Unfortunately translating for menus isn’t implemented yet. In my site I’m switching nav menu based on the current locale by using this additional code in my custom theme’s functions.php:
add_action( 'init', 'cf7com_register_additional_menus', 11 );
function cf7com_register_additional_menus() {
register_nav_menu( 'primary_ja', _x( 'Primary (Japanese)', 'nav menu location', 'cf7com' ) );
}
add_filter( 'wp_nav_menu_args', 'cf7com_nav_menu_args' );
function cf7com_nav_menu_args( $args ) {
$locale = get_locale();
if ( 'ja' == $locale )
$args['theme_location'] = 'primary_ja';
return $args;
}
Hope this helps.
Thanks for the tip!
I just wondered if there is something I fail to notice.
With a little tweaking this worked well for me. Thanks Takayuki!
I am quite new to php and would love a little help…
How can I set up menu switching with 3 different languages (Dutch, English and French). I use pagelines framework that uses hooks to place code in the right area. Can you help me with the code for 3 languages and also if its possible what the hooks are in your code. Thanks a lot!
Hello, this is how we solved switching menu based on what language is currently being displayed:
I have 3 menus registerred:
register_nav_menu( 'sv_SE_top-menu', 'Top Menu Sv' );
register_nav_menu( 'de_DE_top-menu', 'Top Menu De' );
register_nav_menu( 'en_US_top-menu', 'Top Menu En' );
In header.php (or where you render you navigation):
wp_nav_menu( array( 'theme_location' => apply_filters( 'language_prefix_menu', 'top-menu' ) ) );
In functions.php:
function add_language_prefix($menu_identifier) {
global $post;
$language_prefix = get_post_meta( $post->ID, '_locale', true );
return $language_prefix . '_' . $menu_identifier;
}
add_filter('language_prefix_menu', 'add_language_prefix');
The above is probably cleaner but here’s another way to slice it using 2 languages and 4 menus:
functions.php
function register_my_menus() {
register_nav_menus(
array(
'primary-en' => __( 'Primary En' ),
'secondary-en' => __( 'Secondary En' )
)
);
}
add_action( 'init', 'register_my_menus' )
header.php
<?php $locale = get_locale();
if ('es_ES' == $locale ) { ?>
<?php $theme->hook('menu_primary'); ?>
<?php } else { ?>
<?php wp_nav_menu( array( 'theme_location' => 'primary-en', 'container_class' => 'menu-primary-container' ) ); ?>
<?php } ?>
Repeat if clause for additional menus.
