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    Hello, I have a multisite network and I use woocommerce. When I updated the wordpress general language to turkish on a subsite, woocommerce was still using the default language (english). While investigating the problem, I updated woocommerce and the problem was solved. However, I want to know if there is a different problem related to this. If we encounter the same problem again, will we have to wait for the woocommerce update or will we have to reinstall woocommerce?
    I saw users encountering the same problem in several forums and they solved the problem by trying to reinstall woocommerce.

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  • Hi @thecreator01 ,

    Thanks a lot for sharing those details about your multisite setup—and I’m really glad to hear that updating WooCommerce helped fix the issue with the language not switching to Turkish on your subsite. That’s always a good feeling!

    Just to shed a bit more light on what likely happened: in multisite environments, it’s not uncommon for translation files to act up a bit—especially if they haven’t loaded fully or are being cached somewhere along the way. WooCommerce normally pulls in the correct language files based on the WordPress language settings for each individual subsite, so when things don’t switch as expected, it’s usually down to outdated or stuck translation data.

    Since the update resolved it, chances are the new version included updated translation files or improvements to how WooCommerce handles them.

    You shouldn’t need to wait for WooCommerce updates or reinstall the plugin. If you ever run into this again, here are a few quick things you can try before doing a full reinstall or waiting on another update:

    • Refresh translations: Head to Dashboard → Updates, and click “Update Translations” to make sure everything’s up to date.
    • Clear any caching: If you’re using a caching plugin or have server-level caching in place, clearing that can often resolve language-loading hiccups.
    • Deactivate/reactivate WooCommerce: This might sound simple, but it can sometimes help trigger the system to reload the translation files properly.

    Usually, a full reinstall of WooCommerce isn’t necessary unless something’s really broken or corrupted. More often than not, updating translations and clearing cache does the trick.

    I hope this helps clear things up!

    Hi there,

    As there’s been no follow-up, I’ll consider this resolved for the time being. We’re happy to jump back in if anything comes up!

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