Background of the issue:
I have some buttons set as translatable. After translating the buttons in the translation editor, ?lang=nl is being added to external links.
Symptoms:
Some external links aren't working because ?lang=nl is added.
Questions:
How can I prevent that ?lang=nl is added?
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Kor is OFF for a few days, so I checked the ticket and the issue.
I can see you are using the ACF link field and have set it to Translate settings, so in this case, you actually need to translate it fromthe Advanced translation editor, or if you wish to use the same value, set this field to Copy and re-translate the page.
I already tried to insert an other url as translation. When i replace the url to hidden link for example, it's still adding ?lang=nl to that url so the translated url is pointing to hidden link.
This ensures that the buttons in the hero section automatically link to the translated content. However, when I remove this line, the "?lang=nl" parameter is not added, so it works for external URLs. But in cases where I link to another page within the site, the button does not redirect to the translated page but instead defaults back to the original language. For example: hidden link
Is there a way to make the button automatically link to the translated content? Or should i place the filter in an IF statement where i check if the domain is equal as the current domain.
If you're using a static link then you'll have to translate the link manually. If you use dynamic links, WPML should be able to connect the link to the correct translated page. Do you use any page builders like Elementor?
We're using the Link field from ACF. This field is set to translatable.
It works if we manually change the URL in the translation editor. However, I would like it to automatically point to the translated version of the original page when it is not manually set in the translation editor.
