As many people already know, WooCommerce is a WordPress plugin used by developers for building e-commerce platforms. It comes with a lot of benefits which helps in setting up e-commerce stores. However, despite its many benefits, many people have a hard time changing the default language.
The default language in WooCommerce is English Language, so if the content of your website is in another language, you’ll need to change the default language to the language of your choice. And this is the area where most people get stuck. In this article, we will provide you instructions on how you can easily change the default language in WooCommerce.
WordPress WooCommerce How to Change Language
The following steps are to be taken if you want to change the default language in WooCommerce:
- Step 1: Enter language code in wp-config.php to set WordPress language. To do this, enter define (‘WPLANG’, ‘da_DK’);
- Step 2: The next thing you’ll need to do is to create a new directory in ‘wp-content’ directory, name this new directory ‘languages’.
- Step 3: Visit http://translate.wordpress.org/, and choose your preferred language code. After selecting your preferred language code, you’ll be redirected to a new page where you’ll need to select the appropriate WordPress version from a list of options.
- Step 4: After completing the above step, an option for download will come up. Scroll down until you see a file with the name “.mo”. Select the file, and click on “Export”. After clicking on “Export”, the download of the “.mo” file will commence. After the download is completed, convert filename to language code, then move the “.mo” file to the new directory created in step 2 which should be “wp-content/languages/”.
- Step 5: Visit http://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce-language-packs for WooCommerce translation packages. Choose the right translation pack and extract it from the zip folder.
- Step 6: On your screen, navigate to WordPress admin panel > settings > general, then select the new default language of your choice.
By following the the above steps, you’ll be able to successfully change the default language in WordPress WooCommerce.
