I created a custom language

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Last updated by Carlos Rojas 8 hours ago.

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July 3, 2025 at 1:04 am #17195118
cordonL	Background of the issue: I have successfully created two custom Chinese languages for my site hidden link using WPML. One is for Chinese Traditional with the language name 'Chinese (TC)', custom code 'zh', default locale 'zh_HK', hreflang 'zh', and language mapping 'Chinese (Traditional)'. The other is for Chinese Simplified with the language name 'Chinese (SC)', custom code 'zh-cn', default locale 'zh_CN', hreflang 'zh-cn', and language mapping 'Chinese (Simplified)'. Symptoms: When I try to switch from the main menu (ENG) to the custom language in Chinese (TC) or Chinese (SC), there is no page available. I also tried to create a menu in both Chinese (TC) and (SC), but there was no translated page for either of them. Questions: Why are there no pages available when switching to the custom Chinese languages? How can I create translated pages for the custom Chinese languages?
July 3, 2025 at 10:41 am #17196777
Carlos Rojas WPML Supporter since 03/2017 Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00)	Hello, Thank you for contacting us Have you translated the pages into these new custom languages already? Please follow the steps described in this guide: https://wpml.org/documentation/translating-your-contents/ to make sure the content (posts, pages, etc) is correctly translated and published into the custom languages. Looking forward to your message. Regards, Carlos
July 3, 2025 at 2:13 pm #17197765
cordonL	I did follow the instructions, but there is no option to change the language or language switcher.
July 4, 2025 at 8:55 am #17200551
Carlos Rojas WPML Supporter since 03/2017 Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00)	Thank you for your message. Please go to WPML -> Languages -> Hide languages section -> Check if the custom languages are hidden. Also, make sure that the translated content is published.