wpml_multilingual_options
Enable the possibility to save theme/plugin options per language.

WPML Version: 3.9.3

Enables the possibility to save a different value per language for your theme/plugin options using WPML language switcher on directly the settings screen.

do_action( 'wpml_multilingual_options', $wp_option_name );

$wp_option_name

(Required) Exact option name as it is stored in wp_options table database.

Let’s say that you need to assign a different value per language (translate) for a theme option, this usually is easily achievable with the help of WPML String Translation.

However, you may need to act differently with some themes and add a different value directly from the theme options panel. For example, with Avada you can do.

Now, you are working with a theme where you need to translate your options with this later approach, for example your footer option theme_footer. For this, you would need to:

• Add a value for your footer option at Theme Options > Footer,
• Add the following code on your functions.php file and queue it as early as possible:

  add_action( 'init', 'my_theme_bootstrap' );
  
  function my_theme_bootstrap(){
     do_action( 'wpml_multilingual_options', 'theme_footer' );
     $settings = get_option( 'theme_footer');
     // [...]
  }

• Go back to your Theme Options > Footer.
• Click on the language switcher placed on the top bar and switch languages.
• Add a new different value for it.
• You should keep a different value per language.
• If you visit the front-end, it should display a different value for the option.
• If you check the database, there should be a new value stored in wp_options table as theme_footer_fr, where _fr is the language suffix.