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WordPress 4.1: Install Language Packs From Dashboard

Posted: 21.11.14 | by Irena Domingo

Two months ago WordPress 4.0 introduced internationalization and localization improvements. WordPress 4.1 is expected to be released in the second week of December, 2014 with new localization improvements: Install language packs from admin area.

WordPress 4.1 Beta 1 is now available, but the software is still in development. You can test it.

WordPress 4.0 introduced language selection during the installation process, but you had to upload po and mo language files to install a new language and then change it from Settings > General > Language Site.

Wordpress Choose Language Installation

WordPress 4.1 will make it more easier, as users will now be able to install and change the language from Settings > General > Site Language.

WordPress-Site-Language

Simply select the language you want to install and save settings. WordPress will automatically download and install the language packs.

 

Categories: Multilingual Websites


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Irena is the creator of the blog WPLANG (WordPress Multilingual) and a professional specialized in website localization. Irena now helps others to create a WordPress website in one language or create a multilingual WordPress website.

Comments

  1. Fahad Rafiq says

    November 25, 2014 at 6:29 am

    WordPress 4.1 is bringing some amazing new features. The best ones are the all new Twenty Fifteen theme and installing languages from WordPress dashboard.
    Other major visual changes are the text editor becomes full screen when you start typing and inline image alignment options.
    Also there are major upcoming changes for the developers, Query, Taxonomy, Title Tag handling and Customizer API are being improved, reworked and upgraded.
    http://www.cloudways.com/blog/wordpress-4-1-beta-1-review/

    • Irena Domingo says

      November 25, 2014 at 2:57 pm

      Hi Fahda. Thanks for the review.

      • Fahad Rafiq says

        November 28, 2014 at 10:52 am

        You are Welcome.

  2. alex says

    March 11, 2015 at 10:42 pm

    Hello good evening,
    I’m a little difficulty , installed en -Br language and blog does not translate .

    blog remains in English.

    have any suggestions to fix ?

    • Irena Domingo says

      March 12, 2015 at 4:15 am

      Navigate to Settings > General > Language site, and install your language

      • alex says

        March 12, 2015 at 10:57 pm

        extamente what I did , overall this ok , plus the blog is still copyrighted , post and social networks in English.

        • Irena Domingo says

          March 13, 2015 at 5:37 am

          Check that all text strings in your theme (and plugins) are translated

  3. Steve says

    December 15, 2016 at 8:38 pm

    How do you change the strings in the browser. such as leave a comment, categories, search, etc.? This is just changing the language in the browser for me. Thanks 🙂

  4. mohamed rafi says

    May 8, 2017 at 5:22 am

    how to add Somali language That Langauge From WordPress backend.

  5. Magalie Ortiz says

    June 8, 2017 at 6:59 am

    Hello try to put my theme on wp in french, in settings- general-site language, however the theme doesn’t appear in french only my wp dashboard … please help I don´t want to change my wp language only my theme …

  6. Arquam Belal says

    June 15, 2017 at 3:21 am

    Hello, i have developed a woocommerce plugin, how to work this plugin language also other language

  7. SAfia Ameen says

    October 16, 2017 at 8:00 pm

    Hi, why I can’t find the language field ? https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/062ff0855b92f023e544e63b0940e3b51e4f107c5800a09262061673df5a57cb.png

    • Volodymyr Kurylenko says

      January 29, 2018 at 9:27 pm

      Me too. Version 4.9.2

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