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Each user can independently select the language they want to use in the WordPress dashboard.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Choose your preferred WordPress admin language.<\/li>\n<li>Each user can have their own admin language.<\/li>\n<li>The website frontend language is not changed.<\/li>\n<li>Select which installed languages should be available in the admin bar.<\/li>\n<li>Install additional WordPress language packs directly from the settings page.<\/li>\n<li>Quickly switch languages from the WordPress admin bar.<\/li>\n<li>Language flags in the admin bar.<\/li>\n<li>Uses WordPress core locale functionality.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3>How It Works<\/h3>\n\n<p>After activating the plugin, go to:<\/p>\n\n<p>Settings \u2192 Admin Language Switcher<\/p>\n\n<p>Select the languages you want to make available for the current user.<\/p>\n\n<p>Installed languages can be selected immediately. 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