Title: async_update_translation
Published: September 4, 2014
Last modified: August 20, 2026

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# apply_filters( ‘async_update_translation’, bool $update, object $language_update )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/async_update_translation/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/async_update_translation/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/async_update_translation/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/async_update_translation/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Filters whether to asynchronously update translation for core, a plugin, or a theme.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/async_update_translation/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$update`bool

Whether to update.

`$language_update`object

The update offer.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/async_update_translation/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    $update = apply_filters( 'async_update_translation', $update, $language_update );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/class-language-pack-upgrader.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.1/src/wp-admin/includes/class-language-pack-upgrader.php#L81)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.1/src/wp-admin/includes/class-language-pack-upgrader.php#L81-L81)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/async_update_translation/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Used by | Description | 
| [Language_Pack_Upgrader::async_upgrade()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/language_pack_upgrader/async_upgrade/)`wp-admin/includes/class-language-pack-upgrader.php` |

Asynchronously upgrades language packs after other upgrades have been made.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/async_update_translation/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [4.0.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.0.0/) | Introduced. |

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