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Problem:
When I switch the languages on the front end, the current language will always be displayed in the first position.

Solution:
This issue was Resolved in WPML 4.6.0

Relevant Documentation:
https://wpml.org/errata/wpml-4-5-12-language-switcher-listing-change-order-when-switching-language/

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Last updated by thomas 1 year, 2 months ago.

Assisted by: Mohamed Sayed.

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February 20, 2023 at 11:41 am #13069165

thomas

hello, since a few months i noticed the change of the language menu after updating wmpl.
the order used to be de / en / fr all the times, no matter what language to choose.

now for example i switch to english the menu changes to
/en de / fr

how can get the normal order back?

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February 20, 2023 at 3:14 pm #13071527

Mohamed Sayed

Hi Thomas,
Thanks for contacting WPML support, I will be glad to help you.

Our developer's team is working on this and it should be fixed in one of the future releases, please create a full website backup then try the workaround mentioned here: https://wpml.org/errata/wpml-4-5-12-language-switcher-listing-change-order-when-switching-language/

Let me know please if that helps.

Regards,
Mohamed

February 20, 2023 at 5:57 pm #13073137

thomas

awesome that did the trick - please update the library in the upcoming version as i can see the issue is in the field for 3 months now. and i am surely not the only one.

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