How to change the language in MediaWiki

Changing the language of your MediaWiki is quite easy. All you have to do is edit one line in the LocalSettings.phpfile. The line is:

$wgLanguageCode = "en";

For example, if you wish to switch the language of your wiki to Spanish, you should change the above line to:

$wgLanguageCode = "es";

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