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Last updated by Mihai Apetrei 1 year, 8 months ago.

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December 7, 2024 at 5:41 am #16488046
eamonnT	Background of the issue: I am working on a site at hidden link. My default language is US English, as indicated by . I want to change this to UK English and then create a new language for US English. The terms language for the original pages is more UK English, and I wish to make duplicate pages for American English. Symptoms: No specific issue or error message mentioned. Questions: Is it okay to change the default language from en-US to en-UK? How can I create a new language for US English after changing the default to UK English?
December 9, 2024 at 10:38 pm #16495443
Mihai Apetrei WPML Supporter since 03/2018 Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Europe/Bucharest (GMT+03:00)	Hi there. As far as I know, the en-US is the default English language WordPress comes with. In this situation, I recommend creating a full website backup and then creating a custom language for the UK version. Please take a look over the recommendations my colleague offered in this existing ticket: https://wpml.org/forums/topic/how-to-have-2-english-language-variations-en_us-and-en_gb/ Then, you can always change the default language to the new custom one you are creating if that's what you want. I hope that you will find this information helpful. Mihai Apetrei
December 10, 2024 at 1:29 am #16495616
eamonnT	My plan is to take backup And change the wordpress default to UK English en_gb as the site is written in UK English I will then add a new lang for American English and use a different locale for the en_us example en_usa Then I can duplicate my existing pages to the new American locale Does that sound good?
December 10, 2024 at 1:34 am #16495619
eamonnT	first hurdle can not change wp lang as WPML is active,,, can i deactivate and then change ? Please see attached as I can not see any other way yo change local default to English UK Q can i deactivate WPML and then change the WP default lang?
December 10, 2024 at 11:32 pm #16500823
Mihai Apetrei Supporter	Hi there, and welcome back. Thank you for the update. If that's what you want to do, then please take a look at my colleague's recommendation from this existing ticket: https://wpml.org/forums/topic/cant-add-en_us-as-custom-lang/#post-15546409 That should do what you want. I hope that you will find this information helpful.
December 11, 2024 at 3:10 am #16501047
eamonnT	okay got it working, thanks. For a few translations, I sometimes change the translated slug url to improve it what are the implications if a then need to update the translation ?
December 11, 2024 at 8:49 pm #16505578
Mihai Apetrei Supporter	Hi there. There are no implications. You can update the URL slug if you need it for the translation. Since it is a translation, it will only modify the translation URL, and that's all. The translation remains published; change the slug to what you need and save it.