Title: Switch language on theme
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Switch language on theme

 *  Resolved [plym](https://wordpress.org/support/users/plym/)
 * (@plym)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/switch-language-on-theme/)
 * Hey there!
 * I know this is probably very basic, but after hours of searching I turn to the
   forums for help. I want Buddymatic in my language.
 * I got the norwegian .po file in /buddymatic/libraries/languages/
 * How do i make the theme use this language-file instead of english?

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 *  Anonymous User
 * (@anonymized-3085)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/switch-language-on-theme/#post-1697869)
 * you have to create an mo file.
 *  Thread Starter [plym](https://wordpress.org/support/users/plym/)
 * (@plym)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/switch-language-on-theme/#post-1697870)
 * Yeah, i got that too. But how do i make the theme understand that i want that
   language? It’s in a folder with a dozen other languages .po and .mo files.
 *  Anonymous User
 * (@anonymized-3085)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/switch-language-on-theme/#post-1697874)
 * It should pick up the default language you have set for WordPress, is it not 
   doing so?
 *  Thread Starter [plym](https://wordpress.org/support/users/plym/)
 * (@plym)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/switch-language-on-theme/#post-1697937)
 * No, the admin-area is translated (to Norwegian) with _it’s_ .mo-file (by editing
   wp-config.php), but the theme doesn’t pick up on it and use it’s own .mo-file.
 * Any ideas?
 *  Thread Starter [plym](https://wordpress.org/support/users/plym/)
 * (@plym)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/switch-language-on-theme/#post-1697969)
 * Hang on.. Upon checking out the file in Poedit, i realized it was not a complete
   translation. Far from it, in fact.
 * All the phrases i had checked were not yet translated. Seems i was searching 
   in the wrong place.
 * Looks like I’ll do some localization tonight.. 🙂
 * Thanks for your input though, Rich!
 *  Anonymous User
 * (@anonymized-3085)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/switch-language-on-theme/#post-1698062)
 * LOL never thought to check that there were translations…

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