WordPress - Troubleshooting - I clicked on a link and I am redirected to my original language

In this article, you'll learn how to troubleshoot why you're redirected to your original language when clicking on a link.

1. Missing trailing Slash "/" at the end of the URL

As you can see in the screenshot below, the URL in the source of the "a" tag is http://www.rmfhk.com/zh/storyteller

There is no trailing slash ("/") at the end of the URL. You can check this by going to your browser inspector (right click > "Inspect")

This is not the expected syntax, and that's why you are redirected to the URL of your original web page language.

You need to add a trailing slash ("/") at the end of the URL (directly in the source of your "a" HTML tag).

As you can see below, the URL in the source of the "a" tag is now http://www.rmfhk.com/zh/storyteller/, with a slash at the end of the URL.

It's now working properly, and you'll navigate to the translated page without being redirected to the original language.

If your URL slug has a port number like this: http://192.168.42.98:8510

The port number ":8510" is causing the issue. Remove it, and it will work properly.

Ensure that the URL used is the absolute URL (for example, https://www.mywebsite.com/product/) and not the relative URL (/product/).