Why Does the Search Bar Move When I Change the Language on My WordPress Website?

When you are on a website, you expect the content to be displayed in a language that you understand. If you are on a Portuguese website and you search for English content, you may find that the search bar moves around because the website doesn’t know that you are looking for English content when in fact you are looking for Portuguese content.

If you try searching for content in English while on a German website, you may notice that the results are not in English but rather in German. The same thing happens with multiple other languages – if you are on a website in French and search for an English word, you may find that the results aren’t in English but rather in French. Changing your language settings on a WordPress website to match the language of the content can help make the website more convenient to use.

The Search Bar Moves When You Change the Language of the Website

Let’s say that you have a WordPress website – let’s call it example.com – and you have set up some pages to be accessible only by certain people. Maybe you have one page that is accessible only to customers in Germany, one page that is accessible only to customers in the UK, and one page that is accessible only to customers in France. If you try to access any of these pages from a search bar on a Portuguese website, you won’t see any results because the website doesn’t know that you are looking for content specific to Germany, the UK, or France. If you try to access any of these pages from a search bar on a German website, you will see the same issue. But on a French website, you will see the correct results because the search bar is looking for words in French.

If you want to make sure that your WordPress website is displayed properly on different devices (such as mobile phones and computers), you should use single-language blogs – that is, blogs that are not multilingual. Mobile phones have a zoom function that can help users read content that is not perfectly sized for the screen. If your content is displayed on mobile phones using a single language, you won’t have any issues with the content being cut off. Users will simply have to zoom in to see the entire article.

If you want to allow your WordPress website to be displayed in multiple languages, use multilingual blogs. There are various ways to do this, but ultimately you will need to use plugins to allow different languages to be used on the same site. You will need to set these up yourself, and you will have to monitor and maintain them. In some situations, this can be a complex process that is not something that you want to tackle lightly. Having a separate blog for each language is a simpler option that can be easier to manage once you have set it up.

Why Is My WordPress Website Not Displaying in the Language That I Choosed?

Sometimes when you change the language of a WordPress website, you will notice that the content does not display in the language that you chose. You will most likely need to change a couple of things to make this work. The first step is to take a look at your Site Settings – that is, the Settings page on your WordPress website – and change the Language and Visibility settings to match your chosen language. Once you have done that, you will need to clear your browser’s cache – that is, the data that is stored on your computer regarding web pages – and then reload the page. In some situations, it may be necessary to change a couple of other things as well to allow the website to display in the correct language:

• The permalink structure for your website may need to be changed
• Images may need to be updated
• The time zone for your website may need to be changed
• The registered user name for your website may need to be changed
• The Title for your website may need to be changed
• The privacy options for your website may need to be changed
• The email address for your website may need to be changed
• The general look and feel for your website may need to be adjusted

Once you have done all of that, you will notice that your WordPress website displays in the correct language. If you need to switch back to your original language, you can use the same process that you used to change it to the other language.

If you search for an English word on a Portuguese website, the results will not be in English but rather in Portuguese. If you try searching for content in English while on a German website, you will see the same issue. But on a French website, you will see the correct results because the search bar is looking for words in French.