The lightweight plugin extends the default functionality and pulls out the language selection to the admin bar so you can easily switch between them.

Note: Plugin in versions 1.0 allowed setting up administration language for different users for quite a long time. Since WordPress 4.7 version, this feature is now provided natively by WordPress.

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Simple Admin Language Change

free

Changelog

2.0.4 (2021-07-27)

  • Lower the permissions check – anybody with “read” permissions (e.g., subscriber) can change their locale with the dropdown when logged into the admin.
  • Hide the language switcher on the front end – the top admin bar is affected by site language, not the user’s choice (opened trac ticket for that)

2.0.3 (2021-05-08)

  • Replace textdomain kbnt-salc with simple-admin-language-change to make it work with GlotPress (more info)

2.0.2 (2021-05-03)

  • Fix security issues
    • Check for the empty nonce.
    • Escape translations.

2.0.1 (2021-05-03)

  • Fix security issues (thanks @ErwanLR from WPScan for reporting!)
    • Check for the empty nonce.
    • Check for user permission within ajax request.
    • Retrieve current user ID within the request.
  • Make error messages translatable.

2.0.0 (2021-05-02)

  • Drop the old functionality replaced by an integrated solution since WordPress 4.7
  • Add a simple select box into the admin bar instead.

1.0.2 (2018-02-25)

  • Fix: enable localization

1.0.1 (2018-02-18)

  • Fix: PHP 7 deprecated methods – compatibility (#1)

1.0.0 (2016-10-06)

  • Initial version