Change the url for the Hebrew language, instead of HE I need it to be IL - WPML

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Last updated by Bobby 1 year, 6 months ago.

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January 23, 2024 at 10:08 pm #15219045
jamesW-8	Tell us what you are trying to do? I need to change the url for the Hebrew language, instead of HE I need it to be IL, is it possible to change? I tried to create a custom language by ahreflang it was marking me duplicate and I need to keep the Hebrew language, I just want to change the code/url. so that the urls are mysite.com/il/hebrew-article. instead of mysite.com/he/hebrew-article. I look forward to your recommendations on how I can achieve this. Is there any documentation that you are following? I checked help files on creating custom languages but it's giving me a couple of duplicate language errors. What is the link to your site? hidden link
January 24, 2024 at 4:39 am #15219441
Bobby WPML Supporter since 04/2015 Languages: English (English ) Timezone: America/Los_Angeles (GMT-07:00)	Hi, The language code cannot be changed once a language has been added to WPML. If you wish to use a difference language code you a custom language is required. As you already have content under the original Hebrew language this will take some extra steps to be done correctly. - Go to WPML->Languages->edit languages - Change the default locale and hreflang for the original Hebrew language and update - Add a custom language -> set your code to he and set your default locale and hreflang to the desired one now - Go to WPML->Translation Management-> select all your existing Hebrew pages from the original one and bulk duplicate them into the new Hebrew we just added Let us know your results, please. NOTE: Always have a recent and working backup before making any changes recommended by our team or a 3rd party
January 24, 2024 at 7:25 pm #15223490
jamesW-8	Thank you so much! It is working perfectly including automated translation. Greetings