Problem: You have a real estate sales website and use WPML to manage translations of your property listings in Spanish and French. When an English listing expires and is moved to draft with a redirect to the main listings page, the translated pages do not automatically redirect and remain active. Solution: To ensure that translated pages redirect similarly to the original English page when it expires, you need to manually set each translated page to draft and then apply the redirect. Here’s how you can do it: 1. Go to the listing list on your WordPress Dashboard. 2. Use the top admin language switcher to select the language of the translation you want to update (Spanish or French). 3. Find the listing that has expired and set it to draft, just as you did with the English version.
If this solution does not resolve your issue or seems outdated, we recommend checking related known issues at https://wpml.org/known-issues/, verifying the version of the permanent fix, and confirming that you have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 further assistance is needed, please open a new support ticket at WPML support forum.
Problem: The client wanted to add a language switcher to the header of their website, specifically in a mobile view, to make it appear just with flags and a dropdown the size of the flags, similar to the WPML site. Solution: We recommended two approaches: 1. Add a language switcher in a custom location using PHP by inserting the following code:
do_action('wpml_add_language_selector')
. We advised contacting the theme developer for guidance on where to place this code within the theme files. More information on this method can be found here: Adding Language Switchers using PHP. 2. If the client is using Elementor, they can add a shortcode directly in the header using the Elementor templates. The shortcode to use is:
[wpml_language_selector_widget]
. After adding the shortcode, adjustments can be made with CSS to style the switcher similarly to the WPML site.
If these solutions do not resolve your issue or if they seem outdated, we highly recommend checking related known issues at https://wpml.org/known-issues/, verifying the version of the permanent fix, and confirming that you have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 further assistance is needed, please open a new support ticket at WPML support forum.
