This thread is resolved. Here is a description of the problem and solution.
Problem:
The client installed WordPress in German (Sie) and then WPML, which switched to German (Du). In the meta tags, 'german-formal' appears, which the client believes is not good for SEO. They need to tag the website as being in German while using formal German with WPML.
Solution:
We recommend adding a function to the theme's child functions.php file to modify the HTML language attribute for German. Here is the code you should use:
add_filter('language_attributes', 'modify_language_attributes_for_german'); function modify_language_attributes_for_german($lang) { // Check if the current language is German $my_current_lang = apply_filters( 'wpml_current_language', NULL ); if ($my_current_lang === 'de') { // Replace the language code for German return 'lang="de-DE"'; } return $lang; // Keep default language attributes for other languages }
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