Troubleshooting WPML

Tool-by-tool guide to the three tiers (Safe / Logs / Advanced), and which tools need the WPML Troubleshooting plugin as of WPML 5.0.

When WPML feels slow: slow admin pages, Translations dashboard timeouts, or front-end lag. Server resources, caching, and conflicting plugins, in the order to check them.

Check for updates, install new versions, refresh license data – all from WPMLActivate & Update.

How keys work, the development-site notice, and auto-registering sites via a PHP constant.

One-time switch from CTE to ATE. What carries over, what to expect.

The path from Polylang, TranslatePress, Weglot, or GTranslate.

What to collect and how to share it.

The read-only Tier 2 logs on the admin Support page.

Tier 3 repairs: ATE sync, database and string maintenance, package management, and more.

Only when WPML Support asks