First Day of the Week Per Language
Starts calendars and date pickers on Sunday or Monday depending on the current language, instead of one fixed setting for every visitor.
Opens WPIDE on
Code
$wpide_week_start = array( // Locale => first day of week.
'en_GB' => 1,
'de_DE' => 1,
'fr_FR' => 1,
'ar' => 6,
);
add_filter( 'option_start_of_week', function ( $day ) use ( $wpide_week_start ) {
$locale = determine_locale();
return isset( $wpide_week_start[ $locale ] ) ? $wpide_week_start[ $locale ] : $day;
} );Notes
0 = Sunday, 1 = Monday, 6 = Saturday. Locales not listed use Settings > General.
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