[Resolved] Get translated terms with get_the_terms()

Hey there,

Thank you for reaching out to the WPML support!

As I can see, you're using the ID as the first parameter for the get_the_terms function. In this case, I think that you should use this WPML hook:
https://wpml.org/wpml-hook/wpml_object_id/

and get the ID of the translated post. Once you did this, try to get the terms using the new ID. Can you give this a try and tell me how it goes, please?

Thanks,
Radu

Hey Justin,

You can try to replace this line:

$terms = get_the_terms( $post->ID, 'ta_type' );

with this code:

$current_ID = apply_filters( 'wpml_object_id', $post->ID, 'ta_type' );
$terms = get_the_terms( $current_ID, 'ta_type' );

Also, you need to check what's the value of the $post->ID variable too, and see what's the value that's returning both in the original and translated page. This way you might be able to identify the ID that's used and see why the returned terms are not correct.

Thanks,
Radu

Hey Justin,

I'm sorry but I don't understand what do you mean by automatically generated posts.
So you don't translate the posts, but use some terms on them, translated these terms, and then want to display on the same post both original and translated posts?

I just want to understand what you're trying to do so I can tell you for sure whether this can be done or not.

Thanks,
Radu

Hey Justin,

As long as the transaction posts are not translated, this means that all of them will be assigned to the original language. In this case, the terms won't be translated.

In order to have translated terms, you need to have a translated post. This way you'll know which terms should be displayed (the one from the original language or the translated ones).

Also, can you tell me how these transactions are created? Are these a part of a plugin? Maybe I can think of a workaround to apply in this case.

Thanks,
Radu

Hey Justin,

For now, the only hook that you can use for changing the language is this one:
https://wpml.org/wpml-hook/wpml_switch_language/

However, as you can see, you need to use it only with the pre_get_posts WordPress hook.
Since the code that you're using is a custom one, I'm afraid that helping with this is outside of our support scope. While we can help with small CSS changes and advice about using WPML hooks here and there, what you're looking for would require some more work and I'm afraid I cannot help with that.

Thanks,
Radu