Changes the site’s locale to the given one.

Description

Loads the translations, changes the global $wp_locale object and updates all post type labels.

Parameters

$localestringrequired

The locale to change to.

Source

private function change_locale( $locale ) {
	global $wp_locale;

	$this->load_translations( $locale );

	$wp_locale = new WP_Locale();

	WP_Translation_Controller::get_instance()->set_locale( $locale );

	/**
	 * Fires when the locale is switched to or restored.
	 *
	 * @since 4.7.0
	 *
	 * @param string $locale The new locale.
	 */
	do_action( 'change_locale', $locale );
}

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Hooks

do_action( ‘change_locale’, string $locale )

Fires when the locale is switched to or restored.

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