had the J! team included natively easy to use language views and life would be easier for webmasters...but they didn't and Falang is the free answer, although totally bypassing J! native language management.



At the present stage, Falang is the simplest free way of managing multilingual sites effectively. Simple, organized, straighforward, just like any good CMS component should be.



To become perfect, Falang just needs some extra automation:

- Bing/Google automatic translation button / cron (like MissintgT)

- Some information on creating content elements, so the community can start adding external modules

- Frontend editing



Overall, at present, the must have for J!2.5 multilingual management
Everything was working apart from the menus. Contacted Stéphane late on a Friday, not expecting a response until Monday, and before I knew it my problem was fixed (the driver plugin needed to be ordered before a conflicting plugin). The standard edition is worth it!
Amazing support, great product, very deserving of further development. Falang accomplishes the fastest method for Joomla 2.5 multilingual, where no other plug-in is capable.



This developer should be given an army of programmers! Plus the name is hilarious, if you've ever been to Thailand...
Ok this seems to be the only solution for a multilingual site because Joomfish seems to have stuck in 1.5. We had some problems with the configuration but the developers replied quickly and our problems were solved. It is a must for a site translation although some components may not be supported. Thank you for this wonderful extension
Easy to use.

I'm using it for English/ Welsh school site.

The welsh language file for joomla currently doesn't exist.

The developer helped me create a language file to get the site and component working.

The support is excellent.

Component is fantastic to use, showing you pages you have converted and which ones you need to do.

Simple for frontend users, click a flag to change language.

This is for sure the easiest method i have found for language options on Joomla 2.5

Developer is super helpful and replies to emails quickly.

Component is fantastic !!

Fantastic!



Posted on 13 March 2012
If you have Joomla 2.5 and if you need multilanguage fot it, use Falang! Easy to translate, this component is very fantastic. Special mention to Stéphane, a great developper who answer to all your questions. Great job!

Great Component



Posted on 13 March 2012
Quick and easy, I translated everything as I want, k2 supported.

The Support from Stéphane is very very very fast !
This is an excellent extension since there is no Joomfish available for Joomla 2.5. It;s very easy to set up and saves you a lot of time in comparison with the standard translation option in Joomla 2.5.

The only option I can't find is to display the language based on domain (so .de is german, .fr french, etc.)
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FaLang

Version:
5.22
Developer:
Stéphane Bouey
Last updated:
Sep 29 2025
1 week ago
Date added:
Nov 19 2014
License:
GPLv2 or later
Type:
Free download
Registration:
Yes
Includes:
c m p
Compatibility:
J3 J4 J5
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Uses Joomla! Update System

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