title: How to manually install translations files on WooCommerce 2.2+?
body: <p>I want the WooCommerce plugin to display french text (<code>fr_FR</code>). The rest of Wordpress is correctly set to french but WooCommerce still shows english.</p>
  
  <p>Since version 2.2 language packs are not included. This message is displayed on the admin page:</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/51rmv.png" alt="woocommerce translation available"></p>
  
  <p>The recommended automatic "Update translation" procedure involves giving FTP access to my server which I would like to avoid.</p>
  
  <p>There are <code>fr_FR</code> translations available in the WooCommerce git repo:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://github.com/woothemes/woocommerce-language-packs/raw/master/packages/fr_FR.zip" rel="noreferrer">https://github.com/woothemes/woocommerce-language-packs/raw/master/packages/fr_FR.zip</a></p>
  
  <p>I've unziped that in the same folder as the default english language files.</p>
  
  <pre><code>$ ls -l wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/i18n/languages 
  total 1320
  -rw-r--r-- 1 knarf users 211452 24 sept. 18:01 fr_FR.zip
  -rw-r--r-- 1 knarf users 116765 22 sept. 10:48 woocommerce-admin-fr_FR.mo
  -rw-r--r-- 1 knarf users 211901 22 sept. 10:48 woocommerce-admin-fr_FR.po
  -rw-r--r-- 1 knarf users 162575 18 sept. 14:48 woocommerce-admin.pot
  -rw-r--r-- 1 knarf users 163575 22 sept. 10:48 woocommerce-fr_FR.mo
  -rw-r--r-- 1 knarf users 268719 22 sept. 10:48 woocommerce-fr_FR.po
  -rw-r--r-- 1 knarf users 208795 18 sept. 14:48 woocommerce.pot
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I've tried setting <code>WPLANG</code> to french in <code>wp-config.php</code>:</p>
  
  <pre><code>define ('WPLANG', 'fr_FR');
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Despite all this, The "WooCommerce Translation Available" message is still there and WooCommerce interface is still in english. How do I force WooCommerce to switch to french?</p>
  
  <p>Running the "Force Update Translation" procedure (from the message) fails with:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Failed to install/update the translation: An authentication error occurred while updating the translation. Please try again or configure your Upgrade Constants.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I'm using a fresh install of WordPress 4.0 (french release) and WooCommerce 2.2.4.</p>