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Last updated by Kor 9 months, 2 weeks ago.

Assisted by: Kor.

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July 22, 2025 at 7:57 pm #17261156

josephK-20

Background of the issue:
I am trying to prevent the menu header/nav bar from changing back to English automatically on the translated versions of my site. The issue can be seen on this page: hidden link.

Symptoms:
The header menu bar is auto-translated to the default language (English) every time I publish content, instead of staying in the translated language (German).

Questions:
How can I stop the menu header/nav bar from reverting to English automatically?
Is there a setting in WPML that controls the language of the header menu?

July 24, 2025 at 1:06 am #17265737

Kor

Thanks for contacting us. I've checked your Website here hidden link and it looks broken to me.

I will need to closely examine your website. Therefore, I will require temporary access (WP-Admin and FTP) to a test site where the problem has been replicated, if possible. This will enable me to provide better assistance and determine if any configurations need to be modified.

Please note that it is important to have a backup for security purposes and to prevent any potential data loss. You can use the UpdraftPlus plugin (https://wordpress.org/plugins/updraftplus/) to fulfill your backup requirements.

Your upcoming reply will be treated with confidentiality and will only be visible to you and me.

✙ To resolve the issue, I may need your consent to deactivate and reactivate plugins and the theme, as well as make configuration changes on the site if necessary. This emphasizes the significance of having a backup.

July 28, 2025 at 8:46 am #17274145

Kor

Thanks for your patience. I’ve checked your German header here: hidden link and I can see that each button is being created manually. Just to clarify, are you saying that changes made to the English version of the header are overwriting the German header?

July 28, 2025 at 2:34 pm #17275785

josephK-20

Thats correct, so we translate the header to German, and about 24 hours after, it continues to go back to English and we don't know why it's doing this

July 28, 2025 at 4:23 pm #17276288

Kor

Thanks for your reply. I can see that you're using manual translation, as outlined here: https://wpml.org/documentation/translating-your-contents/using-different-translation-editors-for-different-pages/

Could you please make the changes again, then back up the site? I’ll monitor it from there.

July 28, 2025 at 6:04 pm #17276451

josephK-20

The site has been reverted from a backup and backuped up from here. Please let us know if you notice anything. it will likely flip in 24 hours or so.

July 28, 2025 at 6:06 pm #17276455

Kor

Thanks for your reply. Ok, it looks good. I will monitor the elementor page history.

July 28, 2025 at 8:00 pm #17276652

josephK-20

Thank you - We will also continue to keep eyes on it and try to inform as soon as we notice

July 29, 2025 at 9:02 am #17277777

Kor

Thanks for your patience. It's still looking good here. Could you check?

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