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

I've been working with Joomla! for years, but never multi-language like Joomfish, only gTranslate. Multi-lang is inherently complex. The first thing to decide is whether you want automated or manual translation. Joomfish and Falang are for manual translation.

This seems to be a one person effort, and Stephane is doing a great job. As others have noted, he's very responsive to support requests, and building up a FAQ.

The documentation is a work in progress. It sounds like the Joomfish docs should be helpful, because Falang is strongly patterned after Joomfish, but I did not find those docs helpful, I think because the differences between 1.5 and 1.7 multi-lang made it confusing for me.

So, after a little struggle, I have Falang working on a test site. It appears to me that:

-You have to install the Joomla lang packs for your target languages

-You have to make multiple menu items and associate them under Association in the parameters, so that Joomla knows that they are equivalent

Then, you can use Falang to track the completion of your translations, which are missing, and once they are no longer missing, which are good enough to be published.

A stable version is expected very soon.

I am also expecting to start a project which will make it easier to use automated translations as as starting point for the Falang multi-lang versions of articles.

The only one for joomla 1.7



Posted on 24 December 2011
Works perfect with joomla 1.7, great work.

Great extension



Posted on 23 December 2011
Great extension and awesome support!

Thanks Stéphane.
Super!

With this esxtension, we can finally use the joomfish skills with joomla 1.7.

Great solution for all users that are not completely satisfied by the localisation system's native of joomla.

The feedbacks for question from developers are very fast
I have to admit being very disappointed with the slow speed at which Joom!Fish was being developed, and when I had a client who needed a 1.7 multilingual site, I had a look around the JED to see what else was available and happened across Falang.



I don't normally use beta extensions on live sites however I've been testing this out for a few weeks and although there are a couple of minor bugs - more of a feature request than a bug, mostly - I've found it to be very stable.



I needed the K2 functionality which many others need, and I noticed someone wrote on a review they had re-done the content plugin to work with K2, so I emailed Stephane and received a copy within a few hours to try out.



I'll definitely be watching the development of this closely, and hope it continues to develop as a strong alternative to Joom!Fish.

Great component



Posted on 12 December 2011
Just like Joomfish only for 1.7, works perfect!! Great support also!

Great extension and support.



Posted on 09 December 2011
Great extension.

Very easy to install and use it.

This extension solved a lot of problems I faced before with multilingual website in 1.7 version.

The support was great as well, fast and helpful replies from creators.

Very good job



Posted on 08 December 2011
A very great extension! It's very easy to modify it to adapt other languages. I added for my website hungarian. It works perfectly on any languages!

Very helpful extension!!



Posted on 05 December 2011
Thank you so much for this helpful extension!

Saves me a lot of precious time.



It would be perfect if it would support url-routing like joomfish does.
Great extension.

I had some problems with the installation, as I didn't know I had to install a second "site language" first, before I could start the translation.

The developer was very helpful and responded quickly to help me. After getting over that hurdle, the extension works great, and translation is a "piece-of-cake".
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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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