[Resolved] Internal links rewritten by WPML

Hello,

Thank you for reaching out!

WPML's internal links will always automatically point to the current active language.

Do I understand correctly that you try to display content in different languages on the same page?

Could you please send me a URL where I can see the issue?

Best regards
Andreas

There is a hook available that allows you to disable the automatic internal link adjustment:

add_filter( 'wpml_translate_link_targets', '__return_false' );

I would suggest to let it run only on the Frontend:

add_filter('wpml_translate_link_targets', function ($translate) {

	// Frontend only
	if (is_admin() || wp_doing_ajax() || wp_doing_cron() || (defined('REST_REQUEST') && REST_REQUEST)) {
		return $translate;
	}

	if (! is_page()) {
		return $translate;
	}

	return $translate;
});

You could add it to the functions.php file of a Child Theme or a Code Snipept Plugin.

You could also try to wrap it into a conditional to make it run only on specific pages, but note that all translated pages have unique post IDs.

Hello David,

If you use only this hook, WPML usually should stop to automtically adjust intern links on the entire site:

add_filter( 'wpml_translate_link_targets', '__return_false' );

In case any further assistance is needed, I will be glad to take another look as admin into this.

Also, what you could try for this specific page is using the WordPress Editor as a translation method, as this will prevent the Advanced Translation Editor from automatically adjusting translated internal links.

Guide: https://wpml.org/documentation/translating-your-contents/using-different-translation-editors-for-different-pages/

Anyhow, this would need testing, as usually it would be expected that WPML always points to the current active language.

Best regards
Andreas