[Resolved] Menu Widget

Hello,

Thanks, I have checked, but I would need to temporarily disable some plugins and possibly switch themes to investigate further.

Please let me know if it is possible to create a staging site using the WP Staging plugin. If not, I can take a copy of the website and check it locally instead.

Let me know what works best for you.

Regards,
Dražen

Hello,

Thanks for your patience. I checked further and found the cause of the issue.

You are adding script code inside an Elementor HTML widget. This is not expected behavior for WPML translation tools, as they are designed to handle standard HTML content. Adding custom script code inside Elementor builder content can cause issues during translation.

<![CDATA[<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "<em><u>hidden link</u></em>",
  "@type": "AutoRental",
  ...
}
<!-- wpml:html_fragment </script> -->
]]>

When I remove the script from the widget, everything works correctly.

In your case, the best approach would be to move that custom code into a small PHP snippet and include it via a shortcode or hook instead of placing it directly inside the Elementor content.

Regards,
Dražen

Hello,

Thank you for your message, I understand this can be confusing so let me clarify.

The script is inserted inside an HTML widget in footer template. When WPML Advanced Translation Editor (ATE) processes the content, it parses and restructures HTML. Script inside editable content (like HTML widgets) are not supported and can break the translation structure like it happens with your translated footer template.

ATE is designed to translate text content, not to safely handle JavaScript code inside editable HTML blocks. Because of this, including <script> code inside a template’s HTML widget is not recommended and can lead to broken translation jobs.

It may have worked before if:

- The content was translated using the Classic Translation Editor or manually instead of ATE

- The script was not part of the translated content previously

- The template was structured slightly differently

However, adding JavaScript inside an HTML widget that is processed by ATE is not supported and can cause issues, I know this from cases before and have tested your code on fresh website.

Best practice would be to move the script to the theme or add it via a dedicated plugin for inserting header/footer scripts

This way the script is not part of the translatable content and WPML will not attempt to process it.

Hope this helps.

Kind regards,
Dražen