Advanced Custom Fields – External Links Are Not Translatable in “Same Fields Across Languages” Mode

Overview of the Issue

When you use Advanced Custom Fields (opens in a new tab) Link or URL fields together with Advanced Custom Fields Multilingual in the “Same fields across languages” translation mode, external links may not appear in the Advanced Translation Editor for translation.

Workaround

This issue is fixed. Updating to the latest version solves it on your site, so you only need this workaround if you can’t update yet.

Please, make sure of having a full site backup of your site before proceeding.

Open your functions.php file.

Add the following snippet:

add_filter( 'acfml_field_group_mode_field_translation_preference', function( $fieldTranslationPreference, $groupMode, $field ) {
    $fieldType = $field['type'] ?? null;

    if ( 'link' === $fieldType ) {
        return 2; // `WPML_TRANSLATE_CUSTOM_FIELD`.
    }

    return $fieldTranslationPreference;
}, 10, 3 );

Still Seeing This Issue?

If updating doesn’t fix it, ask a support question and we’ll look into it with you.

Ask a support question

All known issues