We had a site created by an agency who set the WPML default language to French while building it. They also set Different languages in directories (hidden link - French, hidden link - English) and enabled "Use directory for default language". However, this configuration is causing issues for us and we would like to change it.
What do we need to configure in order to have English as the default website? If visitors come to the site, we would like hidden link to display our English content, and if users choose to click on the FR translation button while on a page, they will be sent to hidden link. Right now visitors to hidden link get redirected to hidden link
Attempting to change the default language or other language settings appears to cause errors on our website, so I'm just wondering how this can be achieved properly?
You can change the default language in WPML -> Languages -> Site Languages -> Click "Change default language" button -> Select the language you want to make default and save.
You can also turn off "Use directory for default language" in Language URL format section of WPML -> Languages and save, if you don't want to show /en/ for default language.
After that remember to resave Permalinks in WordPress settings (without making any change just save).
IMPORTANT: Remember to take full backup of site and database before making any of above mentioned change. It is highly advised to try this on a staging/test site first.
On the other hand, I'll advise to update WPML plugins to the latest versions.
Please let me know if this helps or I'll try my best to further assist you on the matter.
