[Escalated to WPML Developers team] WPML not translating internal links, slugs, and page titles correctly

Hi, and thanks for the access details.

I've investigated this issue on your site, and this is what I can see.

1. The Image Box title remains in French in all languages.

I can see this problem and replicate it on my test site. I'll esclate it to our second-tier supporters.

2. The internal link keeps the French slug /produit/ instead of the translated ones (/product/, /produkt/, /prodotto/, /producto/).

I can see a problem on your site, but not on my test site. I need to investigate further why it is occurring on your site.

3. The slug page name also remains in French ('WPML Service') instead of its translation in each language.

This is because in WPML -> Settings -> Page URL, you have selected the option 'Translate (this will include the slug in the translation and not create it automatically from the title)'. Please see the attached screenshot trans-url.jpg. In this case, the slug will be available for translation when you edit the translation with WPML's Advanced Translation Editor. And I can see that it is working as expected. I edited the Italian version of the page and saw the option to translate the page's slug. Please see the attached screenshot page-slug.jpg. I translated it into: servizio-wpml, and now you can see it works in Italain: hidden link. You should proceed with the same for the other languages. Or, for future page translations, consider changing the option to 'Auto-generate from title (default)'

I'll keep you updated.

Regards,
Itamar.

Hi,

Our compatibility team has provided a workaround for the Image Box issue.

1. Backup your site in case somethinggoes wrong.

2. Edit the functions.php file of your theme with a code editor.

3. Add this function:

 // Add converters for Elementor dynamic fields that contain [elementor-tag ...]
add_filter( 'wpml_pb_elementor_widget_dynamic_id_converters', function( $configuration ) {

	$make = function( $dynKey, $tagName, $idKey ) {
		return [
			// shouldConvert: widget has a string at settings.__dynamic__.<key>
			function( $item ) use ( $dynKey ) {
				return isset( $item['settings']['__dynamic__'][ $dynKey ] )
					&& is_string( $item['settings']['__dynamic__'][ $dynKey ] )
					&& strpos( $item['settings']['__dynamic__'][ $dynKey ], '[elementor-tag' ) !== false;
			},
			// keyLens: lens to settings.__dynamic__.<key>
			\WPML\FP\Obj::lensPath( [ 'settings', '__dynamic__', $dynKey ] ),
			// tagName + idKey: passed to convertTag()
			$tagName,
			$idKey,
		];
	};

	// Image Box (and others reusing these keys)
	$configuration[] = $make( 'title_text',       'woocommerce-product-title-tag', 'product_id' );
	$configuration[] = $make( 'image',            'woocommerce-product-image-tag', 'product_id' );
	$configuration[] = $make( 'description_text', 'woocommerce-product-price-tag', 'product_id' );
	$configuration[] = $make( 'link',             'internal-url',                  'post_id' );

	// Text Editor, etc. (dynamic content often lives under "editor")
	$configuration[] = $make( 'editor',           'woocommerce-product-title-tag', 'product_id' );

	return $configuration;
} );

4. Save the file.

For existing translations, you might need to update them for the fix to take effect.

We will let you know when the fix included in future versions of WPML.

Regards,
Itamar.