Title: Changing WP language settings also changes “html lang” attribute Last modified: August 8, 2019 --- # Changing WP language settings also changes “html lang” attribute * [BayLev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/baylev/) * (@baylev) * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-wp-language-settings-also-changes-html-lang-attribute/) * Hello all, * There may be a simple answer to this, but does changing the “Website” language in the WordPress dashboard is supposed to affect the the “href lang” attribute of the site as well? * In my case I would require the WP dashboard to be in English while the frontend( the actual website) is in German. Sounds easy enough, but when checking the source code after switching to English, I get this: * **Before:** _