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Updated
November 10, 2025

To translate footers and headers, use WPML’s Translation Dashboard. If you can’t find some texts, use String Translation instead.

Translating Footers and Headers with Translation Dashboard

To translate texts in footers and headers with Translation Dashboard:

  1. Go to WPML Translation Dashboard.
  2. Scroll down to the Other texts (Strings) section.
  3. Search for your texts and send them for translation. 
Selecting texts in the footer for translation
Selecting texts in the footer for translation

Your footer texts will now appear translated when switching languages on your website.

Translated texts in the footer section
Translated texts in the footer section

If your footer and header are templates, you can find them under the Templates or Template Parts sections in Translation Dashboard.

Translating Footers and Headers with String Translation

If you can’t find some texts in the Other texts (Strings) section, follow the steps below to translate them with String Translation: 

  1. Go to WPML Theme and plugins localization.
  2. Select the theme or plugin components containing your texts.
  3. Click the Scan selected components for strings button. 
Scanning theme and plugin components
Scanning theme and plugin components
  1. Next, go to WPML String Translation and scroll down to Not seeing strings you are looking for section. 
  2. Open the section and click the Admin Texts Translation link. 
  3. In the new screen, search for your missing texts, select them and click the Add to string translation button.
Adding missing texts to String Translation
Adding missing texts to String Translation
  1. Back in String Translation, search for your texts and click the Plus icon to enter translations.
Entering translations for text on footer
Entering translations for text on footer

Your text will now appear translated on your website.

Translated text in footer
Translated text in footer