Thrive's content language settings determine how content is displayed to users and its visibility across different areas of the platform. Understanding these settings is key to managing your content effectively for a diverse audience.
Language Configuration for Content
Thrive manages language selection for content in two ways:
Required language: For articles (and, in an upcoming update, pathways), at least one language must be selected when creating or editing the content. This ensures a default language is always present for these types.
Optional language: For other content types, the language selection can be left empty or 'null' by default. This means content can exist without a specific language assigned.
How Content Language is Determined for Display
When a user accesses content, Thrive prioritises the most appropriate language version available. The system determines which language to display based on the following hierarchy:
If the content is available in the user's preferred language, that version is displayed.
Otherwise, if the content is available in one of the user's secondary languages, the first of those available languages is used.
If neither of the above applies, the system defaults to displaying the first language set on the content itself.
Impact on Content Visibility (Homepage and Explore)
Language settings significantly influence what content is visible in specific areas of Thrive:
Homepage blocks: "Latest," "Recommended," and “Trending” blocks will only show content that is available in one of the user's preferred or secondary languages, or content that has no languages configured.
Explore page: Similarly, the Explore page will only display content to the user that is available in one of their preferred or secondary languages, or content that has no languages configured.
Important:
When a pathway that previously had no language set is updated to include a specific language, it may disappear from homepage blocks and the Explore page for some users. This occurs because the content is no longer "language-agnostic" and will now only display to users whose language preferences match the newly assigned language, ensuring relevance.
Language and Search Results
Available languages do not influence content visibility in search results or Kiki (Thrive's AI assistant). All content, regardless of its configured language, can appear in search queries.