[Resolved] bbpress topic and reply redirections

Hi,

Thank you for contacting WPML support!

The redirection to default language works BUT all topics which are not in default language are not showing up in forums. Probably because these topics are only in non-default language.

This is correct - fallback only works if something is created in site default language, otherwise it will only show language switcher to any of the other languages without fallback, so not the other languages. E.g. if something is created in Spanish which is not the site default language, even if fallback is set language switcher will only show the Spanish flag.

As for what we use in our website, our bbpres installation is quite modified, also I see that you are using nginx so the server rules may not apply to your case.

We can detect non-existing URLs by htaccess but we can't find correct URL via htaccess. So rule will be something where all 404 pages will go to the fixed language URL with their counterpart, while this will require custom logic to get the correct URL from the database.

You could also check https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/redirect_canonical/.

The best way to get such redirection in place is that you check with our https://wpml.org/contractors/ to go such solution for you as we consider such request as a custom work not within the support scope.

Regards,
Bruno Kos

Hi,

For WPML officially supported hooks, you can have a look on https://wpml.org/documentation/support/wpml-coding-api/wpml-hooks-reference/, while for htaccess there are numerous resources on websites such as stack overflow.

But given the complexity of our system and lots of custom things there, there aren't any quick pointers I can give you.

This is simply a work for our https://wpml.org/contractors/ who you should consult to code this for you.

Regards,
Bruno Kos

Hi,

The "nearest" setting for it is if you set replies to be "Translatable only show translated items".
https://wpml.org/documentation/translating-your-contents/displaying-untranslated-content-on-pages-in-secondary-languages/#using-the-default-language-as-a-fallback-for-untranslated-content

However this may not be enough because this is where WordPress steps in:
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Because it will automatically redirect based on the slug and then if for example in some other language you try to access hidden link, but such URL does not exist, it would to go to hidden link automatically without 404 because this is what WordPress does.

So this is just another layer of customization on top of everything.

Regards,
Bruno Kos

Hi,

It will not show it because WordPress will try to redirect based on the slug automatically.
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Please understand that this is a outside of the support scope and I cannot assist on this matter, this is a work for our https://wpml.org/contractors/ who you should consult to code this for you.

Regards,
Bruno Kos

Hi,

Setting them as not translatable will not make these URLs disappear or 404, this is only a matter of setting within the WPML whether we allow translation of these or not.

Regards,
Bruno Kos