Language switcher breaks after updates on some sites
Language switcher stops showing or translating after updates, and Google's own bar reappears despite hiding CSS.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 24 January 2023 · last reported 16 March 2026
What's going wrong
Some site owners find that the language switcher they placed in a header or through a shortcode stops translating when a visitor clicks a flag.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
In the idea report
- The full summary.
- The products the 3 reports are about, and how many came each month.
- Related problems.
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