Background of the issue:
The Dynamic Preview from ACF Extended plugin isn't working with WPML when on a non-primary language : it always shows an empty preview. When modifying a page in my primary WordPress language (in my case French), the problem doesn't occur.
Also, strangely, the problem only occurs while the Advanced Custom Fields Multilingual plugin is activated.
To be able to report the compatibility issues we need to replicate the issue on a clean installation.
I created a clean installation of WordPress, ACF, WPML, and all necessary WPML add-ons.
You can access the WordPress dashboard using the link below:
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Kindly follow the steps below:
- Add a few fields
- Use the Dynamic preview feature of the extended plugin.
- Replicate the problem
- Give us the steps to see the problem to be able to report
This will help us to report the probable issue to the compatibility team and solve the possible problem faster.
I've reproduced the problem in the sandbox. (note that i had to install ACF pro to use the flexible content field feature).
I have created a very simple preview file : /wp-content/themes/twentytwentyone/content_section.php (it just shows the content field text value with a border around it).
On the native language (fr) page, you can see a dynamic preview of the section : hidden link
On a translated version (en) of the same page, the dynamic preview is always empty : hidden link
Maybe it is a lack of knowledge about the extended plugin, but I do not see what you want to achieve and what the issue is. Please check the screenshots I attached showing the French and English versions. they are the same.
Maybe if you could use the loom.com website to create a video on what you want to achieve so I can understand the issue to report.
Hi.
The issue is with the dynamic preview feature (which shows a preview of how the section would look like in the front-end).
You can click on the title of the section "Content section" to toggle between edit mode and preview mode.
In a page in the native language, the preview works fine (you should see a dashed green border around the content).
In the same page, in any other language, the preview is always empty.
Hi. Sorry, I guess I should have been more clear...
Here is a screenshot of specifically where to click to toggle the dynamic preview.
This is not a browser issue. It must certainly be a PHP issue.
Again, this is a problem directly related to the Advanced Custom Fields Multilingual plugin.
You can see this by deactivating this specific plugin (Advanced Custom Fields Multilingual) : it "fixes" the issue.
However, I need to use this plugin (for a lot of reasons), so this is not a workable solution.
We have this issue while checking the preview option:
could you please add how to activate the dynamic preview feature? It worked initially but is gone now after changing some custom field translation settings. Could it be related? It doesn't work in the default language either.
Is there something that you could help us here when it comes to the preview feature that we might miss?
Please add the code below to the functions.php file of your theme:
function wpml_translate_acf_post_id_compsupp_7448($preload, $post_id) {
// If the post ID is already set by previous filters, return it
if ($preload !== null) {
return $preload;
}
// Check if WPML is active and the post ID is set
if ( function_exists('wpml_object_id') && $post_id ) {
// Get the post type for the given post ID
$post_type = get_post_type($post_id);
// If a post type is found, apply the WPML filter to get the translated ID
if ( $post_type ) {
return apply_filters('wpml_object_id', $post_id, $post_type, true);
}
}
// Return the original post ID if no translation is needed or possible
return $post_id;
}
add_filter('acf/pre_load_post_id', 'wpml_translate_acf_post_id_compsupp_7448', 10, 2);
A robust solution needs development work both from the plugin developer and our side which will take time and we are in contact with the developers of the plugin.
The workaround mentioned above is not a bulletproof one and might have side effects, but for now it is a solution.
Please get back to us with the result.
Thanks.
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