WPML
Status
Resolved
Type
Bug
Reported for
WPML Multilingual CMS 4.6.3
Resolved in
WPML 4.6.4
Topic tags
Bug

Overview of the issue

When creating a menu and assigning it to a location in Appearance → Menu, refreshing the page unchecks the location checkbox. However, the menu still displays correctly on the front-end.

This issue occurs when term IDs are not equal to term taxonomy IDs, which can happen on sites running WordPress since version 4.1 or older as explained here (opens in a new tab).

Workaround

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


  1. Open …/sitepress-multilingual-cms/inc/taxonomy-term-translation/wpml-term-translation.class.php.

  2. Look for line 118.

  3. Change:
    	private function maybe_warm_term_id_cache() {
    
    		if ( ! isset( $this->ttids ) || ! isset( $this->term_ids ) ) {
    
    			$data           = $this->wpdb->get_results( "	SELECT wpml_translations.element_id, tax.term_id, tax.taxonomy
    													 " . $this->get_element_join() . "
    													 JOIN {$this->wpdb->terms} terms
    													  ON terms.term_id = tax.term_id
    													 WHERE tax.term_id != tax.term_taxonomy_id",
    			                                      ARRAY_A );
    			$this->term_ids = array();
    			$this->ttids    = array();
    			foreach ( $data as $row ) {
    				$this->ttids[ $row['term_id'] ]                     = isset( $this->ttids[ $row['term_id'] ] )
    					? $this->ttids[ $row['term_id'] ] : array();
    				$this->ttids[ $row['term_id'] ][ $row['taxonomy'] ] = $row['element_id'];
    				$this->term_ids[ $row['element_id'] ]               = $row['term_id'];
    			}
    		}
    	}
    To:
    	private function maybe_warm_term_id_cache() {
    
    		if ( ! isset( $this->ttids ) || ! isset( $this->term_ids ) ) {
    
    			$data           = $this->wpdb->get_results( "	SELECT wpml_translations.element_id, tax.term_id, tax.taxonomy
    													 " . $this->get_element_join() . "
    													 JOIN {$this->wpdb->terms} terms
    													  ON terms.term_id = tax.term_id
    													 WHERE tax.term_id != tax.term_taxonomy_id",
    			                                      ARRAY_A );
    			$this->term_ids = array();
    			$this->ttids    = array();
    			foreach ( $data as $row ) {
    				$this->ttids[ $row['term_id'] ]                     = isset( $this->ttids[ $row['term_id'] ] )
    					? absint($this->ttids[ $row['term_id'] ]) : array();
    				$this->ttids[ $row['term_id'] ][ $row['taxonomy'] ] = absint($row['element_id']);
    				$this->term_ids[ $row['element_id'] ]               = absint($row['term_id']);
    			}
    		}
    	}

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