Cannot change hreflang for a specific language

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February 5, 2026 at 10:16 am
wpm-si	Hello, I’m having an issue with WPML hreflang and language URL settings. For the Czech language, the hreflang and URL code are set to cz, but the website always outputs /cs/ in the URL, no matter what I change in the language settings. I have: set the language code to cz checked hreflang configuration verified that “Encode URLs” is disabled Despite this, the frontend URLs remain /cs/ and do not reflect /cz/ as configured. Could you please advise why WPML is forcing /cs/ and how this can be changed properly? Thank you. Best regards
February 5, 2026 at 11:04 am #17795650
Lucas Vidal de Andrade WPML Supporter since 11/2023 Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) German (Deutsch ) Portuguese (Brazil) (Português ) Timezone: Europe/Vienna (GMT+01:00)	Hello, Please confirm if the solution worked out for you. Again, here's a summary of what needs to be done: 1. In WPML > Languages > Edit Languages, add the custom Czech language, with the desired hreflang and code; 2. In WPML > Translation Dashboard, duplicate the content from the previous Czech language, to the new custom one. The details on how to do that can be found here: https://wpml.org/documentation/translating-your-contents/displaying-untranslated-content-on-pages-in-secondary-languages/ Please let me know how it goes, and if you need any assistance along the way.