wp_dropdown_languages( string|array $args = array() ): string

Displays or returns a Language selector.

Description

See also

Parameters

$argsstring|arrayoptional
Array or string of arguments for outputting the language selector.
  • id string
    ID attribute of the select element. Default 'locale'.
  • name string
    Name attribute of the select element. Default 'locale'.
  • languages string[]
    List of installed languages, contain only the locales.
  • translations array
    List of available translations. Default result of wp_get_available_translations() .
  • selected string
    Language which should be selected.
  • echo bool|int
    Whether to echo the generated markup. Accepts 0, 1, or their boolean equivalents. Default 1.
  • show_available_translations bool
    Whether to show available translations. Default true.
  • show_option_site_default bool
    Whether to show an option to fall back to the site’s locale. Default false.
  • show_option_en_us bool
    Whether to show an option for English (United States). Default true.
  • explicit_option_en_us bool
    Whether the English (United States) option uses an explicit value of en_US instead of an empty value. Default false.

Default:array()

Return

string HTML dropdown list of languages.

Source

function wp_dropdown_languages( $args = array() ) {

	$parsed_args = wp_parse_args(
		$args,
		array(
			'id'                          => 'locale',
			'name'                        => 'locale',
			'languages'                   => array(),
			'translations'                => array(),
			'selected'                    => '',
			'echo'                        => 1,
			'show_available_translations' => true,
			'show_option_site_default'    => false,
			'show_option_en_us'           => true,
			'explicit_option_en_us'       => false,
		)
	);

	// Bail if no ID or no name.
	if ( ! $parsed_args['id'] || ! $parsed_args['name'] ) {
		return;
	}

	// English (United States) uses an empty string for the value attribute.
	if ( 'en_US' === $parsed_args['selected'] && ! $parsed_args['explicit_option_en_us'] ) {
		$parsed_args['selected'] = '';
	}

	$translations = $parsed_args['translations'];
	if ( empty( $translations ) ) {
		require_once ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/translation-install.php';
		$translations = wp_get_available_translations();
	}

	/*
	 * $parsed_args['languages'] should only contain the locales. Find the locale in
	 * $translations to get the native name. Fall back to locale.
	 */
	$languages = array();
	foreach ( $parsed_args['languages'] as $locale ) {
		if ( isset( $translations[ $locale ] ) ) {
			$translation = $translations[ $locale ];
			$languages[] = array(
				'language'    => $translation['language'],
				'native_name' => $translation['native_name'],
				'lang'        => current( $translation['iso'] ),
			);

			// Remove installed language from available translations.
			unset( $translations[ $locale ] );
		} else {
			$languages[] = array(
				'language'    => $locale,
				'native_name' => $locale,
				'lang'        => '',
			);
		}
	}

	$translations_available = ( ! empty( $translations ) && $parsed_args['show_available_translations'] );

	// Holds the HTML markup.
	$structure = array();

	// List installed languages.
	if ( $translations_available ) {
		$structure[] = '<optgroup label="' . esc_attr_x( 'Installed', 'translations' ) . '">';
	}

	// Site default.
	if ( $parsed_args['show_option_site_default'] ) {
		$structure[] = sprintf(
			'<option value="site-default" data-installed="1"%s>%s</option>',
			selected( 'site-default', $parsed_args['selected'], false ),
			_x( 'Site Default', 'default site language' )
		);
	}

	if ( $parsed_args['show_option_en_us'] ) {
		$value       = ( $parsed_args['explicit_option_en_us'] ) ? 'en_US' : '';
		$structure[] = sprintf(
			'<option value="%s" lang="en" data-installed="1"%s>English (United States)</option>',
			esc_attr( $value ),
			selected( '', $parsed_args['selected'], false )
		);
	}

	// List installed languages.
	foreach ( $languages as $language ) {
		$structure[] = sprintf(
			'<option value="%s" lang="%s"%s data-installed="1">%s</option>',
			esc_attr( $language['language'] ),
			esc_attr( $language['lang'] ),
			selected( $language['language'], $parsed_args['selected'], false ),
			esc_html( $language['native_name'] )
		);
	}
	if ( $translations_available ) {
		$structure[] = '</optgroup>';
	}

	// List available translations.
	if ( $translations_available ) {
		$structure[] = '<optgroup label="' . esc_attr_x( 'Available', 'translations' ) . '">';
		foreach ( $translations as $translation ) {
			$structure[] = sprintf(
				'<option value="%s" lang="%s"%s>%s</option>',
				esc_attr( $translation['language'] ),
				esc_attr( current( $translation['iso'] ) ),
				selected( $translation['language'], $parsed_args['selected'], false ),
				esc_html( $translation['native_name'] )
			);
		}
		$structure[] = '</optgroup>';
	}

	// Combine the output string.
	$output  = sprintf( '<select name="%s" id="%s">', esc_attr( $parsed_args['name'] ), esc_attr( $parsed_args['id'] ) );
	$output .= implode( "\n", $structure );
	$output .= '</select>';

	if ( $parsed_args['echo'] ) {
		echo $output;
	}

	return $output;
}

Changelog

VersionDescription
5.9.0Introduced the explicit_option_en_us argument.
5.1.0Introduced the show_option_en_us argument.
4.7.0Introduced the show_option_site_default argument.
4.3.0Introduced the echo argument.
4.0.0Introduced.

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