Polylang Shortcode

functions.php

// Polylang Shortcode - https://wordpress.org/plugins/polylang/
// Add this code in your functions.php
// Put shortcode [polylang] to post/page for display flags

function polylang_shortcode() {
	ob_start();
	pll_the_languages(array('show_flags'=>1,'show_names'=>0));
	$flags = ob_get_clean();
	return $flags;
}
add_shortcode( 'polylang', 'polylang_shortcode' );

Thanks!

For those who wants to tweak the generated labels, take a look a the official documentation to see the available options.

Hi,
I was searching for a short code to get flags, but in wordpress administration the Language Switcher is not available, so i used this :

$pll_languges = pll_languages_list(['fields' => null]);

With this you will have an array of all Polylang PLL_Language objects , so you can get flag using ->flag on each array item.

And if you want only an array of flags and nothing else you can use :

$flags = pll_languages_list(['fields' => 'flag']);

Have fun :D

Hiding the current language flag is possible with 'hide_current' =>1 in the above array:
pll_the_languages(array('show_flags'=>1,'show_names'=>0,'hide_current'=>1'));

All possible elements of the language switcher array can be found in plugins/polylang/include/switcher.php right at the beginning of the file (Polylang v3.1.4).

Thanks a bunch for this!
Any guess on how to style the dropdown arrow for this? Im trying to replace it with a custom svg, but I couldnt get it with the one i targeted the rest of the menu drop-downs.

.et-menu .menu-item-has-children>a:first-child:after{ content: url(/dropdownarrow.svg); }

I couldnt get the target with inspect and was unable to find it in the plugin files (although im sure it is in there somewhere).

How to set user wise [POLYLANG] in wordpress?

To modify your polylang_shortcode so it:
1. Only shows languages other than the current one, and
2. Displays both flag and language name,

You can update the function like this:

function polylang_shortcode() {
	ob_start();
	pll_the_languages(array(
		'dropdown'    => 0,
		'show_flags'  => 1,
		'show_names'  => 1,
		'hide_current' => 1, // Hides current language
		'raw'         => 0   // Output as HTML
	));
	return ob_get_clean();
}
add_shortcode('polylang', 'polylang_shortcode');

✅ Explanation:
• 'hide_current' => 1 – hides the current language.
• 'show_flags' => 1 – shows the language flag.
• 'show_names' => 1 – shows the language name.
• 'raw' => 0 – outputs HTML instead of raw array.

💡Usage:

Add [polylang] in any post, page, or widget, and it will display only the other available languages with both flag and name.