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<small>[Commands](/commands/) &raquo; [core](/commands/core/) &raquo; [language](/commands/core/language/) &raquo; update</small>

`wp core language update` - Update installed languages.

<small>Quick links: <a href="https://github.com/wp-cli/wp-cli/issues?q=is%3Aopen+label%3Acommand%3Acore-language-update+sort%3Aupdated-desc">Github issues</a></small>

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Updates installed languages for core, plugins and themes.

[\--dry-run]
: Preview which translations would be updated.

### EXAMPLES

    $ wp core language update
    Updating 'Japanese' translation for Akismet 3.1.11...
    Downloading translation from https://downloads.wordpress.org/translation/plugin/akismet/3.1.11/ja.zip...
    Translation updated successfully.
    Updating 'Japanese' translation for Twenty Fifteen 1.5...
    Downloading translation from https://downloads.wordpress.org/translation/theme/twentyfifteen/1.5/ja.zip...
    Translation updated successfully.
    Success: Updated 2/2 translations.



