Change wordpress site language without changing the admin dashboard language

Question

I'm using Wordpress 4.1, when I go to Settings -> General and then I choose a language in the combobox Site Language, that successfully changes the language of my WordPress site (although not completely, I don't know why). The problem is, that also changes the language of my admin Dashboard to the language that I chose there. I want my admin Dashboard to stay in English. How do I change my WordPress site language without changing my admin dashboard language?

Thanks for any help!

Answer 1

You can change the global site language under Settings > General, but then edit your user account to set the admin language to whatever you want for your user account. For more info reference https://wptavern.com/wordpress-4-7-to-introduce-user-specific-language-setting-for-the-admin

Answer 2

This sounds like you're using a separate plugin. You may want to look into the WPML (Wordpress Multilanguage) plugin. This will allow you to translate the pages/posts but the admin interface doesn't change.