Manage language packs.

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This package implements the following commands:

Activate a given language.

wp language core activate <language>

<language>
	Language code to activate.

EXAMPLES

$ wp core language activate ja
Success: Language activated.

Install a given language.

wp language core install <language>... [--activate]

Downloads the language pack from WordPress.org.

<language>...
	Language code to install.

[--activate]
	If set, the language will be activated immediately after install.

EXAMPLES

# Install the Japanese language.
$ wp core language install ja
Success: Language installed.

List all available languages.

wp language core list [--field=<field>] [--<field>=<value>] [--fields=<fields>] [--format=<format>]

[--field=<field>]
	Display the value of a single field

[--<field>=<value>]
	Filter results by key=value pairs.

[--fields=<fields>]
	Limit the output to specific fields.

[--format=<format>]
	Render output in a particular format.
	---
	default: table
	options:
	  - table
	  - csv
	  - json
	---

AVAILABLE FIELDS

These fields will be displayed by default for each translation:

• language
• english_name
• native_name
• status
• update
• updated

These fields are optionally available:

• version
• package

EXAMPLES

# List language,english_name,status fields of available languages.
$ wp core language list --fields=language,english_name,status
+----------------+-------------------------+-------------+
| language       | english_name            | status      |
+----------------+-------------------------+-------------+
| ar             | Arabic                  | uninstalled |
| ary            | Moroccan Arabic         | uninstalled |
| az             | Azerbaijani             | uninstalled |

Uninstall a given language.

wp language core uninstall <language>...

<language>...
	Language code to uninstall.

EXAMPLES

$ wp core language uninstall ja
Success: Language uninstalled.

Update installed languages.

wp language core update [--dry-run]

Updates installed languages for core, plugins and themes.

[--dry-run]
	Preview which translations would be updated.

EXAMPLES

$ wp core language update
Updating 'Japanese' translation for Akismet 3.1.11...
Downloading translation from https://downloads.wordpress.org/translation/plugin/akismet/3.1.11/ja.zip...
Translation updated successfully.
Updating 'Japanese' translation for Twenty Fifteen 1.5...
Downloading translation from https://downloads.wordpress.org/translation/theme/twentyfifteen/1.5/ja.zip...
Translation updated successfully.
Success: Updated 2/2 translations.

This package is included with WP-CLI itself, no additional installation necessary.

To install the latest version of this package over what's included in WP-CLI, run:

wp package install [email protected]:wp-cli/language-command.git

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