Language switcher options: if translation missing, show language, as disabled

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Last updated by alexandreP-37 1 year, 11 months ago.

Assisted by: Andreas.

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February 22, 2023 at 2:20 pm #13089875
alexandreP-37	I want to set up the language switcher to handle languages without translation in a way that is not currently offered: show the language as a disabled link. Current options are: - Skip language - Link to home of language for missing translations Is there a similar example that we can see? Yes, our current website is like that. You can see it here: hidden link We have 5 languages, and on this pages, only 3 are available. We prefer it this way so that our users don't get surprised when thinking they will switch the page language, to be redirected to the homepage. I joined a printscreen just in case.
February 22, 2023 at 3:08 pm #13090209
alexandreP-37	Apologies, I forgot to add my question :-). Here it is: Are there filters / hooks I can use to tweak the language switcher to behave as described above?
February 22, 2023 at 3:48 pm #13090639
Andreas	Hello there Thank you for contacting us. I am happy to help you. First of all, I visited the url you shared hidden link and the languages are disabled. Do you need something else? Sorry for my question, but I was confused a little bit, apologies. In general we are having this feature if you wish to test it : https://wpml.org/documentation/translating-your-contents/displaying-untranslated-content-on-pages-in-secondary-languages/#using-the-default-language-as-a-fallback-for-untranslated-content Otherwise, you can create a custom language swither for your own needs : I am sharing some examples that might help you. Just to clarify it is not similar to your issue but you can understand how to manipulate the language switcher. https://wpml.org/documentation/getting-started-guide/language-setup/custom-language-switcher/ https://wpml.org/forums/topic/i-want-to-add-custom-link-to-the-language-switcher/ hidden link I hope this helps. Please let us know how it goes or if you need any further assistance. I'll gladly help you. 🙂 Regards, Andreas
February 22, 2023 at 4:47 pm #13091223
alexandreP-37	Ah sorry if i wasn't clear. For a bit of context: our current website is not based on wordpress. It is all static html coded by hand. We are moving it to a WordPress-based cms and thus I'm converting our current website as a theme for the new one, for which we use WPML. I'm trying to reproduce the same language switcher, this time using WPML. I think this link you shared shows a direction: https://wpml.org/forums/topic/i-want-to-add-custom-link-to-the-language-switcher/ I'm going to try that. Will re-open the ticket if it doesn't work. Thank you!