Problem: You are developing a site and want to display both the English and Welsh translations of the company name on the same template using
bloginfo('name')
. However, using the Site name for English and the tagline for Welsh causes issues when the Site name is translated in String Translation. Solution: We recommend registering the strings manually with fixed source values to ensure they display correctly in both languages on the same page. Here’s how you can do it:
add_action( 'init', function() {
do_action( 'wpml_register_single_string', 'site_settings', 'blogname_en', 'Your Site Name in English' );
do_action( 'wpml_register_single_string', 'site_settings', 'blogname_cy', 'Your Site Name in Welsh' );
});
After registering the strings, you can retrieve them on the frontend with the following code:
$en = apply_filters( 'wpml_translate_single_string', 'Your Site Name in English', 'site_settings', 'blogname_en' );
$cy = apply_filters( 'wpml_translate_single_string', 'Your Site Name in Welsh', 'site_settings', 'blogname_cy' );
echo esc_html( $en ) . ' ' . esc_html( $cy );
This approach ensures that both the English and Welsh names appear on the page regardless of the selected language.
Please note that this solution might be irrelevant if it’s outdated or not applicable to your case.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 this does not resolve your issue, please open a new support ticket.
