/pt-br URL needs to be changed to /pt

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Problem:
The client wants to change the language code from pt-br to pt in the permalink while ensuring all the translated data remains intact.

Solution:
1. Create a custom language with the desired language code (pt).
2. Duplicate all the content from the current "pt-br" to the new custom language. The content will not be automatically added to the new custom language; it must be duplicated manually.
3. We provided custom search URLs to find existing tickets with recommended solutions:

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Last updated by Mihai Apetrei 1 year, 8 months ago.

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February 19, 2024 at 5:28 am #15315884
camillaB-7	Tell us what you are trying to do? : I want to change the language code pt-br to only pt in the permalink. I have already translated my site to PT-BR, so all the data is translated. Can you suggest a solution so that the data remains, only the permalink changes from PT-BR to PT. Is there any documentation that you are following? : I have checked this topic (https://wpml.org/forums/topic/trying-to-change-pt-br-url-for-brazil-to-pt-but-is-not-works/), but if I have added custom language will the data get merged in that custom language? What is the link to your site? : hidden link
February 19, 2024 at 1:09 pm #15318359
Mihai Apetrei WPML Supporter since 03/2018 Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Europe/Bucharest (GMT+02:00)	Hi there. I created this custom search URL for you so that you can find the existing tickets for this exact same topic that already contain the solutions recommended by my colleagues: hidden link It seems that one of the URLs was already found by you - so to answer your question: After you create the custom language, you will need to duplicate all the content from the current "pt-br" to the new custom language that you created. The content won't be added to the new custom language automatically, it has to be duplicated. Related documentation: https://wpml.org/documentation/translating-your-contents/displaying-untranslated-content-on-pages-in-secondary-languages/ I hope that you will find this information helpful. Mihai Apetrei
February 20, 2024 at 5:29 am #15320544
camillaB-7	How we can duplicate content from the current "pt-br" to the new custom language? as we have default language is English.
February 20, 2024 at 9:36 pm #15324885
Mihai Apetrei WPML Supporter since 03/2018 Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Europe/Bucharest (GMT+02:00)	Hi there. I created this custom search URL for you so that you can find the existing tickets for this exact same topic that already contain the solutions recommended by my colleagues: hidden link I hope that you will find this information helpful. This might save us some extra time which is why I created this custom search. Mihai