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Wix Multilingual: Customizing Images per Language

7 min
In this article
  • Customizing images per language
  • Customizing galleries per language
  • FAQs
Make your site's images more relatable by customizing them based on your visitors' language. For example, for a bookstore site, you can display the book of the month with a different cover design for each language.
a screen video of changing the language in a live wix site and the image changes with it
Before you begin:

Customizing images per language

Choose to display a different image for each language or adjust images using the Wix Photo Studio. Translate the alt text for your images and set what happens when visitors click on an image.
Wix Editor
Studio Editor
Dashboard
  1. Go to your editor.
  2. Click the Switch languages drop-down menu at the top of the Wix Editor. 
A screenshot of clicking the Switch Languages drop-down at the top of the Wix Editor.
  1. Select the language you want to edit. 
  2. Click Pages & Menu  on the left side of the editor.
  3. Select the page you want to edit. 
  4. Select the relevant image on your page.
  5. Click Edit Translation.
  6. Set up your image for the language:
    • Change the image: Click Change  to select a different image for the secondary language. 
    • Change the image behaviors: 
      • Select an option under When image is clicked
      • Select an option under What does this link to?
    • Change the alt text: 
      • Enter an image description under What's in the image?
      • Enter tooltip text under Does this image have a tooltip?
a screenshot of changing the image when editing a multilingual wix site
Tip:
If you've specified different images for each language, changing the main language image won't affect the others. However, if an image hasn't been set for a specific language, updating the main language image will change it for all languages.

Customizing galleries per language

Customize your site's galleries for each of your languages. You can replace existing images, add more images, and change their order. Additionally, you can adjust the settings for each image in your gallery, including alt text, description, and the image link.
Important:
  • You can customize the following galleries: Grid Galleries, Honeycomb (diamonds and triangle), Animated Slide, Freestyle, 3D Slideshow, 3D Carousel. 
  • Learn how to translate the Pro Gallery.
a screenshot of changing gallery images when editing a multilingual wix site

To customize galleries per language:

  1. Go to your editor.
  2. Click the Switch languages drop-down menu at the top of the Wix Editor. 
A screenshot of clicking the Switch Languages drop-down at the top of the Wix Editor.
  1. Select the language you want to edit. 
  2. Click Pages & Menu  on the left side of the editor.
  3. Select the page you want to edit. 
  4. Select the relevant gallery on your page.
  5. Click Edit Translation.
  6. Set up your gallery for the language:
    • Click + Add Images to add different images. 
    • Click Replace Image to select a different image. 
    • Drag and drop images to reorder them.
    • Change the Image Info on the right: 
      • Enter a Title.
      • Enter a Description.
      • Add a Link.
  7. Click Done.
a screenshot of the wix gallery organizer

FAQs

Click a question below to learn more about customizing your site's images per language.
a screen video of changing the language in a live wix site and the image changes with it
A screenshot of clicking the Switch Languages drop-down at the top of the Wix Editor.
a screenshot of changing the image when editing a multilingual wix site
a screenshot of changing gallery images when editing a multilingual wix site
A screenshot of clicking the Switch Languages drop-down at the top of the Wix Editor.
a screenshot of the wix gallery organizer