Description
The lightweight plugin extends the default WordPress functionality (user settings in Profile) and pulls out the language selection to the admin bar so you can easily switch between them.
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Installation
EN
- Upload the plugin to your website or install via plugin management.
- Check whether the WooCommerce plugin is installed and active.
- Activate the plugin through the
Plugins
menu in WordPress administration - (If you wish, go to the
Settings
andGeneral
to select different installed language instead of English) - Done!
FAQ
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I want to switch to a different language
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You need to install the language first.
- Go to
Settings -> General
. - Select the desired
site language
and hitsave changes
. The language gets installed. - Change the
site language
back to the old value. - Now you can switch in the dropdown.
- Go to
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How can I report security bugs?
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You can report security bugs through the Patchstack Vulnerability Disclosure Program. The Patchstack team help validate, triage and handle any security vulnerabilities. Report a security vulnerability.
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Contributors & Developers
“Simple Admin Language Change” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors“Simple Admin Language Change” has been translated into 6 locales. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.
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Change log
2.0.5 (2024-10-31)
- Fix PHP 8.2 deprecation notice on mb_convert_encoding.
2.0.4 (2021-07-27)
- Lower the permissions check – anybody with “read” permissions (e.g., subscriber) can change their locale with the dropdown when logged into the admin.
- Hide the language switcher on the front end – the top admin bar is affected by site language, not the user’s choice (opened trac ticket for that)
2.0.3 (2021-05-08)
- Replace textdomain
kbnt-salc
withsimple-admin-language-change
to make it work with GlotPress (more info)
2.0.2 (2021-05-03)
- Fix security issues
- Check for the empty nonce.
- Escape translations.
2.0.1 (2021-05-03)
- Fix security issues (thanks @ErwanLR from WPScan for reporting!)
- Check for the empty nonce.
- Check for user permission within ajax request.
- Retrieve current user ID within the request.
- Make error messages translatable.
2.0.0 (2021-05-02)
- Drop the old functionality replaced by an integrated solution since WordPress 4.7
- Add a simple select box into the admin bar instead.
1.0.2 (2018-02-25)
- Fix: enable localization
1.0.1 (2018-02-18)
- Fix: PHP 7 deprecated methods – compatibility (#1)
1.0.0 (2016-10-06)
- Initial version