Title: Widget code replacement
Last modified: October 22, 2023
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# Widget code replacement
* [KS](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karl19/)
* (@karl19)
* [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-code-replacement/)
* Hello, we had the gtranslate shortcode working fine, until we tried updating
to v3. We were using the Widget Code code, as it allowed us to add an additional
language flag for a language we didn’t want gTranslate to translate, instead
it linked to a specific URL where we collected manually translated content for
that language.
* In this post [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/development-version-3-0-1-broke-our-site-dropdown-menu/#post-16519833](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/development-version-3-0-1-broke-our-site-dropdown-menu/#post-16519833),
you write that Widget Code is gone and not coming back, what would be the alternative
for our scenario? We have five languages, our “manual language” was in position
2, so we would like to get it back into the list of languages.
* Any solutions would be much appreciated!
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* Thread Starter [KS](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karl19/)
* (@karl19)
* [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-code-replacement/#post-16819046)
* I could get it to work with:
* ```wp-block-code
```
* but it doesn’t look very clean. But perhaps this is the only way to do it, if
Widget Code is gone?
* Thread Starter [KS](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karl19/)
* (@karl19)
* [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-code-replacement/#post-16819247)
* I do still have one problem. Previously I could wrap the gTranslate inside another
shortcode – for Borlabs Cookies – like this:
* ```wp-block-code
```
* and it was possible to show or hide flags, depending on whether cookies were
accepted. If I run this now, with gt-link:
* ```wp-block-code
```
* the flags show if I allow cookies, but nothing happens if I click on them. If
I look at the HTML, it looks like this:
* ```wp-block-code
```
* If I don’t wrap the gTranslate shortcode in the Borlabs shortcode, instead it
outputs this:
* ```wp-block-code
```
* which works fine. I don’t know if it’s Borlabs or gTranslate that doesn’t play
nice with the other plugin?
* Thread Starter [KS](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karl19/)
* (@karl19)
* [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-code-replacement/#post-16820822)
* Just as a bit of additional info: since I updated both the Borlabs Cookie and
gTranslate plugins, I wasn’t sure which plugin caused issues. Keeping Borlabs
updated to latest version, but rolling gTranslate back to 2.9.13 and then running:
* ```wp-block-code
```
* works fine. Running the same code on gTranslate 3.0.3 (or 3.0.1 which I also
tried), nothing is output. So it does seem like gTranslate doesn’t cope well
being loaded inside another shortcode. And as mentioned above, if running:
* ```wp-block-code
```
* the flags show, but nothing happens if they get clicked. I don’t know what technically
is causing this, but it seems like gTranslate doesn’t fully load all its code,
when getting loaded inside another shortcode.
* Plugin Author [edo888](https://wordpress.org/support/users/edo888/)
* (@edo888)
* [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-code-replacement/#post-16832191)
* Hi,
* Using the shortcode to create individual language links is the way to go as you
have already done.
* Please consult with Borlabs Cookie for your next question.
* Thanks! 🙂
* Thread Starter [KS](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karl19/)
* (@karl19)
* [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-code-replacement/#post-16839734)
* Hi [@edo888](https://wordpress.org/support/users/edo888/) many thanks for the
reply!
* I was in contact with Borlabs, they said their shortcode doesn’t modify anything
that their shortcode blocks. So it’s not their plugin that actively strips out
the **glink nturl notranslate gt_raw_link-xxjexk** classes.
* Their guess was that gTranslate sets these classes with JavaScript on page load,
and while in our case the flags only show after cookies are confirmed, this doesn’t
happen.
* Could that be the reason? Is there anyway to delay the gTranslate function, until
after cookies are confirmed?
* Thread Starter [KS](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karl19/)
* (@karl19)
* [2 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-code-replacement/#post-16882451)
* Hello [@edo888](https://wordpress.org/support/users/edo888/), would be great
with some input on whether GTranslate sets the above classes on page load and
if so, if there is a way to delay this process until cookies are confirmed, or
a way to reset them. Thanks!
* [fruchtfliege](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fruchtfliege/)
* (@fruchtfliege)
* [2 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-code-replacement/#post-16887238)
* I have the same question. I can’t get Borlabs Cookie to work with Gtranslate
with nested shortcode as mentioned in the comment above. We need a way to reinitialize
Gtranslate after consent. Is there any function for this?
- This reply was modified 2 years, 10 months ago by [fruchtfliege](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fruchtfliege/).
* Thread Starter [KS](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karl19/)
* (@karl19)
* [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-code-replacement/#post-17085532)
* Hi [@fruchtfliege](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fruchtfliege/) , did you
ever manage to figure this out? There hasn’t been any more input from gTranslate.
* [fruchtfliege](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fruchtfliege/)
* (@fruchtfliege)
* [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-code-replacement/#post-17085598)
* Hi [@karl19](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karl19/), no. I have to prevent
updates for gtranslate where my clients use it in combination with borlabs cookie,
which is a huge security issue.
* Support has to find a way to use gtranslate like in the early releases. This
couldn’t be that hard… Please fix this!
* Plugin Author [edo888](https://wordpress.org/support/users/edo888/)
* (@edo888)
* [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-code-replacement/#post-17085844)
* Hi,
* Please direct your questions about Borlabs Cookie to Borlabs support.
* They are the ones who should investigate why their plugin causes conflicts with
GTranslate and offer you a solution.
* Thanks! 🙂
* Thread Starter [KS](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karl19/)
* (@karl19)
* [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-code-replacement/#post-17086499)
* Hi [@edo888](https://wordpress.org/support/users/edo888/) thanks for the reply,
but please see above [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-code-replacement/#post-16839734](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-code-replacement/#post-16839734).
Borlabs did look into it and said their shortcode doesn’t block anything.
* Their guess was that gTranslate loads the relevant classes on page load and when
it’s delayed through a cookie function, it doesn’t load the correct classes as
the page has already loaded. So it seems like gTranslate is causing the issue
here, not Borlabs, as they just provide a standard cookie functionality.
* Plugin Author [edo888](https://wordpress.org/support/users/edo888/)
* (@edo888)
* [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-code-replacement/#post-17086504)
* Hi,
* There shouldn’t be any guesses. They need to find out the root cause specifically.
* I’m not spending my time debugging their plugin.
* Thanks! 🙂
* [fruchtfliege](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fruchtfliege/)
* (@fruchtfliege)
* [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-code-replacement/#post-17086535)
* [@edo888](https://wordpress.org/support/users/edo888/) you are wrong: borlabs
cookie just blocks the execution of gtranslate until the user grant consent.
To make this work, you have to put your shortcode into the wrapper shortcode
of borlabs, like this:
* ```wp-block-code
[borlabs-cookie id="gtranslate" type="cookie"][gtranslate][/borlabs-cookie]
```
* From gtranslate release 2.9.12 on, this method is not working anymore. It seems
that your shortcode can not be initialized “live” after consent. There must have
been some changes in newer releases of gtranslate regarding initialization or
something. After all, it is nothing borlabs cookie can fix, since it only blocks
the shortcode, which worked fine until 2.9.12.
* Maybe you don’t care about GDPR that much, but there are a lot of users in europe
who need borlabs cookie to work with gtranslate. I wouldn’t care if it NEVER
worked, but it did, as I already mentioned.
* If you are not willed to dive deep in this issue, maybe you could just tell us
what changed from 2.9.12 on in a few words.
* Thread Starter [KS](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karl19/)
* (@karl19)
* [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-code-replacement/#post-17086740)
* I can only concur with [@fruchtfliege](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fruchtfliege/).
It used to work, Borlabs hasn’t changed their setup and I find it a bit disappointing
that you get hung up on me saying “Borlabs’ guess is .. ” – they just gave their
opinion on why the combination of the two plugins doesn’t work any longer. It
doesn’t mean that their plugins breaks the functionality and they have something
to fix or that somehow you need to debug their plugin.
* This functionality used to work, for both me and [@fruchtfliege](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fruchtfliege/),
later versions of gTranslate seem to have changed how it gets initialised and
this causes issues in relation to cookie control and the GDPR.
* [fruchtfliege](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fruchtfliege/)
* (@fruchtfliege)
* [2 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-code-replacement/#post-17141094)
* Why is this thread marked as resolved? It isn’t. There were plenty updates for
this plugin, but even latest update doesn’t fix this problem.
* [@edo888](https://wordpress.org/support/users/edo888/): Please tell me if this
topic over for you, so I can give up hope and watch out for another plugin.
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