Add locale configuration option for WP-CLI #6208
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[WIP] Set WP-CLI locale to English for better usability
Add locale configuration option for WP-CLI
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Users currently require a workaround (
exec: 'global $locale; $locale="en_US";') to set the locale for WP-CLI. This adds a dedicatedlocaleconfiguration option.Changes
localeoption toconfig-spec.phpsupporting config file syntax only (not runtime flag to avoid conflicts with existing command-specific--localeparameters)localefilter insetup_bootstrap_hooks()to apply configured value early in bootstrapUsage
Config file:
The locale value is passed directly to WordPress's locale filter without validation, allowing WordPress to handle any locale-specific processing.
Note: Runtime flag support (
--locale=<locale>) was intentionally excluded to prevent conflicts with existing command-specific--localeparameters such aswp core download --locale=de_DE.✨ Let Copilot coding agent set things up for you — coding agent works faster and does higher quality work when set up for your repo.