[Resolved] ACF Fields not updating

Hi there,

That is an expected behavior. If you change the translation setting of an ACF field, it needs WPML to update the translation to take effect.

Notice: I suggest that you have a backup before doing the steps below.

One workaround is to select all the pages in the original language in WordPress Dashboard > Pages, and from the top click the edit button to show the batch editing option.

Do not change anything and just click the blue update button.

That will cause all the original pages to change and change the icon needed for translation, that is when WPML can trigger the changes and copy the info.

But the bas side of this is, you will have the need for a translation circle icon showing for all pages.

Hi there,

For the options page you need to manually save the result in secondary language.

We explained the details here:

https://wpml.org/documentation/related-projects/translate-sites-built-with-acf/translating-the-acf-options-page-custom-fields-with-wpml/#applying-copy-translation-preference

Thanks.

Hi there,

The method mentioned in the document is for only the options page in ACF. The way the options page is implemented in ACF prevents the auto-update of the settings change and you will need to do as mentioned in the documentation.

But that is not the case if the field is inside a custom post type or page or posts. So if the fields were already set to copy on that situation it should reflect automatically on the translated custom post or post or page.

Now I wonder what is the context of the issue? Options page or somewhere else?

If options page, then yes, you will need to update the translation and other is no other way.

But if it is somewhere else we need to do more detailed investigation. If the latter is true, please give us the exact example to check and the login information of the website by making sure that you have a backup of the website first and you need to set the next reply as private.

Thank you.

Hi there,

The only method available is what is mentioned in the documentation I referred to:

If the translation preferences of all the custom fields on your Options page are set to Copy, you need to manually save this setting on your secondary language page(s). This is expected behavior.

To do this:

From your dashboard, go to Options and use the language switcher in the top admin bar to switch to a secondary language.
Click on the Update button in the Publish tab.
Repeat the steps above for your remaining secondary languages.

Thanks.

Hi there,

If you are talking about the ACF fields inside custom posts, then Copy option will do that. As soon as you update the original language custom post type, it should copy across all languages.

If you are talking about the ACF Options page, I already mentioned what to do.

Thanks.