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Problem:
The client reported that the review count displayed beside the rating mark on product pages is incorrect across different languages. Specifically, although there are two customer reviews, only one is shown.
Solution:
We explained that by default, reviews are displayed and counted separately for the original product and its translations. To address this, we recommended the following steps:
1. Navigate to WooCommerce > WooCommerce Multilingual & Multicurrency > Settings > Product reviews.
2. Enable the option "By default, show reviews in all languages".
This setting should synchronize the review counts across all languages for the products.

Further, there was no issue with the review count display on single product pages, but it was not replicable when creating and translating new products. Adding new reviews to existing products solved this issue.

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Last updated by Andreas W. 4 weeks, 1 day ago.

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June 2, 2025 at 5:29 pm #17098961

jing-yingM

Background of the issue:
I activated the WPML Multilingual CMS plugin and noticed an issue with the review count display on my product page: hidden link. I was trying to ensure that the rating count displays correctly.

I deactived all the plugin except the woocommerce and reactivated one by one , I noticed the review count issue is caused by the WPML Multilingual CMS plugin.

Symptoms:
The rating count displays incorrectly after activating the WPML Multilingual CMS plugin.

Questions:
Why is the rating count displaying incorrectly after activating the WPML plugin?
How can I fix the review count display issue?

June 3, 2025 at 7:11 pm #17103840

Andreas W.
WPML Supporter since 12/2018

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) German (Deutsch )

Timezone: America/Lima (GMT-05:00)

Hello,

It is the default behavior that the reviews are displayed and counted separately between the original product and their translations.

You will need to go to WooCommerce > WooCommerce Multilingual & Multicurrency > Settings > Product reviews and enable the option "By default, show reviews in all languages".

Best regards
Andreas

June 4, 2025 at 10:13 am #17105785

jing-yingM

Hello

Thanks for your reply.
I set the defalut setting , but the issue still don't appear.

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June 4, 2025 at 4:06 pm #17107478

Andreas W.
WPML Supporter since 12/2018

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) German (Deutsch )

Timezone: America/Lima (GMT-05:00)

In your example, I see one review in each language now. The count is identical between those products.

Can you please confirm?

June 4, 2025 at 7:01 pm #17107929

jing-yingM

Hello

I think there is misunderstanding. I mean the review count beside the rating mark( five stars icon) is incorrectily in all language. Actually in the product page there are 2 reviews of customers, but it shows the review count is 1.

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June 4, 2025 at 9:05 pm #17108169

Andreas W.
WPML Supporter since 12/2018

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) German (Deutsch )

Timezone: America/Lima (GMT-05:00)

Hello,

I'd be happy to offer to take a closer look.

I would like to request temporary access (wp-admin and FTP) to the website to investigate the issue further.

You can find the required fields below the comments section when you log in to leave the next reply. The information you provide is private, meaning only you and I can see and access it.

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I may need to install a plugin called "All In One WP Migration" to create a copy of the website so I can investigate the issue further.

However, I would also be very grateful if you could provide a staging site or a copy of the website from your server for this purpose.

If you have any questions about creating such a staging site, you can consult your hosting provider. Please note that WPML must also be registered on this staging site at https://wpml.org/account/websites/.

If you are unable to provide such a copy of the website for testing, please let me know on this ticket.

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Please note that we are required to request this information individually on each ticket. We are not permitted to access any credentials that were not specifically submitted on this ticket using the private response form.

Best regards,
Andreas

June 6, 2025 at 11:40 am #17113882

Andreas W.
WPML Supporter since 12/2018

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) German (Deutsch )

Timezone: America/Lima (GMT-05:00)

I can currently not confirm this issue on your example products.

Could you please name an example that displays the issue?

June 6, 2025 at 3:34 pm #17114464

jing-yingM

Hello

Please check this product below.
MARTIDERM Dropper Ultimate Antiox 30ml
URL:
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This product has the same problem. The review count displays as "1" ,but actually the product has 2 reviews in all laguage.

Thank you

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June 6, 2025 at 5:53 pm #17114820

Andreas W.
WPML Supporter since 12/2018

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) German (Deutsch )

Timezone: America/Lima (GMT-05:00)

Indeed, but I see the same issue even on the original product.

Please verify if the count issue persists if you disable WPML and its addon.

If this is the case, then this is not a WPML-related issue.

June 6, 2025 at 9:34 pm #17114979

jing-yingM

Hello

I deactivated WPML and its addon , I noticed that this issue disappeared.

I share the screen casting below with you
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June 7, 2025 at 3:22 am #17115190

Andreas W.
WPML Supporter since 12/2018

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) German (Deutsch )

Timezone: America/Lima (GMT-05:00)

Thank you very much!

On your staging, the issue persists if I test only with WooCommerce and WPML.

I will be setting up a test site and trying to recreate this issue.

June 7, 2025 at 6:19 am #17115261

Andreas W.
WPML Supporter since 12/2018

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) German (Deutsch )

Timezone: America/Lima (GMT-05:00)

I can not confirm this issue on the following test site:
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Could it be that some of the reviews were originally created before WPML was used on the site?

Or did the site maybe use a different active language that was in the meantime removed from the site?

June 7, 2025 at 11:10 am #17115494

jing-yingM

Hello

Thanks for your confirmation.

Could it be that some of the reviews were originally created before WPML was used on the site?
→No, All the reviews were originally created after WPML.

Or did the site maybe use a different active language that was in the meantime removed from the site?
→No, The active language didn't remove from the site.

I tried to change the theme from Xstore which the staging site is using to the other one called store front , but the issue still can't be removed.
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Could you help me investigate this issue?

June 10, 2025 at 3:35 pm #17122663

Andreas W.
WPML Supporter since 12/2018

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) German (Deutsch )

Timezone: America/Lima (GMT-05:00)

At this point, it is unclear to me why this issue occurs, as I can not confirm the same problem on my test site in a similar setup.

Also, this seems to be only the case for some products and not all of them.

Creating a new test product I can not confirm the issue on your staging site.

Also, creating a new review on your example product seems to solve the issue:
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