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Last updated by Andrey 3 days, 14 hours ago.

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February 27, 2026 at 11:27 am #17859567

jan-patrickK-2

Hi,

Good day!

We have change the slug for our posts (blog index) page to 'ideas'
Our permalink structure is set to:
/ideas/%postname%/

It works fine, but the translated posts (using WPML), still have 'ideas' in the URL, e.g. "hidden link"

How can we translated/change the 'ideas' part in the translated post's url to 'ideen'?
P.S. I already tried string translation, but it wouldn't work.

Thanks and regards.

February 27, 2026 at 1:34 pm #17859962

Andrey
WPML Supporter since 06/2013

Languages: English (English ) Russian (Русский )

Timezone: Europe/Kyiv (GMT+02:00)

Thank you for contacting WPML support.

WPML does not support translating custom permalink structures. This is also documented in our developer guide:
https://wpml.org/documentation/support/translating-slugs-for-custom-post-type-archives/

As a workaround, you could consider using a Custom Post Type (CPT) instead of standard posts, since CPT archive slugs can be translated.

If switching to a CPT is not an option, another possible approach is to:
• Create a category with the desired slug.
• Assign this category to all relevant posts.
• Update your permalink structure to include the category.

Since category slugs can be translated, this would allow you to achieve a similar multilingual URL structure.

You can find more details in the following guides:

Translating page slugs:
https://wpml.org/documentation/getting-started-guide/translating-page-slugs/

Translating post categories and custom taxonomies:
https://wpml.org/documentation/getting-started-guide/translating-post-categories-and-custom-taxonomies/

February 27, 2026 at 1:55 pm #17860178

jan-patrickK-2

Hi Andrey,

Thanks for the response!

Unfortunately, the work arounds you listed are not feasible for us (can't go with the CPT, and can't go with the categories, as we already have the categories).

Is there any other, more suitable work around that we can do?
Or perhaps the custom code is only option?

Please let me know.

Best regards

February 27, 2026 at 4:45 pm #17860760

Andrey
WPML Supporter since 06/2013

Languages: English (English ) Russian (Русский )

Timezone: Europe/Kyiv (GMT+02:00)

Thank you for your feedback.

I’m afraid there is no alternative workaround available at the moment.

You could explore implementing a custom solution, but this would require custom development on your side. Please note that I cannot guarantee it will work as expected, and we’re not able to provide custom code for this scenario.