# Cookies

Here is the list of cookies that visitors may encounter if Weglot is running on your site.

**Javascript & Proxy integrations**

All these cookies are set on your main and translated hostnames.

<table data-full-width="true"><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Type</th><th>Storage type</th><th>Purpose</th><th>Duration</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>wg-translations</code></td><td>Necessary</td><td>local storage</td><td>store translations</td><td>indefinitely</td></tr><tr><td><code>wg-slugs</code></td><td>Necessary</td><td>local storage</td><td>store translated URLs</td><td>indefinitely</td></tr><tr><td><code>WG_CHOOSE_ORIGINAL</code></td><td>Necessary</td><td>cookie</td><td>when original language is selected with auto switch option enabled</td><td>1 month</td></tr><tr><td><code>wglang</code></td><td>Preferences</td><td>cookie</td><td>contains user language code preference</td><td>session</td></tr></tbody></table>

Shopify only:

<table data-full-width="true"><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Type</th><th>Storage type</th><th>Purpose</th><th>Duration</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>wg_checkout_language</code></td><td>Necessary</td><td>cookie</td><td>to restore current language when user comes back from checkout</td><td>session</td></tr><tr><td><code>wg-cart-update-token</code></td><td>Necessary</td><td>cookie</td><td>to know when cart changed to update <code>lang</code> attribute</td><td>session</td></tr><tr><td><code>wg-cart-update-lang</code></td><td>Necessary</td><td>cookie</td><td>to know when cart changed to update <code>lang</code> attribute</td><td>session</td></tr></tbody></table>


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