Problem: If you're experiencing an issue where your Arabic translated page has become smaller, it might be due to incorrect translation of placeholder strings such as %s or %1$s. Solution: We recommend you follow these steps: 1. Navigate to WPML >> String Translation. 2. Search for the %1$s string. 3. Correct its translation. After these adjustments, your Arabic language pages should be accessible without any issues. Please check and confirm.
If this solution does not resolve your issue or seems outdated, we highly recommend checking related known issues at https://wpml.org/known-issues/, verifying the version of the permanent fix, and confirming that you have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 the problem persists, please open a new support ticket.
Problem: You are experiencing an issue where, despite completing 100% of the translations on your site, the status still displays as 'Translation' or 'In progress' and 'Translation required'. Solution: First, ensure that your WPML settings are correctly configured to automatically publish translations without requiring a review. If the settings are correct and the issue persists, it might be due to a temporary glitch or a need for updating your WPML plugin to the latest version. We recommend checking the related known issues and verifying that you have installed the latest versions of themes and plugins.
If this solution does not resolve your issue or seems irrelevant due to being outdated or not applicable to your case, please open a new support ticket. We highly recommend visiting the WPML support forum for further assistance.
Problem: The client was experiencing issues with missing images on the French page of their website after using WPML for translation. Additionally, there were concerns about untranslated strings and the status of translations showing as 'In progress' or 'Translation required' despite completion. Solution: 1. To address the missing images, we advised the client to: - Switch to the translated categories in WPML and check if the images were missing. - If missing, manually add the images as they are set up in the original (English) version. - Verify if the images then appear correctly on the French page. 2. For the issue of untranslated strings and translation status, we recommended: - Updating the translations manually or sending them for automatic translation via WPML -> Translation Management.
If these steps do not resolve your issues or if the solution seems outdated, we highly recommend checking related known issues at https://wpml.org/known-issues/, verifying the version of the permanent fix, and confirming that you have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. Should these steps not be applicable, please do not hesitate to open a new support ticket at our support forum for further assistance.
Problem: You are experiencing missing images on the French page of your site after using WPML to translate it. This issue also affects other languages such as Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Arabic, Russian, and Spanish. Solution: We recommend you navigate to WPML > Settings > Media Translation and click the Start button. Before clicking, ensure that all checkboxes above the button are activated. After initiating this process, please wait for the dialog to complete. If the images are still missing after this step, we advise you to open a new support ticket for further assistance.
Please note that this solution might be outdated or not applicable 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 the issue persists, please contact us through our support forum at WPML support forum.
Problem:
After connecting the site to translation memory and retranslating the previously translated content was consuming the credits again.
The option to "Leave existing translations as they are" or "Overwrite existing translations" was not appearing.
Solution:
Please note that the said options may not appear if the content hasn't been translated already (like translating anew) or in the client's case, reinstalling WPML and connecting to existing translation memory which is somehow the same as you're translating new content.
In this case, please follow the exact steps, so your credits are not consumed and you get that "Leave existing translations as they are" option:
- Go to WPML -> Translation Management Dashboard.
- Select one of the content which show translated already (like there's a green tick mark under flags).
- And then select the content which needs translation and showing small red "i" in circle.
- Then select to translate automatically.
- Then select "Leave existing translations as they are".
- Then click "Translate" button.
Problem:
After translation client said that images were used wrongly in the translations.
Solution:
After very detailed investigation we found that the site had previously been translated and then refreshed without properly uninstalling WPML. This left so much corrupted data in the database that it was very difficult to deal with it. So we advised the client to fix the images manually.
However, we applied some WPML's Troubleshooting options to fix attached images, language information and etc.
Problem: The client is experiencing issues with Vietnamese pages not displaying correctly when using WPML on a WordPress site with WooCommerce. The error log indicates a PHP fatal error related to an unknown format specifier in a WooCommerce file, suggesting that placeholders like %s in strings might be incorrectly translated. Solution: We recommend checking the translations for accuracy in placeholders to resolve the issue: 1. Navigate to WPML → String Translation. 2. Filter results by the WooCommerce text domain. 3. Search for strings that contain the %s placeholder. 4. Ensure that the %s placeholder is correctly preserved in the Vietnamese translations.
If this solution does not apply to your case, or if it seems outdated, please open a new support ticket. We also 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.
