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Problem:
The client wants to verify the correctness of all translations and configurations in a secondary language before making it available to everyone. They are asking if it is possible to show the secondary language only to administrator users and hide the language switcher from other visitors.
Solution:
We recommend following the steps in our tutorial to hide languages from your visitors on the front end. You can find the tutorial here: https://wpml.org/documentation/getting-started-guide/language-setup/hiding-languages-on-the-front-end/. The option to hide languages is available in WPML → Languages → Hide languages section.

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Last updated by Mateus Getulio 6 months, 2 weeks ago.

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May 19, 2024 at 9:54 pm #15643093

nataliaD

before "open" the secondary language to everyone, i want verifify the correctness of all translations and configuration.
Is it possible show the secondary language only to an administrator users and hide switcher ato anyone else?
thanks

May 20, 2024 at 11:54 am #15645417

Mateus Getulio
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Languages: English (English ) Portuguese (Brazil) (Português )

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Hello there,

It is possible to hide languages from your visitors on the front end.

Can you please try to follow the steps described in this tutorial to see if it accomplishes what you need?

https://wpml.org/documentation/getting-started-guide/language-setup/hiding-languages-on-the-front-end/

The option to hide the languages is available in WPML → Languages → Hide languages section.

Thank you, please let us know.
Mateus