[Closed] `lang` url parameter disappears from URL in address bar after I click `Update`/`Save draft` on a pos...

Hello,

Yes, you can delete it now,

I will keep you updated!

Hello,

I have got an answer from our team,

This issue happens because:

Default language is a custom language
The Category Base Slug was not assigned to the site default language
The Category Base Slug was not translated

To solve this, go to WPML > Taxonomy Translation > Translations of taxonomy Category labels and slug :

1- Assign the Base Slug to the Site Default Language
2- Translate the Slug

Please let me know if this helped,

Best,

Hello,

Yes, I did try the solution and since I didn't have the clear steps to test this correctly, I assumed it was working,

So I went ahead and found out that this doesn't help to solve the problem, so I escalated it back again,

Finally, do you think we can get a duplicator copy of your site rather than the access? I remember you said we can't access your site because of the company VPN, so a copy is useful here,

This will allow our team to test future workarounds directly on your site, and avoid future delays,

I will open a private field for your next reply in case you can upload it (please exclude media files).

Best,

Hello,

Thank you for your patience,

So after checking the logic behind this behavior, we found multiple key points you need to consider before applying this workaround :

1- This code might not work as the logic that removes the parameters is deeply embedded in React and happens client-side, aka, it is related to how WordPress Gutenberg Editor work and not related to WPML.

2- The only editor we could tweak without affecting your site and WPML functionality, is the Classic Editor, hence, if you think you can switch to that version, you could apply the workaround below.

3- You can test it out on the sandbox here first : hidden link

4- This is why for translations we offer Classic Translation Editor and Advanced Translation Editor and they will avoid that WordPress limitation.

5- With all that said, here is the workaround that I applied to the sandbox :

The fix for this issue would be to make sure that this lang parameter remains on the URL when clicking Update. Still, as this is calling the native save_post() method, we would need to hook into WordPress default behavior to maintain the lang parameter in place.

Example: /wp-admin/post.php?post=66&action=edit&lang=en-us

After doing a backup, add this function to the theme's functions.php file:

// Add lang parameter on post edit screen
function add_language_to_edit_url_wpml($post_id) {

    $post = get_post($post_id);
    if (!$post) {
        return;
    }
    // Get current language code
    $wpml_language_info = apply_filters('wpml_post_language_details', null, $post_id);
    if (!$wpml_language_info) {
        return;
    }
    $wpml_language_code = $wpml_language_info['language_code'];

    $current_url_wpml = admin_url();

    $new_url_wpml = $current_url_wpml . 'post.php?post=' . $post_id . '&action=edit&lang=' . $wpml_language_code;

    if ($post->post_status === 'publish' || isset($_POST['save'])) {
        wp_redirect($new_url_wpml);
    exit;
    }
}
add_action('admin_init', 'add_language_to_edit_url_wpml', 10, 1); 

I hope this helped,

Best,