PHP function to get certain page URL in current language

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Last updated by gerardoB-7 2 years, 6 months ago.

Assisted by: Andreas.

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November 8, 2022 at 2:41 pm #12411577
gerardoB-7	I am a developer rolling a custom theme based on Bootscore, and I am wondering if there's any function to get the link to a certain page in the current language. Example: I have a page "shipments" in the base language (english) and I have a translated slug as "envios" for spanish language. In standard WP I'd use home_url("shipments") to get the page url but wp_home_url("shipments") will only yield the home page in the language, not the shipments page as expected ("/envios").
November 8, 2022 at 4:33 pm #12412595
Andreas	Hello there Thank you for contacting us. I am happy to help you. Have you checked our developer's guide? https://wpml.org/documentation/support/ Inside those guides you will find also our hooks page : https://wpml.org/wpml-hook/ Probably you are looking for this hook : https://wpml.org/wpml-hook/wpml_element_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
November 8, 2022 at 5:13 pm #12412923
gerardoB-7	Hi Andreas! Thanks both links are really useful. wpml_element_link() might be the closest to what i'm looking for. I've wrapped in function (see below) to call it by slug which is more preferable. I'd prefer to have a wpml_element_url() function that only brings the url without the to provide styling etc, but this is close enough. In the end for this case, I'll be using a secondary menu location for the footer menu (this is to show some specific pages there) which translates automatically and I can set the css style as desired. /** * Get current language url from original slug */ function wpml_lang_url($slug) { $page = get_page_by_path($slug); if ($page) { $id = $page->ID; return apply_filters( 'wpml_element_link', $id, 'post', '', [], '', false ); } return null; }