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Last updated by Nicolas V. 1 month, 2 weeks ago.

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December 23, 2025 at 3:14 pm #17685146

eliaC-2

I don't know how to translate ACF fields

December 23, 2025 at 3:39 pm #17685195

eliaC-2

I tried the following: WPML → String Translation

What was done

Searched for strings such as:

“General info”

“Technical specs”

Added manual translations

Enabled:

Auto-register strings

“Register strings from the back-end” as well

Result

The ACF texts do not change on the frontend

Additional test: Changing WPML + ACF settings (Translation Option)

What I did

In ACF → Field Groups:

Some groups were set to:

“Same fields across languages”

Others were set to:

“Different fields across languages”

I standardized all groups to the same option

Result

The fields still appear in the default language (ENGLISH)

Cache (LiteSpeed)

The cache was manually cleared

In short

The ACF boxes remain in English despite all these attempts

December 23, 2025 at 3:53 pm #17685221

Nicolas V.
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Languages: English (English ) French (Français )

Timezone: America/Lima (GMT-05:00)

Hi Elia,

Could you please provide me with more information regarding your ACF fields:
1. I see that you've installed ACFML our glue plugin and set the translation preference to "Same fields across languages" for your group field.

2. Go to the post type (e.g. Pages) that uses this group field and transate your pages. Translatable fields will be available in our translation editor.

3. If you want to translate the label for your fields, follow the instructions given b Maya:
- Go to "WPML → Translation Dashboard".
- Open the "ACF Field Group" section.
- Send your "Field Group" to translation.

The difference between step 2 and 3:
- Let's say that you have a field "Color" with the value "Blue"
- In Step 2, you will translate the value while translating the post, since the value can be different for each post (Blue, Red...).
- In Step 3, you will translate the label "Color".

Ref: https://wpml.org/documentation/related-projects/translate-sites-built-with-acf/

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