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If you are using Wordpress and the WPML plugin to manage your web site in multi language, you have surely noticed that when a visitor uses the search engine, Wordpress displays the result list of the default language and not of the language currently used by the visitor…

To upgrade this feature, I’ve done a little patch… It’s a quick and dirty one but it works (you can easily optimise this by using a function to overload the default behavior of Wordpress instead of directly modifying the standard Wordpress files (and loosing your modification during the next upgrade…)

Update the file wp-includes/general-template.php for the function get_bloginfo like this :

case 'short_language':
  $output = get_locale();
  $short_language = explode("_", $output);
  $output = $short_language[0];
break;

And the on your theme (e.g. iNove in wp-content/themes/inove/templates/header.php file) :

You just have to modify the form like this :

<form action="<?php bloginfo('home'); ?>/<?php bloginfo('short_language'); ?>/"
      method="get">

Have fun with Wordpress and WPML !

ps : you can also modify the links to your title/home to avoid switching language when a user click on the logo

<h1 id="title">
  <a href="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>/<?php bloginfo('short_language'); ?>/">
    <?php bloginfo('name'); ?>
  </a>
</h1>

and for the breadcrumbs…

<a title="<?php _e('Home', 'inove'); ?>"
   href="<?php echo get_settings('home'); ?>/<?php bloginfo('short_language'); ?>/">
  <?php _e('Home', 'inove'); ?>
</a>

By the way, the idea comes from this thread…