Problem: The client's website operates in three languages across three different domains. However, accessing the domains without the 'www' prefix redirects all traffic to the Danish version of the site. Solution: We recommend contacting your hosting provider as the required changes involve external settings not directly related to WPML. You should implement the following code for each domain, but please confirm this with your hosting provider and ensure you have a full website backup before making any changes:
# BEGIN WordPress<br /># The directives (lines) between "BEGIN WordPress" and "END WordPress" are<br /># dynamically generated, and should only be modified via WordPress filters.<br /># Any changes to the directives between these markers will be overwritten.<br /><ifmodule mod_rewrite.c><br />RewriteEngine On<br />RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]<br />RewriteBase /<br />RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]<br />RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f<br />RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d<br />RewriteRule . /index.php [L]<br />RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.<br />RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]<br /></ifmodule><br /># END WordPress
If this solution does not resolve your issue or seems irrelevant due to being outdated or not applicable to your case, we highly recommend checking related known issues at https://wpml.org/known-issues/, verifying the version of the permanent fix, and confirming that you have installed the latest versions of themes and plugins. If further assistance is needed, please open a new support ticket at WPML support forum.
Problem: The client is developing a multilingual website and wants to know if it's possible to set up translations with languages as parameters and later switch to different domains for each language upon launch. Solution: We confirm that it is possible to start with one URL format, such as 'Language name as a parameter', and switch to 'A different domain per language' at launch. The translations will remain intact regardless of the URL format change. For more details on language URL options, please visit https://wpml.org/documentation/getting-started-guide/language-setup/language-url-options/.
If this solution does not apply to your case, or if it seems outdated, we recommend opening a new support ticket. We also advise checking related known issues at https://wpml.org/known-issues/, verifying the version of the permanent fix, and confirming that you have installed the latest versions of themes and plugins. For further assistance, please visit our support forum at https://wpml.org/forums/forum/english-support/.
