Wordpress - How do I change the value of lang=en-US

The value for that string is normally taken from the option WPLANG in your database table $prefix_options. You can set it in the backend under Settings/General (wp-admin/options-general.php) or per SQL.

There several ways to change that value per PHP:

  1. Create a global variable $locale in your wp-config.php:

    $locale = 'en_GB';
    
  2. Declare the constant WPLANG in your wp-config.php:

    define( 'WPLANG', 'en_GB' );
    

    This has been deprecated, but it'll still work.

  3. Filter locale:

    add_filter( 'locale', function() {
        return 'en_GB';
    });
    

    This a very flexible way, because you can add more conditions to that function, for example check the current site ID in a multisite.

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