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Admini18nUIstable · v1.0.0★ 0released Jun 5, 2026Awesome YOURLS

Language Switcher

Add a language selector to the YOURLS admin panel interface.

Overview

Language Switcher adds a compact language selector to the YOURLS admin panel, letting administrators switch the interface language on the fly — without editing config files or redeploying.

Key features

  • ●Language selector integrated in the admin panel.
  • ●Switch interface language without touching config files.
  • ●Supports all YOURLS language packs.
  • ●Minimal footprint, zero external dependencies.
GitHub repositoryDownload .zip
Quick install
1cd user/plugins
2git clone https://github.com/gioxx/YOURLS-LanguageSwitcher
3# Activate 'Language Switcher' from the admin panel
YOURLS min1.7.9+
PHP compat7.4 / 8.x
Can't install via Plugin Manager?

If YOURLS doesn't have write permissions on the plugins directory, Plugin Manager will show an error like “Automatic installation is not possible because YOURLS cannot write to …/user/plugins”. In that case you can install manually over SSH — run these commands inside your plugins directory:

SSH
1wget -O YOURLS-LanguageSwitcher-1.0.0.zip "https://api.github.com/repos/gioxx/YOURLS-LanguageSwitcher/zipball/1.0.0"
2unzip YOURLS-LanguageSwitcher-1.0.0.zip
3rm -rf YOURLS-LanguageSwitcher/
4mv gioxx-YOURLS-LanguageSwitcher-*/ YOURLS-LanguageSwitcher/
5rm YOURLS-LanguageSwitcher-1.0.0.zip

Alternatively, download the ZIP above, extract it locally and upload the folder via FTP/SFTP.

Changelog

First public release of YOURLS Language Switcher.

Features

  • Switch the YOURLS admin interface language from the Plugins page, without editing config.php
  • Only languages with installed .mo translation files in user/languages/ appear in the dropdown
  • Selecting English (default) removes any override and defers back to config.php
  • Reset to Default button to restore the language in one click
  • Update notifications via GitHub API with badge in the admin panel
  • Italian translation included (it_IT)
  • Modular structure: inc/ modules and static assets/, no build step required

Installation

  1. Download the zip below and unzip into user/plugins/language-switcher/
  2. Activate the plugin from the YOURLS admin panel under Plugins
  3. Go to Plugins → Language Switcher and select the desired language

Requires YOURLS 1.9+ and PHP 7.4+

Open release on GitHub

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