Problem: You are trying to prevent WPML from auto-translating specific links on translated pages, aiming to use English links on German pages. Despite following the provided documentation, the links still auto-translate to the targeted page translation instead of pointing to the original English page. Solution: In WPML -> Settings, you can adjust the page slug setting from "Auto generate from the title" to "Copy." This setting is mainly for languages with encoded URLs. Alternatively, you can use the "Translate" setting within the translation editor to manually set the slug, allowing you to point links to the original language page as needed. For further customizations beyond these settings, additional development might be necessary, which is outside our support scope.
If this solution does not resolve your issue or seems outdated, we recommend checking related known issues at https://wpml.org/known-issues/, verifying the version of the permanent fix, and confirming that you have installed the latest versions of themes and plugins. If the problem persists, please open a new support ticket.
Problem: If you're experiencing an issue where your menu falls back to its default language when navigating in a language that doesn't have a menu translation, and each menu item is using its original post_title instead of the "Navigation Label" defined in the menu builder, we understand your concern.
Solution: We have identified that this behavior is not a bug but a feature since WPML version 4.5. When a menu is not translated, WPML automatically translates the menu items to the translated post/page titles and links. However, if you prefer to display the original menu with the navigation labels as set in the menu builder, we have a workaround. You can prevent the automatic menu translation by WPML using the code provided in our documentation: Prevent automatic menu translation by WPML when menu not translated in other languages By implementing this code, you will disable the "On The Fly translation" of the menu, allowing the original menu to display.
Please note that this solution might be irrelevant if it's outdated or not applicable to your case. If the workaround does not resolve your issue, we highly recommend checking related known issues, verifying the version of the permanent fix, and confirming that you have installed the latest versions of themes and plugins. If you still need assistance, please do not hesitate to open a new support ticket with us.
In case further help is needed, you can reach out to us on the WPML support forum.
