Problem: If you're experiencing an issue where the WPML language switcher on your WordPress site generates incorrect URLs for articles, omitting the language prefix (e.g., /de/), even though direct URLs to translated articles work correctly, this might be due to a configuration or conflict issue. Solution: We recommend the following steps to diagnose and potentially resolve the issue: 1. Temporarily deactivate all plugins except WPML and its add-ons to check if the problem persists. This can help identify if there's a plugin conflict. 2. Verify how the language switcher was implemented on your site—whether through WPML’s settings, a widget, a menu, a page builder, or custom code. 3. Try relocating the language switcher to a different part of your site, such as the footer, to see if the issue is related to its current placement.
If these steps do not resolve the issue, or if the solution seems outdated or not applicable to your case, we highly recommend checking related known issues at https://wpml.org/known-issues/, verifying the version of the permanent fix, and confirming that you have installed the latest versions of themes and plugins. If the problem persists, please open a new support ticket at WPML support forum for further assistance.
