ACF Gallery Field Images Issue

This thread is resolved. Here is a description of the problem and solution.

Problem:
The client was experiencing an issue where the Gallery images in the existing Gallery field were not displaying after adding a new German language to the site using WPML.

Solution:
We recommended checking the ACF multilingual configuration in WPML -> Settings -> Custom fields translation section and verifying any errors in the debug.log file. Additionally, we suggested creating a staging site to reproduce the issue without affecting the live site. After further investigation, it was found that another developer had added code to the WPCode Lite Plugin that caused the gallery images to load directly from a folder, bypassing the admin. We advised removing or adjusting this code to resolve the issue.

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Last updated by Carlos Rojas 9 months, 3 weeks ago.

Assisted by: Carlos Rojas.

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June 30, 2025 at 8:20 am #17181670
Carlos Rojas WPML Supporter since 03/2017 Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00)	Good morning! These are the steps I followed: - Deleted all the deactivated plugins (just to 'clean' the site a little bit) - Deactivated all active plugins - Activated only the necessary plugins to reproduce the issue - In this minimal setup the issue disappeared, which means that the cause of the problem is none of the active plugins Now, I kindly ask you to start activating the rest of the plugins, one by one, until the issue appears again and you find the culprit.
June 30, 2025 at 8:21 am #17181674
danubeP	Thanks for the Update. I'll try to Re-activate them One by One and then Let you know.
June 30, 2025 at 8:24 am #17181691
Carlos Rojas WPML Supporter since 03/2017 Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00)	Excellent! I will be waiting for your feedback.
June 30, 2025 at 10:27 am #17183149
danubeP	Hello Carlos, I find the Issue Other Developer added some code into WPCode Lite Plugin regarding the Portfolio gallery Images to bypass from the Admin to Load directly from the Folder only. Like this: add_filter('acf/load_value', function($value, $post_id, $field){ ... }, 10, 3);
June 30, 2025 at 10:35 am #17183219
Carlos Rojas WPML Supporter since 03/2017 Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00)	Great! I'm happy to hear that you found a solution 🙂 Please don't hesitate to contact us if you need our help in the future with WPML. We are here to help. Have an excellent day!