static homepage options are only in one language

This thread is resolved. Here is a description of the problem and solution.

Problem:
The client wants to change their default homepage page from the original English version to the Hebrew translated version. They are unable to see the Hebrew pages when trying to change it through the WordPress 'Settings > Reading' options.

Solution:
You can achieve this by switching the default language to Hebrew with the following steps:
1. Ensure you create a full backup of your database and website.
2. Navigate to WPML > Languages > Site Languages.
3. Click on the "Change Default Language" button and switch to "Hebrew".
4. Go to your WordPress Dashboard, then to Settings > Permalinks and resave the Permalinks settings without making any changes.

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This topic contains 3 replies, has 2 voices.

Last updated by Mohamed Sayed 1 year, 5 months ago.

Assisted by: Mohamed Sayed.

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January 3, 2024 at 9:13 pm #15148749
hannah wojno	I want to change my homepage/front page that was originally created in english to the hebrew translated version. But when i go to appearances/homepage or even settings/reading and change from there, i can only change it to another page in english, i dont see the other pages in hebrew. hidden link is my url - and the hebrew homepage is hidden link i want to switch it so that the hidden link is the hebrew homepage, and hidden link is the new name for the english homepage, essentially changing the url names. i tried to search other tickets but i didnt it asked the same. would it then make sense to switch the whole string so that all hebrew pages are just /pagetitle and all english pages are /en/pagetitle? is that possible to do easily?
January 3, 2024 at 10:36 pm #15148946
Mohamed Sayed	Hi Hannah, Thanks for contacting WPML support. This can be done by switching the default language of your site to Hebrew. Please create a full backup of the database and website, then follow these steps: 1. Go to WPML > Languages > Site Languages 2. Click on "Change Default Language" button and switch to "Hebrew" 3. Go to Dashboard > Settings > Permalinks > Resave Permalinks settings (Without making any changes). Let me know please if that helps. Kind regards, Mohamed
January 5, 2024 at 11:23 am #15154114
hannah wojno	Thanks! it worked, except one page is now jumbled. The arabic page (which is its own page and not connected to WPML/the translation), is now under the regular domain (I can only choose hebrew or english as the page’s language even though it’s neither), but the custom header I set for it is showing up jumbled: hidden link It’s supposed to look like this: hidden link It looks fine in the DIVI builder but somehow it loads funny.
January 5, 2024 at 1:16 pm #15154588
Mohamed Sayed	From what I understand, this page was created in Arabic with the Divi builder and the header looked different when you published the page. If that's correct then I don't think it's related to WPML. Please clear Divi's CSS cache and check if the issue is resolved, kindly check this guide for more details hidden link