Right-to-left languages
Mirror your site's layout for Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Urdu and other languages written from right to left.
In Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Urdu and other right-to-left languages, text runs from right to left and the whole page reads that way too: the logo sits on the right, menus open to the left and the sidebar swaps sides. Turning on right-to-left mode mirrors your theme so it feels natural to your visitors.
Turn on right-to-left
- Set your site’s language first: in Settings › Translations, click Use next to the language (see Language and translations). Changing the language doesn’t switch the direction by itself.
- Go to Design › Theme Options and open General.
- Set Content shift right to left to Yes.
- Click Save changes.
- Open your site and check the header, a category page, a listing and the post-a-listing form.
To go back, set Content shift right to left to No and save.
Which themes support it
| Theme | Right-to-left |
|---|---|
| Nova | Yes. The page direction switches and the layout mirrors, including cards, the header, breadcrumbs and arrows such as See all →, which point the other way. Pages made with the AI page builder mirror too. |
| Simple White, Auction, Craigslist Sale, Orange Impact, Modern Deluxe, Newspaper, Turquoise Impact, Pinterest Classifieds, reClassifieds, Modern Splash, Listings Board | Yes, with a right-to-left version of the theme’s styles. |
| Marketplace | The option is there, but the page layout currently stays left-to-right. Use Nova for a right-to-left site. |
| Home Camp, Job Drop, Responsive Listings, Homepage Hero | No option. |
The setting is a theme option, so it’s saved with each theme. After a theme switch, turn it on again in the new theme.
Arabic sites
Yclas is translated into Arabic almost in full: the pages your visitors see (header, search, listings, checkout, bookings, emails and error messages) and your own admin panel. Set Arabic as your site language in Settings › Translations, then turn on right-to-left as above.
What stays in your own words is your content: category names, listing titles, your pages and email templates. Brand and product names stay in Latin script. If a phrase reads oddly for your audience, change it in Settings › Translations (see Language and translations).
Things to know
- One direction for the whole site. On a multilingual site the direction doesn’t change with the visitor’s language: it’s right-to-left for everyone or for no one. Choose it for the language most of your visitors use.
- Mixed text is fine. Listing titles with English brand names, numbers or prices display correctly inside right-to-left text; the browser handles the direction of each word.
- Your own CSS and HTML. Rules in Custom CSS that use
leftandright, and banners you designed for left-to-right, may need adjusting. - Translations. Right-to-left mode only changes the layout. To change or complete the words on the site, use Settings › Translations. See Language and translations.
Related guides
- Language and translations — set the site language and edit its texts.
- Multilingual sites — several languages on one site.
- Theme options — the rest of the General group.
Updated 20 October 2026 · Suggest an edit