[Resolved] language switcher

Hi there.

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Kind regards,
Mihai Apetrei

Hi there.

I was able to properly log in now, thank you.

So it seems that the header can be controlled from this theme that you are using by going to Appearance > Customizer > Header > Header Top > and that's where I added an HTML block after your menu icon and I added the CUSTOM LANGUAGE SWITCHER SHORTCODE: "[wpml_language_selector_widget]"

The settings for this, in order for you to be able to set it up to show as you want (with or without flags, with current language or without, etc.) are found in WPML > Languages > "Custom language switcher" area.

You can find a good amount of documentation for this topic at the following URLs below:

- https://wpml.org/documentation/getting-started-guide/language-setup/language-switcher-options/adding-language-switchers-using-php-and-shortcodes/

- https://wpml.org/documentation/getting-started-guide/language-setup/language-switcher-options/custom-language-switcher/

- https://wpml.org/documentation/support/wpml-coding-api/shortcodes/

It really depends on the theme that you are using or the plugin that you are using to handle the header because sometimes, things can work differently with different themes/plugins.

For example, if you add it after the menu button, when I make the screen size smaller, the language switcher might not show up on the screen due to the way the theme is set to work on mobile.

So usually this is considered more of a custom request that falls out of the purpose of our Support Policy.

While we are happy to offer guidance and also share some great quality documentation, depending on how the theme/plugin that's being used is created, you might need the help of a developer or the theme/plugin support that's handling the header in order to implement the code.

I hope that you will find this information helpful. 🙂

Kind regards,
Mihai Apetrei