Background of the issue:
I am using WPML's automatic translations for my site hidden link. I want to edit the menus to make them shorter due to limited space, but I do not want to disable automatic translations for future menus. An example of a menu item I want to shorten is 'Stadtrundfahrten in New York' to 'Stadtrundfahrten'.
Symptoms:
The menus have very little space, and I need to shorten them without disabling automatic translations.
Questions:
How can I edit menu items to make them shorter while still using WPML's automatic translations for future menus?
Do I have to create a new menu from scratch? Then it would not update if I added more items via automatic translation. There a several English sections that have not been translated yet and it's convenient that auto translate intelligently adds manu items as they are translated.
Also. I tried following the directions in "Translating Menus with Custom Links" but the things I saw were very different from what is shown in the directions. I clicked one of the items in the screen "WP Menus Sync" then clicked the "Apply Changes" button. I was expecting another screen like in the menus but it just grayed out my section so I cannot unselect it anymore. My Menus have changed and they have German and English mixed together. How do I back out of this? I have attached a screen shot
Languages: English (English )Spanish (Español )German (Deutsch )
Timezone: America/Lima (GMT-05:00)
WPML > WP Menus Sync can create menus automatically for you, but if you use custom links inside your menus, then you will still need to edit them manually.
Languages: English (English )Spanish (Español )German (Deutsch )
Timezone: America/Lima (GMT-05:00)
When creating a menu in WordPress, you can add pages, or posts, or taxonomies, which would be dynamic links. There is also an option to add custom menu items, where you add the link yourself.
WPML, by default, will auto-generate the menu and use the page's, post, or taxonomy titles to build the menus in second languages identically to the one in the site's default language.
Sorry to be so dense. It looks like WPML has already translated the menu for me. However. I can't find any way to edit that menu. I have attached the menu in a screenshot.
The process you have outlined above seems to be a way to make and translate menus from scratch. I just want to edit the word that people see so all the links can fit one line like the English menus. Is this possible and how do I do it?
Languages: English (English )Spanish (Español )German (Deutsch )
Timezone: America/Lima (GMT-05:00)
When using the GeneratePress theme, you edit the translated menus in the same way in which you create menus at Appearance > Menus. You will find translation buttons on the interface that let you navigate to each menu in each language.
