Title: Benjamin Thiers Foreign Language Accessibility Detector
Author: Benjamin Thiers
Published: 11 Agosto 2026
Last modified: 11 Agosto 2026
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# Benjamin Thiers Foreign Language Accessibility Detector
Di [Benjamin Thiers](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bthiers/)
[Scarica](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/benjamin-thiers-foreign-language-accessibility-detector.1.8.2.zip)
* [Dettagli](https://it.wordpress.org/plugins/benjamin-thiers-foreign-language-accessibility-detector/#description)
* [Recensioni](https://it.wordpress.org/plugins/benjamin-thiers-foreign-language-accessibility-detector/#reviews)
* [Installazione](https://it.wordpress.org/plugins/benjamin-thiers-foreign-language-accessibility-detector/#installation)
* [Sviluppo](https://it.wordpress.org/plugins/benjamin-thiers-foreign-language-accessibility-detector/#developers)
[Supporto](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/benjamin-thiers-foreign-language-accessibility-detector/)
## Descrizione
This plugin adds a Language Detection menu to the WordPress admin area. From there,
you can select a post or page and see a preview of its content, with any foreign
language passages highlighted for you. The plugin currently recognizes five languages:
French, English, Spanish, German and Italian. A simple checklist lets you approve
or reject each highlighted passage one by one, so nothing is changed without your
review.
Once you approve a passage, it is permanently saved in the content as a span element
carrying the correct language attribute. This tells screen readers and other assistive
technology to switch to the right pronunciation for that piece of text, instead
of reading it aloud as if it were written in the site main language. This directly
improves the accessibility of your content for people who rely on screen readers
or text to speech tools.
The plugin detects languages using a statistical method that looks at common letter
patterns, rather than sending your content to any outside website or service. Nothing
ever leaves your own server, and no data is shared with anyone.
Please note that the language attribute added by this plugin is invisible to regular
visitors. It has no effect on how the text looks on the page. Only the plugin admin
screen shows a colored highlight, so you can see and check which passages have been
detected.
Correctly identifying the language of text passages is one of the accessibility
success criteria referenced by European accessibility regulation, which applies
across the European Union. This plugin helps website owners address that specific
requirement.
#### Main features
* An “Analyze Content” screen where you choose a post or page, see a highlighted
preview, and approve or reject each passage one by one
* Every change is saved as a normal WordPress revision, so you can always undo
it later
* Detection of a single foreign word hidden inside an otherwise normal sentence,
in addition to full sentences and longer passages
* A custom glossary where you can teach the plugin extra words or short expressions
and the language they belong to, which always takes priority over automatic detection
* The plugin remembers which passages you rejected, so they will not be suggested
again the next time you run an analysis on the same content
* Works with content built using a page builder, in addition to the standard WordPress
editor
* Code blocks, preformatted text, scripts and styles are always left untouched
* An optional automatic mode that marks passages live on the page without saving
anything, switched off by default
* An admin interface available in five languages: French, English, Spanish, German
and Italian
#### A note on privacy
This plugin does not collect any personal data, does not set any cookies, and does
not send any information to outside websites or services. Every step of the language
detection process happens locally, on your own server, using dictionaries that are
bundled with the plugin itself.
## Screenshot
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## Installazione
1. Upload the `benjamin-thiers-foreign-language-accessibility-detector` folder to
the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory, or install the plugin directly from the WordPress
plugin directory.
2. Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu in WordPress.
3. Go to the new “Language Detection” menu to analyze a piece of content.
## FAQ
### Does this plugin call any external service?
No. Language detection is performed locally using a bundled statistical library
and dictionaries. No content is sent anywhere.
### Does the lang=”xx” attribute change how the text looks on the front end?
No. It is a purely semantic HTML attribute used by assistive technologies (screen
readers, text-to-speech). It has no visual effect for sighted visitors.
### What happens to content already validated if I deactivate or uninstall the plugin?
Passages already saved as `` directly in a post’s content remain
in that content after deactivation or uninstallation, since they were written into
the post content itself. Passages managed for page-builder content (stored as post
meta) will simply stop being applied once the plugin is deactivated.
### Can I add words or expressions that aren’t detected automatically?
Yes, using the custom glossary (term -> language). Terms added there always take
priority over automatic detection.
## Recensioni
Non ci sono recensioni per questo plugin.
## Contributi e sviluppo
“Benjamin Thiers Foreign Language Accessibility Detector” è un software open source.
Le persone che hanno contribuito allo sviluppo di questo plugin sono indicate di
seguito.
Collaboratori
* [ Benjamin Thiers ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bthiers/)
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## Changelog
#### 1.8.2
* UX: added a contextual tip on the review checklist: when a whole sentence isn’t
detected as a single block (only some of its words are flagged), it now suggests
unchecking those words and adding the full sentence to the glossary instead,
so it’s recognized as one piece going forward.
#### 1.8.1
* Fixed missing translations: the strings introduced by the last three features(
page builder support, rejection memory, per-analysis language filter) were only
available in English. All 4 languages (FR, DE, ES, IT) are now complete again.
#### 1.8.0
* The “Analyze” page now lets you check/uncheck which foreign languages to search
for, per analysis (independent from the global settings). Useful to avoid false
positives such as a common English word being mistaken for another language when
you know only one foreign language is actually present in the content.
#### 1.7.1
* Bug fix: a rejected passage (unchecked then applied) had no persistent memory
and would reappear as a “new” candidate on the very next analysis. Rejections
are now remembered per content, excluded from future suggestions, with a button
to undo if needed.
#### 1.7.0
* New: support for page-builder content (e.g. Elementor) whose post_content is
not the rendering source. The plugin now fetches the actually rendered HTML in-
process to analyze it, and stores validated passages as post meta instead of
writing into post_content. Classic content (Gutenberg/Classic Editor) is unaffected.
* The “Analyze” page now shows an “Elementor” tag next to page-builder-managed
content in the search list.
#### 1.6.0
* Admin interface translated into English, German, Spanish and Italian (in addition
to French).
#### 1.5.0
* Merging of nearby words detected in the same foreign language (e.g. “Small is
beautiful”): up to 2 short undetected words between them no longer split the
expression into isolated pieces.
#### 1.4.0
* On the “Analyze Content” page, already-flagged passages are now listed in read-
only mode instead of showing the generic “no passage detected” message.
* New dedicated “Glossary” page: add, sortable list, filter by language, free-text
search, delete.
#### 1.3.1
* Fix: re-running analysis/apply on already-corrected content could nest duplicate`
` tags. Text already wrapped in an element carrying a lang attribute
is now never re-analyzed.
#### 1.3.0
* New: glossary of custom terms/expressions (term -> language), with priority over
automatic detection.
#### 1.2.0
* Word-by-word detection (frequency dictionaries, 5 x 40,000 words): catches an
isolated foreign word slipped into a base-language sentence.
* Content selector replaced by a search/autocomplete field (by title or ID), suited
to sites with a lot of content.
* New setting to enable/disable word-by-word detection.
#### 1.1.0
* New: manual analysis and validation page, page by page.
* Automatic mode becomes optional and is disabled by default.
#### 1.0.0
* Initial release.
## Meta
* Versione **1.8.2**
* Ultimo aggiornamento **2 mesi fa**
* Installazioni attive **Meno di 10**
* Versione WordPress ** 5.8 o superiore **
* Testato fino alla versione **7.0.7**
* Versione PHP ** 7.4 o superiore **
* Lingua
* [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/benjamin-thiers-foreign-language-accessibility-detector/)
* Tag
* [a11y](https://it.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/a11y/)[accessibility](https://it.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/accessibility/)
[language](https://it.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/language/)[screen reader](https://it.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/screen-reader/)
[wcag](https://it.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/wcag/)
* [Visualizzazione avanzata](https://it.wordpress.org/plugins/benjamin-thiers-foreign-language-accessibility-detector/advanced/)
## Valutazioni
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## Collaboratori
* [ Benjamin Thiers ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bthiers/)
## Supporto
Hai qualcosa da dire? Ti serve aiuto?
[Chiedi nel forum di supporto](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/benjamin-thiers-foreign-language-accessibility-detector/)