{"id":2218,"date":"2013-01-31T19:31:18","date_gmt":"2013-01-31T19:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2013\/01\/31\/change-interface-language-media\/"},"modified":"2021-08-16T23:21:50","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T03:21:50","slug":"change-interface-language-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/mediawiki\/change-interface-language-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Change MediaWiki interface language"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/edu_mediawiki_202_change-interface-language-mediawiki_change-interface-language-1-english.gif\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"503\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/edu_mediawiki_202_change-interface-language-mediawiki_change-interface-language-1-english.gif\" class=\"optimized-lcp-image\" alt=\"MediaWiki with English interface\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>MediaWiki is designed to work with almost any language in the World. The Administrator interface can be changed to your native language by editing the LocalSettings.php file. The snapshot to the right shows what the special pages look like in English. Below you will find the steps to change the administrator interface language and a list of available languages and their correlating code.<br style=\"clear: both;\"><\/p>\n<h2>Steps to change the MediaWiki interface language<\/h2>\n<ol class=\"article_list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/how-to-log-into-cpanel\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here for info\" rel=\"noopener\">Login into your cPanel<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/using-file-manager-in-cpanel\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here for info\" rel=\"noopener\">Go to the File Manager<\/a>. Select your MediaWiki installation directory and click Go.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/edu_mediawiki_202_change-interface-language-mediawiki_change-interface-language-2-code-view.gif\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Code view of language setting MediaWiki\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/edu_mediawiki_202_change-interface-language-mediawiki_change-interface-language-2-code-view.gif\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0px 0px 15px 15px;\" title=\"Click here to view the larger image\" width=\"100\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Find the following code in your LocalSettings.php file.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<pre style=\"margin-left: 20px;\">$wgLanguageCode = \"en\";<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Edit the LocalSettings.php with the code editor.<\/strong> Change the code in the \u201c<em>$wgLanguageCode = \u2018en\u2019<\/em>\u201d to a different language bay changing the current language code \u201c<em>en<\/em>\u201d to the new language. In this example, we will change the language to French \u201c<em>fr<\/em>\u201c.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Save the changes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <br style=\"clear: both;\"> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/edu_mediawiki_202_change-interface-language-mediawiki_change-interface-language-3-french.gif\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Interface with French MediaWiki\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/edu_mediawiki_202_change-interface-language-mediawiki_change-interface-language-3-french.gif\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0px 0px 15px 15px;\" title=\"Click here to view the larger image\" width=\"100\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>Now when you visit it your MediaWiki, the interface will show in French like the snapshot to the right. <br style=\"clear: both;\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MediaWiki is designed to work with almost any language in the World. 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