Languages and switcher
Your languages, your addresses, your switcher
You add the languages you want, in the order you want. Each one gets its own address, its own menu and its own switcher.
FR
Français
/exemple/
EN
English
/en/example/
ES
Español
/es/ejemplo/
DE
Deutsch
/de/beispiel/
The original language of the site has no code in its addresses; the others carry one. The addresses can be translated too.
The switcher
A switcher to your taste
The same switcher, three looks. They all really work: try them.
Block · list
Names in their own language: the easiest for a visitor to recognize.
Block · drop-down
Compact: ideal in a header, like the one of this site.
Block · codes
Short and discreet: FR, EN, ES, DE.
Elsewhere than in a page: an Elementor widget, an entry at the end of a theme menu, or a floating button in a corner of every page. Divi 5: menu entry or floating button.
Menus
One menu per language, built for you
The menu of this site exists in four languages. An item that points to a page follows that page’s translation; until the translation is published, the item waits as a draft: a menu never shows a link to a missing page.
| Français | English | Español | Deutsch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accueil | Home | Inicio | Start |
| Exemple | Example | Ejemplo | Beispiel |
| Langues et sélecteur | Languages and switcher | Idiomas y selector | Sprachen und Umschalter |
| Côté webmaster | For the webmaster | Para el webmaster | Für den Webmaster |
| Free et Pro | Free and Pro | Free y Pro | Free und Pro |
| Aide | Help | Ayuda | Hilfe |
Menu item without a published page
Hide it until the page is published
You set
What a translated menu does with an item whose page is not translated or published yet: hide it, or link to the page in the source language.
Search engines
Each page tells Google which page is its translation
hreflang tags, translated addresses and the right language declared on each page: search engines show the right language to the right visitor.
Language tags
Tell search engines which pages are translations of each other (hreflang)
You set
Recommended. Without these tags, search engines may show the wrong language to your visitors.