Dynamically Change Locale
<?php
/**
* Load default text domain
*
* If default WordPress Core translations don't work, add this to your
* `functions.php` file.
*/
load_default_textdomain();
<?php
/**
* Redefine the sites Locale (site langauge)
*
* In this example we try to get the country and the langauge from the page meta,
* if that doesnt exist we fallback to the country and langauge set in the customizer,
* which in turn fall back to gb and en.
*/
function mwtsn_example_redefine_locale( $locale ) {
$country = get_post_meta( get_the_id(), '_mwtsn_example_global_country_override', true );
$lang = get_post_meta( get_the_id(), '_mwtsn_example_global_language_override', true );
if ( ( empty( $lang ) || ! ( is_page() || is_single() || is_singular() ) ) ) {
$country = get_theme_mod( 'mwtsn_example_multilingual_country', 'gb' );
$lang = get_theme_mod( 'mwtsn_example_multilingual_language', 'en' );
}
if ( 'default' !== $country ) {
$locale = $lang . '_' . strtoupper( $country );
} else {
$locale = $lang . '-' . $country;
}
return $locale;
}
add_filter( 'locale', 'mwtsn_example_redefine_locale', 10 );