Snippet: Change Front-End Site Language Without Changing Admin Language

Updated: January 7, 2017

function myprefix_live_site_locale( $locale ) {
    if ( ! is_admin() ) {
        return 'ru_RU'; // make front-end Russian
    }
    return $locale;
}
add_filter( 'locale', 'myprefix_live_site_locale' );

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