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Problem:
You are trying to display all activated languages in the WPML language switcher on your website, but only English and French appear in the dropdown menu, despite having other languages activated and translated.
Solution:
We recommend using the WPML language switcher instead of the theme's default language switcher. You can set this up by navigating to WPML >> Languages page on your WordPress dashboard. For more details on configuring the WPML language switcher, please visit Language Switcher Options.
If the problem continues, we suggest providing temporary access (WP-Admin and FTP Login info) to your site, preferably a staging site, so we can further investigate and debug the issue. Before doing so, please ensure you back up your database and website, and we will need your permission to deactivate and reactivate plugins and the theme, and to change configurations on the site.

Please note that this solution might be outdated or not applicable to your specific case. We highly recommend checking related known issues at https://wpml.org/known-issues/, verifying the version of the permanent fix, and confirming that you have installed the latest versions of themes and plugins. If the issue persists, please do not hesitate to open a new support ticket at WPML support forum.

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Last updated by alinaD-5 3 months, 3 weeks ago.

Assisted by: Noman.

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March 5, 2025 at 2:10 pm #16779333

alinaD-5

Background of the issue:
I am trying to display all activated languages in the WPML language switcher on my website. The languages fr, sk, hu are activated in the WPML settings, and the pages are translated. The issue can be seen on this page: hidden link

Symptoms:
Only English and French appear in the dropdown menu of the language switcher, even though all languages are activated. I can access the missing languages via direct links.

Questions:
Why are only two languages appearing in the language switcher?
How can I ensure all activated languages are displayed in the switcher?

March 5, 2025 at 6:40 pm #16780349

Noman
WPML Supporter since 06/2016

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Asia/Karachi (GMT+05:00)

Hi,

Thank you for contacting WPML Support. I visited your site and I can see the issue in the header language switcher. It seems the current language switcher is coming from the theme, could you please try to use the WPML language switcher from WPML >> Languages page and see if this resolves the issue. Here is a doc for more details: https://wpml.org/documentation/getting-started-guide/language-setup/language-switcher-options/

If the issue persists, please provide temporary access (WP-Admin and FTP Login info) to your site (preferably staging site), so that I can look into your setup and debug the issue.

Your next answer will be private, meaning only you and I can access it.

=== Please backup your database and website ===

✙ I would additionally need your permission to deactivate and reactivate Plugins and the Theme and to change configurations on the site. This is also a reason the backup is essential.

Thank you

March 6, 2025 at 12:09 pm #16783049

alinaD-5

Thank you. The issue was with the styles, so I was able to fix it.