locale
Allows you to change the site locale (ex: en_US), which retrieved by the get_locale() function.
Usage
add_filter( 'locale', 'wp_kama_locale_filter' );
/**
* Function for `locale` filter-hook.
*
* @param string $locale The locale ID.
*
* @return string
*/
function wp_kama_locale_filter( $locale ){
// filter...
return $locale;
}
- $locale(string)
- The locale ID. Example: en_US, ru_RU.
Examples
#1 Change the localization language
This example shows how to change the localization language in WordPress based on the language variable passed in $_GET query parameter:
add_filter( 'locale', 'set_my_locale' );
function set_my_locale( $lang ) {
if( 'ru' == $_GET['language'] )
return 'ru_RU';
else
return $lang;
}
Changelog
| Since 1.5.0 | Introduced. |
Where the hook is called
locale
wp-includes/l10n.php 80
return apply_filters( 'locale', $locale );
wp-includes/l10n.php 35
return apply_filters( 'locale', $locale );
Where the hook is used in WordPress
wp-includes/class-wp-locale-switcher.php 60
add_filter( 'locale', array( $this, 'filter_locale' ) );