How to edit the navigation block translation

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Problem:
The client is unable to access and edit the translation of the navigation block for footer menus using WPML’s Advanced Translation Editor. They need to update incorrect translated links and manage visibility of links per language.
Solution:
1. To edit the links in the translated footer content, access the site editor here: Site Editor Link.
2. After updating the links, navigate to WPML > Translation Management > Site Templates, find 'Footer – Template Part', and resend it for translation.
3. If a different footer for each language is required, editing must be done manually for each language, as shown in this screen recording: Screen Recording.
4. Alternatively, replace the template part with a reusable block that conditionally displays footer links based on the current language using WPML conditions. This allows the same reusable block to dynamically show appropriate footer links across all languages.

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Last updated by justinb-4 11 months, 1 week ago.

Assisted by: Kor.

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July 29, 2025 at 7:59 am #17277381
justinb-4	Background of the issue: I am trying to edit the navigation block translation for our footer menus, which we have translated using WPML’s Translation Management. However, some of the translated links are incorrect, and we need to update them. We are unable to find an option to open the translation of the navigation block using the WPML Advanced Translation Editor. Here is a link to a page where the issue can be seen: hidden link Symptoms: We cannot find the option to open the navigation block menu in the WPML Advanced Translation Editor. Questions: How can I access and edit the translation of the navigation block directly via the WPML Advanced Translation Editor?
July 30, 2025 at 4:28 am #17280493
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July 30, 2025 at 2:50 pm #17282765
Kor	Thanks for your reply. You can edit the links here: hidden link Once the links are updated, go to WPML > Translation Management > Site Templates. You should see Footer – Template Part listed there. Select it and resend it for translation.
July 31, 2025 at 5:37 am #17283573
justinb-4	Hi, Thanks for your response. I would like to edit the links of the translated footer content (i.e., footer template part) because I want to change some link URLs per language. How can I edit them? Another question. If I want to hide a link in the footer content (i.e., footer template part) for the secondary language, how can I do it as I can't edit the footer through the default WordPress editor?. Please let me know. Thanks
July 31, 2025 at 8:51 am #17284277
Kor	Thanks for your reply. You should be able to edit the links on the footer following the screen recording here hidden link . But if you wish to have a different footer for each language, you cannot use the Translation Management. But instead, you'll have to edit it manually for each language.
August 7, 2025 at 1:19 pm #17302681
justinb-4	Hi, sorry for the delay. Based on your video, I understand that to update the footer links in the translated content, we would need to edit the template part for each secondary language individually. If that’s correct, this approach won’t work for our use case, as we prefer to manage different footer links per language. Instead, we found another approach that works better for us. We replaced the template part with a reusable block for the footer. Inside this reusable block, we conditionally display the footer links based on the current language using WPML conditions. This way, we can use the same reusable block across all languages while dynamically showing the appropriate footer links. I hope this solution might be helpful to others facing a similar situation. Thank you!