[Waiting for user feedback] Floating language switcher doesn't show

Thank you for contacting WPML support. I'll be happy to help you with this. Is the floating language switcher something that is built into your theme, or something you were adding with custom code? If you are using custom code, please let me know where you are inserting it, and feel free to share the code in your reply so that I can take a closer look.

Hi there,

As this is being added to the theme's functions.php any future updates will remove it, I would highly recommend installing a Child Theme and adding your custom codes there as that would not be affected when updating the parent theme.

I will share with you the original reply from the supporter that had helped you and the code they included:

Also this is the link to thread for reference:
https://wpml.org/forums/topic/floating-language-switcher-doesnt-show/

1. Added below code in functions.php file of active theme:

add_action('wp_footer', 'wpml_floating_lang_switcher'); 
   
 function wpml_floating_lang_switcher() { 
    echo '<div class="wpml-floating-language-switcher">';
         
        do_action('wpml_add_language_selector');
    echo '</div>'; 
}

2. Added the below CSS in Appearance >> Customize >> Additional CSS:

.wpml-floating-language-switcher .wpml-ls-statics-shortcode_actions {
  margin-bottom: 0;
}
   
.wpml-floating-language-switcher  .wpml-ls-statics-shortcode_actions a {
  background-color: transparent !important;
}
   
.wpml-floating-language-switcher .wpml-ls-legacy-list-horizontal a {
  padding: 5px;
}
   
.wpml-floating-language-switcher {
   position: fixed;  
  bottom: 70px;  
  right: 20px;  
  z-index: 99999;  
  background: white;  
  border-radius: 16px;  
  box-shadow: 0 4px 16px rgba(0,0,0,0.12);  
  padding: 8px 16px; 
   z-index: 99999;  
  -webkit-box-shadow: 2px 2px 5px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.25);
  -moz-box-shadow: 2px 2px 5px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.25);
  box-shadow: 2px 2px 5px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.25);
}

3. Choose only flag option from WPML >> Languages > Custom Language Switcher by pressing the Customize button.

Now it shows the floating language switcher as you can see in the attached screenshot.

Here is a doc for more details:
https://wpml.org/documentation/getting-started-guide/language-setup/language-switcher-options/custom-language-switcher/

I would like to request temporary access (wp-admin and FTP) to your site to test the issue.
(preferably to a test site where the problem has been replicated if possible)

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Thank you,
Bobby