Strapi Plugin Language

A Strapi custom field that provides a dropdown selector for languages.
The field stores values as ISO 639-1 language codes, making it easy to integrate with APIs, localization logic, or external services.

Currently supported languages:

• English (en)
• Dutch (nl)
• Arabic (ar)
• Ukrainian (uk)
• Turkish (tr)

This plugin is compatible with Strapi v5 and above.

Features

• ✅ Custom field with a language dropdown
• ✅ Returns standardized ISO 639-1 language codes
• ✅ Configurable default language
• ✅ Works with any content type
• ✅ Fully compatible with Strapi >= 5.0.0

Requirements

• Strapi: >= 5.0.0
• Node.js: >= 22.0.0 < 25
• pnpm: >= 10.0.0

  "engines": {
    "node": ">=22.0.0 <25",
    "pnpm": ">=10.0.0"
  },

Usage

Once the plugin is installed and the Strapi admin panel has been rebuilt, the Language custom field becomes available in the Content-Type Builder.

Adding the field to a content type

1. Open the Strapi Admin Dashboard
2. Navigate to Content-Type Builder
3. Create a new content type or edit an existing one
4. Click Add another field
5. Switch to the Custom tab
6. Select Language from the list of available custom fields
7. Configure the field settings and save

Field settings

The Language custom field supports both basic and advanced configuration options.

Advanced settings

• Default language
  Allows you to select a language that will be pre-selected when creating new entries.

Stored value

The field stores and returns values using ISO 639-1 language codes.

Example API response:

{
  "language": "en"
}

License

This project is licensed under the European Union Public Licence (EUPL) v1.2.

See the LICENSE.md file at the root of the monorepo for full license text.