SEOPress – Primary Category not synced on translated posts

Overview of the issue

When using SEOPress with WPML, the selected primary category does not sync on translated posts and appears empty. This may affect breadcrumbs or permalinks relying on the primary category.

The primary category is used in the %category% permalink and in our breadcrumbs if you have multiple categories.

Workaround

• Go to WPML > Settings > Custom XML Configuration in your WordPress dashboard.
• Add the following XML configuration and save:

  <wpml-config>
    <custom-fields>
      <custom-field action="copy" type="taxonomy-ids" sub-type="category">_seopress_robots_primary_cat</custom-field>
      <custom-field action="copy">_seopress_redirections_logged_status</custom-field>
    </custom-fields>
  </wpml-config>
          

• Resave the original post and its translation.