Title: Plugin Language
Last modified: January 24, 2024

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# Plugin Language

 *  Resolved [EricH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thevisitorcounterplugin/)
 * (@thevisitorcounterplugin)
 * [2 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-language-15/)
 * My website is a Japanese website. For SEO reasons I have WordPress in Japanese
   but in my functions.php I force my backend to English so everyone can work in
   the wp-admin interface.
   `function wp_noshor_redefine_locale($locale) {if( is_admin()):
   switch_to_locale('en_US');endif;}add_filter('init','wp_noshor_redefine_locale');
 * This works great for all plugins I have except for Matomo ([https://d.pr/i/FNU8Mm](https://d.pr/i/FNU8Mm)).
   This one remains in Japanese and because of that we cannot use it. Is there a
   way to force it to display English?

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 *  Plugin Support [emermatomo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emermatomo/)
 * (@emermatomo)
 * [2 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-language-15/#post-17371236)
 * Hello [@thevisitorcounterplugin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thevisitorcounterplugin/).
   Could you please try the steps on this link as it might help: [https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/wordpress/change-wordpress-dashboard-language/](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/wordpress/change-wordpress-dashboard-language/)
   
   I tried it on my end and use a different language and it works in Matomo inside
   the wp-admin.
 *  Plugin Support [emermatomo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emermatomo/)
 * (@emermatomo)
 * [2 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-language-15/#post-17371242)
 * Also, switching the language using this setting should work too: [https://make.wordpress.org/core/2016/11/07/user-admin-languages-and-locale-switching-in-4-7/](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2016/11/07/user-admin-languages-and-locale-switching-in-4-7/)
 *  Thread Starter [EricH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thevisitorcounterplugin/)
 * (@thevisitorcounterplugin)
 * [2 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-language-15/#post-17380157)
 * I don’t want to switch the main wp’s language becuase it will mess up things 
   like this:
   `<meta property="og:locale" content="ja_JP" class="yoast-seo-meta-
   tag" />`
 * I will try the second suggestion today, will post results later, thanks
 *  [bokaz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bokaz/)
 * (@bokaz)
 * [2 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-language-15/#post-17398058)
 * Hi [@thevisitorcounterplugin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thevisitorcounterplugin/),
   
   Have you had the opportunity to try the second suggestion, and if so, did it 
   work for you?
 *  Plugin Support [emermatomo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emermatomo/)
 * (@emermatomo)
 * [2 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-language-15/#post-17422614)
 * Hi @thevisitorcounterplugin As we didn’t receive a response after 1 week, we’re
   marking this issue as resolved. If something is not working, feel free to leave
   a comment and we’d be happy to assist.

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## Tags

 * [language](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/language/)
 * [locale](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/locale/)

 * 6 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [emermatomo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emermatomo/)
 * Last activity: [2 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-language-15/#post-17422614)
 * Status: resolved