Post categories in original language have disappeared

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Last updated by karenM-15 41 minutes ago.

Assisted by: Carlos Rojas.

Author	Posts
April 4, 2025 at 9:23 pm #16899087
karenM-15	Background of the issue: I need help with post categories on my site hidden link. WPML has deleted my original language categories and only kept the Spanish, translated versions. Symptoms: Post categories in the original language have disappeared. Questions: How do I fix the issue of missing original language categories?
April 6, 2025 at 1:13 pm #16901271
Osama Mersal Supporter Languages: English (English ) Arabic (العربية ) Timezone: Africa/Cairo (GMT+02:00)	Hi, Thanks for contacting WPML forums support. I'll be glad to help you today. First of all, sorry for the late reply; it was due to a higher workload. Please let me know if you changed the default language recently or edited the English language on the WPML-> Languages page. Best regards, Osama
April 6, 2025 at 5:44 pm #16901856
karenM-15	Hello Osama! Thank you for your help. I still need assistance, and no, I have made no edits since Friday. As you can see, because of this , my posts are now showing up on my website. hidden link
April 7, 2025 at 8:56 am #16902991
Carlos Rojas Supporter Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00)	Hello, My name is Carlos, and I will continue working on this ticket because my colleague Osama is on vacation. Could you tell me why you said: "WPML has deleted my original language categories" in your original message? Why WPML? Regards!
April 7, 2025 at 7:30 pm #16906039
karenM-15	Hello Carlos, The categories in the English language have disappeared or been hidden and only show up in Spanish. But when I try to re-make the category in English (the site's native language) it does a dash-2 for example: news-2. Please help.