Title: Language doesn’t change
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Language doesn’t change

 *  [grizzdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/grizzdesign/)
 * (@grizzdesign)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/language-doesnt-change/)
 * Hi,
 * I’ve got a WordPress 2.7.1 running and am trying to get it into the Dutch language.
 * So, as I found [here](http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress_in_Your_Language)
   I changed wp-config to:
 * `define ('WPLANG', 'nl_NL');`
 * and uploaded nl_NL.mo and nl_NL.po intoto `wp-content/languages`.
 * But nor back-end (admin) panel, nor front-end (blog) is changing at all.
 * What could be the problem ?
 * PS: I’ve come across [this](http://ruleoftech.wordpress.com/2007/09/09/wordpress-and-problem-with-language-files-mo/)
   via Google, but spotted that that has been fixed as part of WordPress in the 
   meanwhile…

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 *  [Arthur](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aahkendall/)
 * (@aahkendall)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/language-doesnt-change/#post-1086264)
 * You need to change the language on the settings pages on the Dashboard – Site
   Admin > Options and Settings > General. Having uploaded the language file and
   changed wp-config it should now appear as an option with a dropdown.
 *  Thread Starter [grizzdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/grizzdesign/)
 * (@grizzdesign)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/language-doesnt-change/#post-1086363)
 * There is no such menu on my General settings page…
 *  Thread Starter [grizzdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/grizzdesign/)
 * (@grizzdesign)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/language-doesnt-change/#post-1086389)
 * Anyone ? I’m kindof in a hurry on this one :/
 * I’ve tried both `wp-content/languages` and `wp-includes/languages`.
 * * Checked permissions (both file and folder) (`chmod`ed to 777 for sake of test)
   *
   Checked latest update of both lang-files and WordPress (2.7.1) * Tried nl-NL,
   nl_NL and nl in wp-config.php
 * So, the 3 steps I have basicly done so far:
    – Install wordpress – upload .mo
   and .po files into language folder – `define ('WPLANG', 'nl_NL');` in wp-config.
   php
 * Is there anything else required ? Or are there exceptions possible ?
    What am
   I doing wrong, are there known bugs ? Anything ?
 * PS: So I want the blog to be Dutch-only. No need for multi-language in any way.
   Just get into Dutch.
    PS2: The nl_NL.mo/nl_NL.po -files are currently the only
   2 files in the languages folder in both `wp-content` and `wp-includes`.

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 * Last activity: [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/language-doesnt-change/#post-1086389)
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