Title: Changing language – Fail
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Changing language – Fail

 *  [wolfsteritory](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wolfsteritory/)
 * (@wolfsteritory)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-language-fail/)
 * i wanted to change the language of an wp instal , but didnt worked
    did i missed
   something ?
 * here are my steps :
 * downloaded the new language version
    copy-pasted it over the old installation
   with filezilla refreshed the pages & cache

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 *  Moderator [Kathryn Presner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoonini/)
 * (@zoonini)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-language-fail/#post-2174691)
 * You could try the manual route here – it involves a number of additional steps:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress_in_Your_Language](http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress_in_Your_Language)

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