# Add default blog language **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature requests\ **Tags:** ☑-accepted\ **Created:** [February 20, 2023, 4:50pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/add-default-blog-language/8303 "2023-02-20T16:50:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PaoloAmoroso](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/paoloamoroso/32/1659_2.png) [@PaoloAmoroso](https://discuss.write.as/u/PaoloAmoroso)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2023, 4:50pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/add-default-blog-language/8303/1 "2023-02-20T16:50:37Z")
I’d really like a default blog language setting, preserving the current option to override the language per-post. Changing the setting manually for _every_ post introduces unnecessary friction and sometimes I end up forgetting. Also, the official Write.as themes should use _exclusively_ the default language for every element on a blog’s website, including post dates and other metadata. I’m Italian but write 100% in English. If a non-native English speaker understands 99% of the text on my blog, it makes absolutely no sense to have 1% of the content in their own local language. And it may give the impression the blog is misconfigured or the author is sloppy. ---
**Author:** ![PaoloAmoroso](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/paoloamoroso/32/1659_2.png) [@PaoloAmoroso](https://discuss.write.as/u/PaoloAmoroso)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 4:40pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/add-default-blog-language/8303/2 "2024-08-25T16:40:43Z")
This feature seems to have been silently implemented. By default new posts now have English as the language, which is what I want, instead of Italian as Write.as used to work. ---
**Author:** ![matt](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/matt/32/2760_2.png) [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 10:22pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/add-default-blog-language/8303/3 "2024-09-13T22:22:28Z")
This actually hasn’t been implemented yet, though it’s still on my list. What’s more likely happened is that your default browser language changed. When posting from the web, we automatically detect the browser language based on your default. I know this can also not be ideal, but I think that’s a separate issue we need to address. As far as this discussion, we can work on setting a default language for the blog, whether that’s the overall default for the blog itself (for common elements on the blog), or the default for newly-composed posts. ---
**Author:** ![PaoloAmoroso](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/paoloamoroso/32/1659_2.png) [@PaoloAmoroso](https://discuss.write.as/u/PaoloAmoroso)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2024, 6:20am UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/add-default-blog-language/8303/4 "2024-09-14T06:20:51Z")
This is indeed the case. I switched from ChromeOS to Linux and changed the system language from Italian to English. It’s an acceptable workaround, but I’d still appreciate Write.as support for setting the default language for a blog or newly composed posts. ---
**Author:** ![huride](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/huride/32/4290_2.png) [@huride](https://discuss.write.as/u/huride)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 8:23pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/add-default-blog-language/8303/5 "2024-10-25T20:23:48Z")
Someone may **write** posts in different languages. Someone may **read** posts in different languages. Perhaps there may be a multi-lingual feature? A blog post could have a tag for its language which the writer includes. The blog may have a button for the reader to choose a language and see only posts in that language based on the tag? ---
**Author:** ![PaoloAmoroso](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/paoloamoroso/32/1659_2.png) [@PaoloAmoroso](https://discuss.write.as/u/PaoloAmoroso)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2024, 6:20am UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/add-default-blog-language/8303/6 "2024-10-26T06:20:13Z")
Absoltely, that’s why [I wrote](https://discuss.write.as/t/add-default-blog-language/8303) “preserving the current option to override the language per-post”.