[Resolved] Translate footer of my site

Ok, so the footer is a custom one. in that case make sure the gettext functions are correct. because i can see you are using https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/esc_html_e/

however you're not adding the context which is something you want to add if you want to find your strings.

The code would end up looking like this:

$current_lang= apply_filters( 'wpml_current_language', NULL );
$localized_permalink= $wpml_permalink = apply_filters( 'wpml_permalink', '<em><u>hidden link</u></em>', $current_lang );

<li><a href=" <?php $localized_permalink ?> "><?php esc_html_e('string goes here', 'custom-footer') ?></li>

It uses 2 of our hooks to localize the permalink as well. you can learn about them here:

- https://wpml.org/wpml-hook/wpml_permalink/
- https://wpml.org/wpml-hook/wpml_current_language/

After you add the new code, you should re-scan the theme in WPML > Theme and plugin localization > Select your theme and scan it.

and then you will be able to translate the text in WPML > String translation

Please note:

- You have a custom footer so this is as far as we can go with custom coding it
- The code provided is meant to point you in the right direction, it might not work as-is or need a different code to make it work. its existant is just built to show you how you can use our hooks and integrate them in your code.

- Remember that custom coding and support for custom coded elements is out of the scope of our support.

- you can also try other get_text functions if this one doesn't work: https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/functionality/internationalization/

Can you please add the domain to the localized escaped HTML function, and try again? without domains, it's possible you encounter issues due to duplicate strings.

at the same time, it's also very possible that instead of using esc_html_e you can use instead _e() and that will help in localizing the content correctly.

Please try it out and let me know how it goes.

I wanted to test this on your site but i got 504 everytime 🙁

the WPML hooks from the 2 variables you mentioned in your last reply only needs to be added once before the localized text.

Once you do that, you need to scan your theme and the text should appear in WPML > String translations.

when i accessed this test site, however i didn't see any change from the original code you had sent on the screenshot (from one of the previous replies), did you remove what you did?

i followed the same sueggestions i gave you above and it works without issues as seen here: hidden link

Could it be that you skipped something i followed, instead?

1) Did you rescann the string and tried to translate it again from WPML > String translation?

2) as you could see before, it worked with both _e() and esc_html_e() in the staging site, so i suspect the problem could be on the server side.

3) Can you flush your cache if it exists?

4) If the problem remains, try enabling all the plugins you have installed, on the staging site and check if the translation disappears now.