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Last updated by upclick-b.v.N 4 hours, 30 minutes ago.

Assisted by: Carlos Rojas.

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October 10, 2025 at 8:52 am #17473807

upclick-b.v.N

Background of the issue:
I am trying to translate a button and some unique selling points (USPs) on my site hidden link using WPML. I have tried all the suggestions provided in the documentation but I am unable to find the proper code to locate these parts. it is about the yellow button with GRATIS ADVIES and the 4 usp's in the white bar.

Symptoms:
I can't translate everything, specifically a button and some USPs.

Questions:
How can I translate a button and USPs on my site using WPML?
Where can I find the proper code to locate these parts for translation?

October 10, 2025 at 9:40 am #17474015

Carlos Rojas
WPML Supporter since 03/2017

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español )

Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00)

Hello,
Thank you for contacting us

Please follow the steps described in this guide: https://wpml.org/documentation/getting-started-guide/string-translation/finding-strings-that-dont-appear-on-the-string-translation-page/ to find and translate these strings.

Please let me know if you require any additional assistance.

Regards,
Carlos

October 11, 2025 at 4:09 pm #17476582

upclick-b.v.N

Hi, i did the update it did not work. then i search in the string translation as the guide says, it can not find anything. can you please take a look for me if i share login?

also one other thing i am struggling with: footer has successfully translated, however i need to link to my english terms and conditions when user is viewing language other than Dutch. can you help me change the link on the other languages?

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October 13, 2025 at 10:28 am #17479129

Carlos Rojas
WPML Supporter since 03/2017

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español )

Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00)

Hi,
Thank you for your message

Please share the access credentials to the site in your next message, which I have set private. This will allow me to reproduce the issue and double-check the configuration.

Confirm you have created a full site backup that you can restore if necessary.

October 13, 2025 at 11:32 am #17479415

Carlos Rojas
WPML Supporter since 03/2017

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español )

Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00)

Thank you for sharing the credentials requested.

To solve the three problems, you need to translate the header and the footer templates in these links:
- Header: hidden link
- Footer: hidden link

Once both templates are fully translated, the issue must disappear.

October 13, 2025 at 12:15 pm #17479510

upclick-b.v.N

Hello,

some issues i have managed to fix with your advice, thank you. what i could not fix, is change the link to another pdf file for the english footer terms and conditions. it does not show a link in the footer translations. maybe because i link to a pdf file instead of a web page?

as you can see on the attached screenshot, i can only edit the text but not the link of this. how can it be solved?

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October 13, 2025 at 12:21 pm #17479532

upclick-b.v.N

And another question, why when i check footer french translation i do not see any links to change here at all?

i ask because i need to manually make adjustments. Because i have # anchor links on my homepage, which it seems it does not automatically add /en/ /fr/ and so on. so for example cinewallcenter.nl/#prijzen is a link in my dutch footer. but in the english footer it did not automatically create this to be cinewallcenter.nl/en/#prijzen. I did this manually now. however, for french, i do not see any link to change this? screenshot again attached.

thank you very much for helping out with this setup.

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October 13, 2025 at 12:25 pm #17479556

upclick-b.v.N

one more question, the titles in the menu are too long in other languages. could you please link me to the page where exactly i can manually change the translations for my menu items? i can not find it. thank you.

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October 13, 2025 at 12:39 pm #17479622

Carlos Rojas
WPML Supporter since 03/2017

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español )

Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00)

Hi,
I'm happy to hear that the original issue was solved

1.- Regarding the URLs in the footer, you can find them in ATE while translating the footer, but you need to search for them -see attached images-

2.- To edit the menus on the secondary languages, you must go to Appearance -> Menus -> Select the menu -> Click on the translation icons.

For example, this is where you can edit the English translation of the main menu: hidden link

FireShot Capture 177 - Advanced Translation Editor - WPML - [e.ate.wpml.org].png
FireShot Capture 176 - Advanced Translation Editor - WPML - [e.ate.wpml.org].png
October 13, 2025 at 2:47 pm #17480273

upclick-b.v.N

Hello.

2. please check attached screenshot. I was able to fix the English menu items here, but it says for the other lanuages no menu exist? how to fix?

Screenshot 2025-10-13 at 16.46.02.png
October 13, 2025 at 2:56 pm #17480334

upclick-b.v.N

to clarify a bit, i see only english menu and english burger menu.

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