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Last updated by georgL-14 1 year, 11 months ago.

Assisted by: Dražen.

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March 10, 2023 at 11:53 am #13216867

georgL-14

Hi

I have activated a second language (Estonian) in addition to default English language. When I click on the language in the switcher, it won't load it and reverts back to English. Does this happen because the page is not fully translated? Can I somehow preview a half translated page in Estonian to see how some elements look? Thanks!

March 10, 2023 at 12:29 pm #13217121

George Botsev
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Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Europe/Sofia (GMT+02:00)

Hello!
The debug information that you provided to us in this ticket indicates that the home URL of your site includes /en/ in its path. I highly suspect that this is something irregular and the URL should be without that part.
Please go to Settings > General and make sure that all of the URLs there set don't have language folders in them and re-save the settings there.

For the preview issue, perhaps you should give your user the permission to preview hidden language. This is in your user profile - Display hidden languages checkbox.

March 23, 2023 at 8:02 am #13311783

georgL-14

Hi,

Sorry for the delay in reply. I just want to get the idea of the logic like when does WPML forbid from opening a page in other than default language? Is it when the Page translation is not Complete? On some pages I can open the Estonian language but on others it directs me back to Home Page.

March 23, 2023 at 8:08 am #13311863

Dražen
Supporter

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Europe/Zagreb (GMT+01:00)

Hello,

yes, that is correct if the page is not fully translated, it means it doesn't exist and the WPML language switcher will not work or link to it.

There are some exceptions, for example setting the page to Display as translated, so it will show default language content in 2nd language even if not translated.

- https://wpml.org/documentation/translating-your-contents/displaying-untranslated-content-on-pages-in-secondary-languages/

Let me know if any other doubts or questions that we can help.

Kind regards,
Drazen