How to Create a Multilingual Joomla Website: Step-by-Step Guide (Joomla 6)

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Details: Written by: Panagiotis Kiriakopoulos; Category: Tutorials; Published: 14 November 2026

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How to Create a Multilingual Joomla Website: Step-by-Step Guide (Joomla 6)
2. Before you start
3. Step 1: Install the language packs
4. Step 2: Check and publish the content languages
5. Step 3: Enable the Language Filter plugin
6. Step 4: Create content in each language
7. Step 5: Link translations with Multilingual Associations
8. Step 6: One menu and one Home page per language
9. Step 7: Associate the menu items
10. Step 8: Menu modules and the Language Switcher
11. Step 9: Check everything with Multilingual Status
12. The result
13. Multilingual features you get in core
14. Things to be careful with
15. Checklist
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12. The result

The front end now shows each language with its own menu and translated interface. On our test site, switching from /en/about-us took us straight to /el/sxetika-me-emas, and the page contained hreflang links for en-GB, el-GR and x-default, all generated by Joomla.