Title: Language-specific css class
Last modified: August 7, 2023

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# Language-specific css class

 *  Resolved [wplove3268](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wplove3268/)
 * (@wplove3268)
 * [2 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/language-specific-css-class/)
 * Certain layouts on my site break when translated from English to German. I’m 
   wondering if it’s possible hook into the user’s selected language choice to dynamically
   add a language-specific css class. I want to create layout styles that change
   depending on the language selected.
   For example if German language was selected
   it would add a “german” class to the `body` tag. Then I could adapt my stylesheet
   to change styles for a div within `body.german`. (or a similar solution)
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Flanguage-specific-css-class%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [edo888](https://wordpress.org/support/users/edo888/)
 * (@edo888)
 * [2 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/language-specific-css-class/#post-16979442)
 * Hi,
 * It is available in our paid version. You can use CSS selectors like this `html[
   lang="de"] div.example {...}`
 * Thanks! 🙂

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 * Last activity: [2 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/language-specific-css-class/#post-16979442)
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