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Problem:
The client wants to modify the language switcher text in the header to display "عربي" instead of "العربية" for Arabic and "EN" for English.
Solution:
We recommend navigating to WPML > Languages > Edit languages. Here, you can change the name of the language for each to whatever you want it to display. For example, you can name English "EN", and that's how it will display on the live site.

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Last updated by Mihai Apetrei 10 months, 3 weeks ago.

Assisted by: Mihai Apetrei.

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July 29, 2024 at 3:21 pm #16016998

muaweyahG

Hello,

Thank you for your assistance. I would like to modify the language switcher text in the header. Currently, it displays "العربية" for Arabic, but I would like it to show "عربي" instead. For English, I want it to display "EN".

Thank you!

July 29, 2024 at 3:22 pm #16017044

Mihai Apetrei
WPML Supporter since 03/2018

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Europe/Bucharest (GMT+03:00)

Hi there.

You can go to WPML > Languages > Edit languages > and change the name of the language for each of them to whatever you want to display.

For English for example, you can name it EN and that's how it will display on the live site.

I hope that you will find this information helpful. 🙂

Mihai Apetrei

August 1, 2024 at 7:28 am #16027941
muaweyahG

Dear Mihai, Thanks for creating this ticket , I have edited the language name, I would like to modify the font and size , please help me with that, thank you again.

New threads created by Mihai Apetrei and linked to this one are listed below:

https://wpml.org/forums/topic/split-edit-font-size/

August 1, 2024 at 7:34 am #16027966
muaweyahG

Sorry I forgot to add:
also I would like to modify the color,
and how can I make only one language show instead of them both (only the opposite)

Thanks.

New threads created by Mihai Apetrei and linked to this one are listed below:

https://wpml.org/forums/topic/split-how-to-hide-the-current-language/

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August 1, 2024 at 8:10 pm #16031279

Mihai Apetrei
WPML Supporter since 03/2018

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Europe/Bucharest (GMT+03:00)

Hi there.

I created new tickets for the new questions that you brought up and I will respond there.

- https://wpml.org/forums/topic/split-edit-font-size/

- https://wpml.org/forums/topic/split-how-to-hide-the-current-language/

Please mark this current ticket as resolved.

Thank you very much for your understanding and cooperation.

Mihai