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The switcher button does not appear

1 min readUpdated November 9, 2026

Check 1: is the item in the right menu? In Appearance โ†’ Menus, make sure you added the Language Switcher item to the menu assigned to your header (see Menu Settings โ†’ Display location), and clicked Save Menu.

Check 2: does your header use WordPress menus? Some themes and page builders draw their own menus. Then the menu item is not used. Add the switcher another way:

  • Block themes: the Language Switcher Trigger block in the header.
  • Page builders: a Shortcode element with .
  • Custom themes: CLS_Pro::trigger() in PHP.

Check 3: a mobile menu. Some themes build a separate mobile menu. If the button shows on desktop but not on phones, check which menu your theme uses on phones, and add the item there too.

Check 4: clear your caches. Clear your page cache, CDN cache and any optimization plugin’s cache, then reload in a private window.