How Do I Change the Language in WordPress?

WordPress is a content management system (CMS) which enables you to create a website or blog from scratch, or to improve an existing website. WordPress is free and open source software released under the GPL. To change the language in WordPress, you will first need to install the language pack for the language you wish to use. After you have installed the language pack, you will need to activate it.

To activate the language pack, go to the Language Settings page in the WordPress admin area and select the language you wish to use. After you have activated the language pack, you will need to change the language in the WordPress admin area. To change the language in the WordPress admin area, go to the General Settings page and under the Languages & Text section, select the language you wish to use. After you have selected the language you wish to use, under the Textarea heading, select the textarea you wish to change the language of and enter the new language text.