wp-includes/l10n.php:30Retrieves the current locale.
string2 hooks fire while get_locale() runs, in this order:
Filters the locale ID of the WordPress installation.
Filters the locale ID of the WordPress installation.
function get_locale() { global $locale, $wp_local_package; if ( isset( $locale ) ) { /** This filter is documented in wp-includes/l10n.php */ return apply_filters( 'locale', $locale ); } if ( isset( $wp_local_package ) ) { $locale = $wp_local_package; } // WPLANG was defined in wp-config. if ( defined( 'WPLANG' ) ) { $locale = WPLANG; } // If multisite, check options. if ( is_multisite() ) { // Don't check blog option when installing. if ( wp_installing() ) { $ms_locale = get_site_option( 'WPLANG' ); } else { $ms_locale = get_option( 'WPLANG' ); if ( false === $ms_locale ) { $ms_locale = get_site_option( 'WPLANG' ); } } if ( false !== $ms_locale ) { $locale = $ms_locale; } } else { $db_locale = get_option( 'WPLANG' ); if ( false !== $db_locale ) { $locale = $db_locale; } } if ( empty( $locale ) ) { $locale = 'en_US'; } /** * Filters the locale ID of the WordPress installation. * * @since 1.5.0 * * @param string $locale The locale ID. */ return apply_filters( 'locale', $locale );}Introduced in 1.5.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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src/wp-includes/l10n.php, and regenerated for each WordPress release so it tracks the code rather than a snapshot of it.