[Closed] ACF repeater with minimum row requirement produces error when translating a post

Hello,

I created a minimal installation of WordPress, WPML, and all necessary WPML add-ons.

You can access the WordPress dashboard using the link below:
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Kindly follow the steps below:
- Set up WPML
- Install the ACF
- Try to replicate the issue with a simple example and using only minimum plugins and the WP default theme
- Share with me step by step guide on how can I check the issue

This help speeds things up so we can check and confirm if this might be a WPML bug or an issue specific to your website/configuration.

Let me know.

Thanks,
Drazen

Hello,

thanks for getting back and taking the time to reproduce.

Can you please try now again? You forget to add the field name/title in ACF settings, so it probably caused the issue, seems to work fine.

Let me know if it goes and if able to reproduce.

Regards,
Drazen

Hello,

thanks for getting back.

I was able to reproduce and confirm the issue.

This seems to happen with ACFML 2.0+ versions and only if both subfields are set to COPY. If you set the text subfield to TRANSLATE, it works fine.

* Side note: The required-star, seems to be fixed with the latest ACFML 2.0.4.

I will escalate this issue further to our 2nd tier to confirm and escalate to developers for a fix, I will update you as soon as I have some news.

In the meantime, you can use my suggestion to set the text subfield to TRANSLATE, as a workaround.

Kind regards,
Drazen

Hello,

thanks for getting back.

I understand, but as a workaround setting 1 field to Translate, I think should work and help, while we wait for an update or a better workaround.

Otherwise, you can downgrade to ACFML 1.10.4 if you prefer that.

https://wpml.org/download/acfml/?section=changelog

I will update as soon as I have more news.

Regards,
Drazen

Hello,

our 2nd tier checked.

This is not a recommended setup though. Generally, when the translation is edited with the native WP editor, it's recommended to use copy-once in place of copy.
And this is what the "Different fields across languages" mode does.

I am sharing some more thoughts on this bellow, let me know if this helps and makes sense, or maybe we have misunderstood the usage case here and you sill need our help.

- If you are just duplicating a post you don't need to update the post in 2nd language
- if you are using native editor with a different layout then setting the field to copy-once instead of copy is more useful.
- If you want to keep same layout and translate some field and rest are set to copy then switching to ATE/CTE is recommended.

Workaround if you still want to get rid of this message without changing the any settings/workflow.

Add this to theme functions.php

add_filter('acf/validate_value', function ($valid, $value, $field) {
	if (isset($field['wpml_cf_preferences']) && $field['wpml_cf_preferences'] === WPML_COPY_CUSTOM_FIELD) {
		$elem = apply_filters('wpml_element_language_details', false, [
			'element_id' => $_REQUEST['post_ID'] ?? false,
			'element_type' => $_REQUEST['post_type'] ?? false
		]);

		if (isset($elem->source_language_code) && !empty($elem->source_language_code)) {
			return true;
		}
	}

	return $valid;
}, 99, 3);

Please let me know.

Thanks,
Drazen

Hello Margit,

sure, take your time.

Please also let me know your thought on this is not recommended setup and whether you should use as said those recommended translation settings for fields depending on your need.

Apart from these cases mentioned if there is any other case, please let us know so we can understand the practical problem.

Also if the workaround helps for your case is a valid solution for you.

Regards,
Drazen

Hello,

sure, let us know.

Thanks,
Drazen