Title: Adding language selector to header
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Adding language selector to header

 *  [Papousek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/papousek/)
 * (@papousek)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-language-selector-to-header/)
 * I’m using the xlanguage language switcher and would like to move the selector
   widget to the header rather than in the sidebar section (which will not always
   be there as I want to be able to use full width pages as well). So, I was hoping
   some kind soul could tell me what to do as I’ve had no luck so far.
    I tested
   with the WPML plugin and there were no problems moving the selector to the upper
   left hand corner by adding the line `<?php do_action('icl_language_selector');?
   >` to the header.css. However I don’t like the white background (although it 
   could probably be changed) or the way the plugin adds flags and tags everywhere
   and would like to keep the existing one, if only I were able to move that selection
   box… This is probably quite simple, I just can’t figure it out. Apparently I 
   would need to add a new widget area, only I don’t have a clue where to begin 
   as all the instructions I’ve found are theeme spesific (as they would be) and
   the template files of my theme don’t seem to differ quite a bit from what most
   other themes have. The theme I’m using is Station by Page Lines, and the page
   is [here](http://www.fluteofshame.com/). Any help or pointers would be greatly
   appreciated.

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 * [language selector](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/language-selector/)
 * [moving](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/moving/)

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 * Last activity: [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-language-selector-to-header/)
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