Skip to content Skip to sidebar

Home › Support › English Support › [Resolved] Trigger WPML auto translate programmatically

[Resolved] Trigger WPML auto translate programmatically

This is the technical support forum for WPML - the multilingual WordPress plugin.

Everyone can read, but only WPML clients can post here. WPML team is replying on the forum 6 days per week, 22 hours per day.

Tagged: 

This topic contains 2 replies, has 1 voice.

Last updated by aigarsM 1 week, 3 days ago.

Assisted by: Shekhar Bhandari.

Author Posts
February 10, 2026 at 8:33 am #17807499

aigarsM

Hi,

I am using WP All Import to update my WooCommerce products in the LV (original/main) language. I expected WPML’s automatic translation to trigger and translate the products into the other languages. I have set WPML to translate everything automatically, and under WPML → Translation Management it says: “As you create new content or edit existing content, WPML will automatically translate it, but only from LV to EE.”
However, for some reason, WPML is not being triggered. Interestingly, it does detect and display that some products need to be updated, but it does not actually do anything. The only time it triggers is when I manually click Update in the product settings—at that point, the translation status icon changes to a gear and shows “EE translation awaiting first available translator.”

I have created a class that loops through all products, checks which ones need to be updated according to WPML standards, and then triggers the wp_update_post function like this:
$update_result = wp_update_post([
'ID' => $lv_product->ID,
'post_modified' => current_time('mysql'),
'post_modified_gmt' => current_time('mysql', true),
], true);

However, this does not seem to work, and the translations are still left untouched by WPML.
February 10, 2026 at 8:49 am #17807627

Shekhar Bhandari
WPML Supporter since 03/2015

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Asia/Kathmandu (GMT+05:45)

Hello,

I’ve forwarded your feedback to our second-tier support team and will update you as soon as I receive their response.

Thank you.
February 11, 2026 at 4:25 am #17811380

Shekhar Bhandari
WPML Supporter since 03/2015

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Asia/Kathmandu (GMT+05:45)

Hello there,

Our developer checked the issue and suggested the following workaround:

- Add the following code

if ( isset( $_GET['wpmlvip-129'] ) ) {
	add_action( 'admin_init', function() {
		wp_update_post( [
			'ID'                => 181, // change the post ID or iterate on several post IDs
			'post_modified'     => current_time( 'mysql' ),
			'post_modified_gmt' => current_time( 'mysql', true ),
		], true );
	} );
}

- Visit hidden link.
- The translation jobs are created.
- WPML will also pull the translations when it's ready.

Also, I’d like to let you know that we are working to make this process much simpler, but it will take some time to develop.

Let me know if this helps.

Thanks
February 11, 2026 at 7:22 am #17811521

aigarsM

Thank you, my issue has been resolved!