* Set WPML language in admin bar to default language: English.
* Upload an image to WordPress.
* In media library, add EN alt text to image.
* In admin bar, change WPML language to Chinese (CN).
* In media library, add CN alt text to the same image.
* Re-load media library to confirm CN alt text is saved (see attached screenshot hh-alt-1).
* Create new EN language post.
* Insert my new image into post. This can be either a body image or a featured image.
* Save post.
* Duplicate post into CN via WPML-->String Translation. In the process, the String Translation asks me if I want to duplicate the media attached to this post. I do so, by ticking box next to all images in the post. I hope you know what I'm describing here. If not, I can send screenshots.
* After duplication, ensure WPML language in language bar is set to CN, and open media library. Alt text on the image has reverted back to the EN alt text (see attached screenshot hh-alt-2).
I am then forced to re-add the CN alt text to each image, AND re-add each image to the newly duplicated CN page. This is a bit tedious and annoying. Why is it occurring and how can I ensure it does not occur?
To reproduce the behavior, I need WPML-->Translation Management installed on that sandbox site. How can I do that?
Also, in the step-by-step instructions I posted a few days ago, I incorrectly referenced 'String Translation.' I meant to type 'Translation Management.'
I noticed that if you duplicate from the page itself and not from Translation Management the issue doesn't happen (check the Media Library in French).
When you duplicate a page, and in this case media, all the previous content on the page is overwritten. So if you duplicate the media, Alt text, caption, etc are overwritten in the Media file.
If you duplicate the page via Translation Management without selecting the media, you still have the image in the duplicate page (check hidden link this one was duplicated via Translation Management) but the French media file still has its correct Alt content in the Media Library.
Please also notice that in this page I just linked the image has English Alt text. This is expected, because when you duplicate a page, ALL the content must be identical to the original one, including Media caption, Alt texts, etc. It's not possible to duplicate the page content and use Media files from another language, you need to manually change them.
Let me know if this helps you or if you need further assistance.
>> It's not possible to duplicate the page content and use Media files from another language, you need to manually change them.
OK got it. So perhaps the most efficient course of action should be to add the alt text to images *after* I've duplicated the pages. That way I don't have to add the alt text twice.
Would you agree?
Or maybe an alternative is to add the EN and FR alt text as soon as I upload the image. Then, when I duplicate the post, ensure to *not* duplicate the media. What about that option?
if you change the Alt text to the duplicated images, you are editing the English image, not the Chinese one, so I'm not sure it will not reflect on the English image. You should try this out first.
