[Waiting for user feedback] Change Search URL Slug for different language
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Hintergrund des Themas:
I am trying to customize my search page on my WordPress site. I have rewritten the default search URL (/?s=) with a custom function in the theme to redirect to /search/. The function I used is: function custom_search_url_rewrite() { if ( is_search() && ! empty( $_GET['s'] ) ) { wp_redirect( home_url( "/search/" ) . urlencode( get_query_var( 's' ) ) ); exit(); } } add_action( 'template_redirect', 'custom_search_url_rewrite' ).
Die Symptome:
I need a variant of the custom search URL for the German page at /de/suche/.
Fragen:
Do you have any tips on how to create a variant for the German page at /de/suche/?
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The following code allowed me to achieve the desired result
function custom_search_url_rewrite() {
if ( is_search() && ! empty( $_GET['s'] ) ) {
// Check if WPML is active and a language code is defined
$current_lang = defined('ICL_LANGUAGE_CODE') ? ICL_LANGUAGE_CODE : '';
// If you want to handle default language differently (omitting its code),
// uncomment and adjust this section:
$default_lang = apply_filters( 'wpml_default_language', null );
if ( $current_lang && $current_lang === $default_lang ) {
// // Default language: no language code in the URL
$lang_prefix = '';
} else {
// // Secondary language: include the language code
$lang_prefix = $current_lang ? $current_lang . '/' : '';
}
// If you want to always show the language code regardless of default language:
// $lang_prefix = $current_lang ? $current_lang . '/' : '';
// Redirect to the language-specific search URL
wp_redirect( home_url( "/" . $lang_prefix . "search/" ) . urlencode( get_query_var( 's' ) ) );
exit();
}
}
add_action( 'template_redirect', 'custom_search_url_rewrite' );
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