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Last updated by Mihai Apetrei 1 year, 5 months ago.

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July 31, 2023 at 2:03 pm #14128017

marioB-40

I am having this message when trying to update the plugin:

wpml: Site key does not match for hidden link

I already added the website to our account and updated the site key to the correct one.

Also checked the steps here:
https://wpml.org/faq/wpml-plugin-cannot-connect-to-wpml-org/

Still having the same issue.

Screenshot 2023-07-31 160211.png
August 1, 2023 at 9:50 pm #14137887

Mihai Apetrei
Supporter

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Europe/Bucharest (GMT+02:00)

Hi there.

From what I can see in our database, there's 2 different customers that registered a WPML key for this domain:
hidden link

One of them (the most recent one) is your account and there's another older account (where WPML shows as active - "koen", not sure if this tells you something but I think that key needs to be removed from that other account)

Does this ring any bells?

Please let me know.

Mihai Apetrei

August 6, 2023 at 11:57 am #14159837

marioB-40

Hi Mihai, yes that makes sense. I asked the person managing the other account to remove the key, hopefully that will fix the problem. However, if I can't reach out to that person, do I have any other alternative?

August 7, 2023 at 11:17 am #14163121

Mihai Apetrei
Supporter

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Europe/Bucharest (GMT+02:00)

Hi there.

This will probably need to be further escalated in case it won't work.

Please keep me updated.

Mihai

August 7, 2023 at 9:34 pm #14166237

marioB-40

Hi Mihai, as a matter of fact I'm not being able to reach out to the owner of the other account, so could we try and get this solved somehow with an escalation? Thanks!

August 9, 2023 at 9:39 pm #14178569

Mihai Apetrei
Supporter

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Europe/Bucharest (GMT+02:00)

Hi there.

Sure.

1. Please remove the key from here (https://wpml.org/account/sites) and let me try a few things.

2. I would like to request temporary access (wp-admin and FTP) to your site to take a better look at the issue. You will find the needed fields for this below the comment area when you log in to leave your next reply. The information you will enter is private which means only you and I can see and have access to it.

Our Debugging Procedures

I will be checking various settings in the backend to see if the issue can be resolved. Although I won't be making changes that affect the live site, it is still good practice to backup the site before providing us access. In the event that we do need to debug the site further, I will duplicate the site and work in a separate, local development environment to avoid affecting the live site.

Privacy and Security Policy

We have strict policies regarding privacy and access to your information. Please see:
https://wpml.org/purchase/support-policy/privacy-and-security-when-providing-debug-information-for-support/

**IMPORTANT**

- Please make a backup of the site files and database before providing us access.

- If you do not see the wp-admin/FTP fields this means your post & website login details will be made PUBLIC. DO NOT post your website details unless you see the required wp-admin/FTP fields. If you do not, please ask me to enable the private box.

The private box looks like this: hidden link

I will be waiting for your response.

Mihai

August 14, 2023 at 5:46 pm #14199421

Mihai Apetrei
Supporter

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Europe/Bucharest (GMT+02:00)

To further debug the problem I’d like to replicate your site locally.

I will need your written approval to be able to duplicate your site using a plugin called "Duplicator" (or a similar one depending on your hosting's permissions list) and test your site on a testing environment - can you please let me know if this is ok with you?

After we find a solution for this or after we figure out if there's a real issue or if it is just a false positive notification, the duplicated site will be deleted.

I will be waiting for your approval.

Kind regards,
Mihai

August 15, 2023 at 8:25 am #14201619

marioB-40

Hi Mihai, certainly, you have my approval to duplicate our website.

August 18, 2023 at 5:10 am #14249393

Mihai Apetrei
Supporter

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Europe/Bucharest (GMT+02:00)

Can you also please generate a new key from here (https://wpml.org/account/sites) for this exact domain (hidden link) and share the key with me?

Thank you.

Mihai

August 18, 2023 at 9:28 am #14251077

marioB-40

Of course, here is the new key:

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August 23, 2023 at 6:54 am #14274891

Mihai Apetrei
Supporter

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Europe/Bucharest (GMT+02:00)

Hi there.

I am back.

The connection seems to be ok and the message that you were receiving at the top ("WPML cannot connect") was a false positive.

There was also a good amount of cache that I had to clear.

Now, things look fine.

Mihai