Custom Language Switcher

If you wish to design a custom TranslatePress language switcher, there is a function you can implement to help you with all the necessary information when using the plugin.

Create a TranslatePress Custom Language Switcher

The function that needs to be called is trp_custom_language_switcher().

The function returns an array with the following parameters:

$custom_ls_array[$language_code]['language_name'] – the full language name
$custom_ls_array[$language_code]['language_code'] – the language code of the respective language
$custom_ls_array[$language_code]['short_language_name'] – the language code of the language, the slug which will be used in the url
$custom_ls_array[$language_code]['flag_link'] – a link to the flag of the respective language
$custom_ls_array[$language_code]['current_page_url'] – the URL of the current language with the language slug added

Here is an example of a custom-made language switcher:

While here you can see the code snippet:

	<?php $array = trp_custom_language_switcher(); ?>
	<!-- IMPORTANT! You need to have data-no-translation on the wrapper with the links or TranslatePress will automatically translate them in a secondary language. -->
	<ul data-no-translation>
	<!-- // Check whether TranslatePress can run on the current path or not. If the path is excluded from translation, trp_allow_tp_to_run will be false -->
	<?php if ( apply_filters( 'trp_allow_tp_to_run', true ) ){ ?>
	<?php foreach ($array as $name => $item){ ?>
	<li style="list-style-image: url(<?php echo $item['flag_link'] ?>)">
	<a href="<?php echo $item['current_page_url']?>">
	<span><?php echo $item['short_language_name']. ':' . $item['language_name']?>
	</span>
	</a>
	</li>
	<?php } ?>
	<?php } ?>
	</ul>

view raw custom_language_switcher.php hosted with ❤ by GitHub

Note: You need to have data-no-translation on the wrapper with the links or TranslatePress will automatically translate them in a secondary language.

You can also create a custom language switcher shortcode that you can then use like [custom-language-switcher]

	/*
	* Custom language switcher shortcode
	*/

	add_shortcode('custom-language-switcher', 'trpc_custom_language_switcher', 10);
	function trpc_custom_language_switcher(){
	// Check whether TranslatePress can run on the current path or not. If the path is excluded from translation, trp_allow_tp_to_run will be false
	if ( apply_filters( 'trp_allow_tp_to_run', true ) ){
	$languages = trp_custom_language_switcher();
	$html = "<ul data-no-translation>";
	foreach ($languages as $name => $item) {
	$html .= "<li style='list-style-image: url({$item['flag_link']})'>";
	$html .= "<a href='{$item['current_page_url']}'>";
	$html .= "<span>{$item['language_name']}</span></a></li>";
	}
	$html .= "</ul>";
	return $html;
	}
	}

view raw custom_language_switcher_shortcode.php hosted with ❤ by GitHub

If you just need to quickly create a classic language switcher, check out TranslatePress’ default language switcher settings.

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