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Requirements and installation

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Requirements

  • Joomla 6.0 or newer
  • PHP 8.3 or newer
  • Access to a supported AI service (API key) — see "AI providers and access"
  • At least two installed Joomla language packs (the source language and every target language)

Your website does not have to be configured multilingual to start. TranslatePilot sets up multilingualism itself on request — content languages, language filter, one home page per language and the language switcher. Only the language packs themselves are installed beforehand via System → Install Languages; a download cannot honestly be shown in a preview, so the setup does not take it over.

Installation

  1. Download the package pkg_translatepilot-x.y.z.zip.
  2. Install it under System → Install → Extensions.
  3. The package installs the component and the task plugin; the plugin gets enabled in the process. It stays inactive until you create a scheduled task.

After installation you find TranslatePilot under Components → TranslatePilot. The dashboard immediately shows the multilingual state of the installation and what is still missing before the first translation.

Updating

Updates appear as usual under System → Update → Extensions. The translation state, the approval and all settings survive updates.

Uninstalling

Uninstalling the package removes the component and the plugin. Already translated articles, menu items and modules are regular Joomla content and naturally remain in place.

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