having trouble with multilingual version of the site

Hi there,

GP doesn't have any functions in this field, so Unfortuanly there's no easy solutions from GP.

I would recommend reaching out to the plugin's support to see if they have any insights.

Thanks for your answer Ying.
A question came to my mind when I was thinking how can I create multilingual site without plugin.
In GP there is an option I can set personal header and footer for particular pages. So i can create these Elements in other language for example. The question is if there is an option I can remove the menu from these pages and add custom menu only for these pages?
If yes I will be able to create full page with other language and add the proper hreflang tags. I guess that will work in my case.
What do you think?
Regards

Hi there,

if you create different language menus in Appearance > Menus.
You can then use a PHP Snippet to check the current URI for the subfolder eg. /spain and then swap the menu

function db_switch_menus( $args ) {

    // Get the current URI for $locale
    $locale = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
    
    // apply logic to primary nav 
    if( 'primary' === $args['theme_location'] ) {        

        // check $locale and swap menu ID
        if ( strpos( $locale, '/spain') !== false ) { 
            $args['menu'] = '55'; 
        }

        if ( strpos( $locale, '/germany') !== false ) { 
            $args['menu'] = '77'; 
        }

    }
    return $args;
}
add_filter( 'wp_nav_menu_args', 'db_switch_menus' );

Each if statement eg.

if ( strpos( $locale, '/spain') !== false ) { 
            $args['menu'] = '55'; 
        }

Checks the URI for the appropriate sub folder eg. /spain and if true it swaps the Menu ID to 55
So you just need to match the subfolder name with the appropriate menu ID.

Thanks David for your answer but my coding skills are really bad. Would you please explain to me with more details. Thank you.
I already found a solution how to build multilingual using Parent and Child pages. The only issue left is the menu. Is there a way I can create a menu with Elements and include/exclude it to different pages/posts?

OK, there is no way in Elements to swap the menus that get displayed in the primary / secondary navs

Here i rewrite the code:

function db_switch_menus( $args ) {

    // Get the current URI for $locale
    $locale = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
    
    // apply logic to primary nav 
    if( 'primary' === $args['theme_location'] ) {        

        // check $locale and swap menu ID
        if ( strpos( $locale, '/spain') !== false ) { 
            $args['menu'] = 'spain'; 
        }

        if ( strpos( $locale, '/germany') !== false ) { 
            $args['menu'] = 'germany'; 
        }

    }
    return $args;
}
add_filter( 'wp_nav_menu_args', 'db_switch_menus' );

If in your Appearance > Menus you create 3 x menus for example:

1. English language ( and the default menu ) you can name it whatever.
2. Spanish language and name the menu: spain
3. German language and name the menu: germany

Adding the above code will swap the menu to spain if the user is in the /spain directory of the site.
And same for german.

If thats not working let me know.

Thanks David,
I will make a backup first and then I will try with you code. I guess that I need to add that code in the functions.php file, right?
Regards

The code is PHP.
This article explains how to add the code:

https://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-php/

TLDR: Are you using a Child Theme?
IF yes, then you add the PHP to your Child Themes functions.php
IF no, then use the Code Snippets plugin ( link the above doc ) and add it to a new Snippet.

David, i did it : ) Now i have different menus for my English and for my Spanish version.
I've done everything as you said and it works perfectly. Works sooo smooth : )
Awesome support as always. You're the best guys!
Thank you!
Regards

Glad to be of help