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Problem:
The client is experiencing an issue where connecting translated pages in different languages (French and English) and then saving causes the page to break, despite no edits being made. This occurs when using the Greenshift Block Theme.
Solution:
We recommended the following steps:
1. Ensure that the pages are connected correctly by following the guide on using different translation editors for different pages, which can be found here: https://wpml.org/documentation/translating-your-contents/using-different-translation-editors-for-different-pages/
2. If the issue persists, we suggested recreating the page from scratch to see if the problem resolves.
3. Additionally, creating a staging site using the WP Staging plugin to test if the issue still occurs there might help identify if the problem is specific to the production environment or a broader issue.

If these steps do not resolve the issue or if the solution seems outdated or irrelevant to your specific case, we highly recommend checking related known issues at https://wpml.org/known-issues/, verifying the version of the permanent fix, and confirming that you have installed the latest versions of themes and plugins. If problems persist, please open a new support ticket at WPML support forum for further assistance.

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Last updated by Carlos Rojas 2 months, 1 week ago.

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December 4, 2025 at 1:00 pm #17634313

groupeC

Hi,
I have two page, one in french, the other in english. When they are both stand alone, they work just fine.

When I the "connect with translation" both page, they still work. The language switch work too.

As soon as I press the "save" button on one or the other page, even if I have edited nothing, the page break.

I am using the Greenshift Block Theme.

What could it be?

December 4, 2025 at 1:54 pm #17634649

Carlos Rojas
WPML Supporter since 03/2017

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español )

Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+01:00)

Hello,
My name is Carlos, and I will continue working on this ticket

Please follow these steps:
- Edit the page in the original language
- Go to the right column -> Language block
- Share a screenshot or let me know that the configuration is for the translation

Looking forward to your message.

December 4, 2025 at 8:05 pm #17636067

groupeC

Hi Carlos,
Hope you are going well.

Attached a screenshot of the language block.

Thank you

TranslationBlog.png
December 5, 2025 at 11:24 am #17637909

Carlos Rojas
WPML Supporter since 03/2017

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español )

Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+01:00)

Hi there,
Thank you very much for your message. I hope you are doing well too 🙂

Please click on the translation icon -see attached image- and tell me if you can manually edit the translated page, save it, and solve the problem.

Looking forward to your message.

17636067-TranslationBlog.png
December 5, 2025 at 6:20 pm #17639532

groupeC

Hi Carlos,
When I click that button, it redirect me to the block editor of the french page.

December 8, 2025 at 11:23 am #17643581

Carlos Rojas
WPML Supporter since 03/2017

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español )

Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+01:00)

Hi,

Yes, that is the expected behavior.

December 12, 2025 at 2:29 pm #17659600

groupeC

Sorry, but what do you expect me to do?

This page get bugged when I create a translation of it. When it's standalone without any translation, it's fine and work flawlessly.

December 15, 2025 at 9:30 am #17663223

Carlos Rojas
WPML Supporter since 03/2017

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español )

Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+01:00)

Hi,

I expect you to connect the page by following this guide: https://wpml.org/documentation/translating-your-contents/using-different-translation-editors-for-different-pages/ which allows you to have different designs per language and makes the translated content independent from the original one.

December 15, 2025 at 1:42 pm #17664391

groupeC

Hi Carlos,
Both page are already independent.

December 15, 2025 at 3:03 pm #17664831

Carlos Rojas
WPML Supporter since 03/2017

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español )

Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+01:00)

Hi,

1.- Please share the URL of the page in the original language

2.- Also, I kindly ask you to share the access credentials to the site in your next message, which I have set private. This will allow me to reproduce the issue and double-check the configuration.

Confirm you have created a full site backup that you can restore if necessary.

Looking forward to your message.

December 16, 2025 at 9:50 am #17666821

Carlos Rojas
WPML Supporter since 03/2017

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español )

Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+01:00)

Hi there,
Thank you for sharing the credentials requested

After editing the page in French, making a small change, and saving the changes, the page hidden link appears correctly.

December 16, 2025 at 1:54 pm #17667901

groupeC

I confirm that the page look good.

Then, I proceeded myself with a small edit which I have added "small edit" in the page headline, then I clicked save.

The page is broken once again : hidden link

December 16, 2025 at 1:56 pm #17667904

Carlos Rojas
WPML Supporter since 03/2017

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español )

Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+01:00)

I kindly ask you to record a video showing the steps you are following so I can do exactly the same on the site. You can create the video with Loom or Kommodo and share the link in your next message.

December 16, 2025 at 4:12 pm #17668620

groupeC

Here is the screen recording session : hidden link

December 17, 2025 at 11:21 am #17670655

Carlos Rojas
WPML Supporter since 03/2017

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español )

Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+01:00)

Hi there,
Thank you very much for sharing the video

I created a video following the same steps and you can see that the issue disappears: hidden link