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December 18, 2025 at 8:33 am #17673452

ioannisP-25

Post types -> Products + Variations -> use translation if available or fallback to default language
Taxonomies Translation -> pa_eye -> use translation if available or fallback to default language
Taxonomy terms are translated and correctly linked
The greek version of the product is not showing any variations.

December 19, 2025 at 10:12 pm #17679258

Andrey
WPML Supporter since 06/2013

Languages: English (English ) Russian (Русский )

Timezone: Europe/Kyiv (GMT+03:00)

One of my colleagues will be taking over your ticket. In the meantime, I’d like to clarify an important point that may help you understand the situation better.

For WooCommerce products to behave as expected in this scenario, it’s important that none of the related elements are translated individually. Specifically, the following should be set to “Use translation if available or fallback to default language” and should not be translated:
• Products
• Product variations
• Product taxonomies (categories, tags, attributes)

If any of these elements (for example, attributes or other product taxonomies) are translated while others are not, the behavior will be inconsistent.

In short:
• Either nothing is translated and everything falls back to the default language, or
• Everything is translated consistently (products, variations, attributes, and taxonomies together).

Mixing translated and non-translated elements is what typically causes problems in this setup.

I hope this helps clarify how WPML expects this configuration to work.

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