Problem:
If you're experiencing issues where the links on buttons on your site always load in Bulgarian, regardless of the language you are in, and you're wondering if you need to manually set the links for each language separately.
Solution:
First, we recommend editing the links in the main language to be relative instead of absolute. For example, change the link from 'https://example.com/product-category/product/' to '/product-category/product/'. Save the page in the main language, then edit and save the translations without changing anything. This should allow WPML to automatically adjust the links for each language.
If the issue persists, it might be due to the links being encoded, which prevents WPML from auto-adjusting them. In this case, follow these steps:
1. Go to WPML -> Settings -> Custom XML configuration and add the following code:
<wpml-config>
<shortcodes>
<shortcode>
<tag>et_button</tag>
<attributes>
<attribute encoding="allow_html_tags">title</attribute>
<attribute encoding="vc_link" type="link">href</attribute>
<attribute encoding="vc_link" type="link">link</attribute>
</attributes>
</shortcode>
</shortcodes>
</wpml-config>
2. Edit the file: wp-content/plugins/sitepress-multilingual-cms/inc/absolute-links/absolute-links.class.php in the method: \AbsoluteLinks::_process_generic_text right after:
} elseif ( isset( $permalink_query_vars['category_name'] ) ) {
$category_name = $permalink_query_vars['category_name'];
- add this excerpt before the one above:
} elseif ( isset( $permalink_query_vars['product_cat'] ) ) {
$category_name = $permalink_query_vars['product_cat'];
After applying these changes, make a minor edit to the home page and save all translations as they are. This should correct the URL issues in secondary languages.
If this solution does not resolve your issue, or if it seems outdated or not applicable to your case, we highly recommend checking related known issues at https://wpml.org/known-issues/, verifying the version of the permanent fix, and confirming that you have installed the latest versions of themes and plugins. If the problem persists, please open a new support ticket.
