{"id":5498,"date":"2019-01-31T10:54:04","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T10:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/?post_type=article&p=5498"},"modified":"2023-05-26T13:21:47","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T13:21:47","slug":"how-to-change-the-language-of-wordpress-dashboard","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/articles\/how-to-change-the-language-of-wordpress-dashboard\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Change the Language in WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WordPress<\/a> developers have taken care of everybody who wants to create websites with the help of this CMS<\/strong>. Now people are able to use WordPress<\/strong> in more than 70 languages. Furthermore, you can help the WordPress<\/strong> team in translating WordPress<\/strong> into your language. If there is no translated version of the site in the language you know well, you can request<\/a> a new localization and do the translation yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Follow this tutorial to get to know how to change the language in your WordPress Dashboard<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Changing Language of WordPress Installation via Dashboard<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Log in to the WordPress Dashboard<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Navigate to the Settings > General<\/strong> <\/em>screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\"general\n\n\n\n

Find the Site Language<\/strong> dropdown and pick the necessary language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\"general\n\n\n\n

Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click the Save Changes<\/strong> button in order to save the changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reload the page and enjoy using WordPress<\/strong> in your language.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Changing Language of WordPress Installation Manually<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Alternatively, you can change the language of the WordPress Dashboard<\/strong> manually. It suits you in case you can\u2019t find the corresponding language in the Settings<\/strong> section. To do it, take the next steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Open this link<\/a> in order to find installation files in your language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scroll down, and select the language. Click the View Team Page<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\"find\n\n\n\n

Download the language pack to your hard drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\"download\n\n\n\n

Next, you must create the languages<\/strong> \u200b\u200bfolder inside the wp-content<\/strong> directory and upload the files you\u2019ve just downloaded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\"the\n\n\n\n

Now you can find and set this language in the Settings > General > Site Language<\/em><\/strong> screen as described above.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Now you know how to change the language of the WordPress Dashboard easily.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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