apply_filters( ‘language_attributes’, string $output, string $doctype )

Filters the language attributes for display in the ‘html’ tag.

Parameters

$outputstring
A space-separated list of language attributes.
$doctypestring
The type of HTML document (xhtml|html).

Source

return apply_filters( 'language_attributes', $output, $doctype ); 

Changelog

VersionDescription
4.3.0Added the $doctype parameter.
2.5.0Introduced.

User Contributed Notes

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    Here is a function to force the locale of the HTML lang attribute without breaking the other attributes like dir

    /** * Forces the site locale for the HTML lang attribute. * * @param string $locale the locale to set with the following format : "en-US" * @return void */ function wpdocs_force_site_locale( $locale = 'en-US' ) {	add_filter( 'language_attributes', function( $output ) use ( $locale ) {	// match the lang attribute and replace it with the new locale	$lang_regex = '/lang="([a-zA-Z-_]+)"/';	$output = preg_replace( $lang_regex, 'lang="' . $locale . '"', $output );	// update the xml:lang attribute as well	$xml_lang_regex = '/xml:lang="([a-zA-Z-_]+)"/';	$output = preg_replace( $xml_lang_regex, 'xml:lang="' . $locale . '"', $output );	return $output;	} ); }

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