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I'm trying to use get_permalink() WP core function to get the page URL depending on the passed post ID parameter. This is returning the translated page URL in the current language, whether I'm passing in a current language post ID or another language post ID. I have read several help articles and my understanding is get_permalink() will get the page URL, regardless of language. We want to be able to link to either English or Dutch (NL) pages, and not necessarily the page's language translation.
Is there any documentation that you are following?
Is there a similar example that we can see?
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In the top of the header area I am passing an array of page IDs ['10', '18', '7994'] to do a get_permalink() test. The absolute URLs are translated depending on whether you're on English or Dutch home page.
8 => Home (EN)
18 => Home (NL)
7994 => Data Breaches (EN)
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Hello Drazen,
Appreciate the quick reply. I have done the steps you listed and the result is the same on the provided WordPress environment. If you go to the home page, you will see in the top of the screen I am echoing various pages with get_permalink() to get the page URL, regardless of language. But, the links are displaying the page URL only in current language, instead of absolute. If I want to get a Dutch URL, get_permalink() does not do so.
Let me know if you need more information at this time. Thank you!
Edit: Sorry, forgot to mention that I added those get_permalink() echo in the header.php of the active Twenty Twenty-One theme.
Thank you for contacting WPML support, I'd be happy to help you with this issue.
It happens when the option "Adjust IDs for multilingual functionality" is enabled. You can go to WPML > Languages > Make themes work multilingual section > Disable this option and check the permalink again.
I followed your instructions, and do see that works when disabling the "Make themes work multilingual section" option. However, disabling this option seems to remove all multilingual functionality from the site. Is this intended? Is there a way to have multilingual functionality and the ability to get URLs using absolute ID?
Yes, it is expected. If you enable that option, WPML attempts to adjust the content/ID and display the content of the current language.
You can also use the filter hook "wpml_permalink" to get the permalink of the translation page. For example:
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