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Last updated by artakG 18 hours, 20 minutes ago.

Assisted by: Carlos Rojas.

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August 19, 2025 at 11:49 am #17331015

artakG

Background of the issue:
Our website’s WPML account was transferred to a user who no longer remembers the login credentials. I generated a new account key and unregistered the previous registration key from the site. The site’s key was previously registered with the www subdomain. After unregistering in WPML, I generated a new key with www.

Symptoms:
The system does not accept the new key and shows the error: 'Unable to register: Site key not matching.' When I click 'Get a key for this site,' it still shows the old key. I’m seeing the message: 'You’ve already registered this site before. The site key is: wBPq7eDXt8.' When I enter that key, I get the response: 'You are using an expired account of WPML.'

Questions:
How can I generate a new key for this site and complete the registration successfully?

August 19, 2025 at 12:25 pm #17331251

Carlos Rojas
WPML Supporter since 03/2017

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español )

Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00)

Hello,
Thank you for contacting us

1.- Please increase the WP memory Limit. Minimum requirements are 128Mb: https://wpml.org/home/minimum-requirements/
You can add this to wp-config.php to increase WP memory:`

/* Memory Limit */
define('WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '256M');

- Add it above the line /* That's all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */

You can double-check the WordPress memory limit in WPML -> Support

2.- Once the WordPress memory limit is increased, I kindly ask you to follow these steps:
- Go to https://wpml.org/account/sites/ -> Delete the site
- Go to the site's dashboard -> Plugins -> Add new -> Commercial tab (Unregister the site if registered) -> Click on the option to register the site -> Click on the link that appears below -> Generate a new key and register the site with it

Can you tell me the results of the steps described above?

Regards,
Carlos

August 19, 2025 at 12:36 pm #17331329

artakG

Currently, I don't have FTP access, so I can't change the wp_memory limit.

I'm performing the other steps, but there's no result. I'm attaching a video of the actions I've taken.

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August 19, 2025 at 12:45 pm #17331349

Carlos Rojas
WPML Supporter since 03/2017

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español )

Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00)

Thank you for sharing the video.

1.- You can access the site's folder by installing this File Manager plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-file-manager/

2.- You need to ask the user who got the site transferred to get a new password to access his wpml.org account, and then delete the site and follow the same steps I described on my previous message.

August 19, 2025 at 1:15 pm #17331516

artakG

I finally gained access to the transferred person’s account. However, as you can see from the screenshot, there’s no option anywhere to delete the site key.

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August 20, 2025 at 9:45 am #17333591

Carlos Rojas
WPML Supporter since 03/2017

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español )

Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00)

Hi there,

I will consult my colleagues about this issue and I will get back to you as soon as I get an answer.

August 20, 2025 at 10:02 am #17333622

Carlos Rojas
WPML Supporter since 03/2017

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español )

Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00)

Hi again,

I have escalated this ticket to our 2nd tier of support so our specialists can take a deeper look at this issue. I will get back to you as soon as I get an answer from them.

August 22, 2025 at 10:03 am #17340021

artakG

Hello, is there any news?

August 22, 2025 at 11:44 am #17340428

Carlos Rojas
WPML Supporter since 03/2017

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español )

Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00)

Hi there,

Our specialists are working on it.

August 22, 2025 at 1:06 pm #17340538

Carlos Rojas
WPML Supporter since 03/2017

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español )

Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00)

Hi,

Please go to the site's backend -> Plugins -> Add new -> Commercial tab -> Check for updates.

Then double-check that the site is back to your wpml.org account.

August 22, 2025 at 10:39 pm #17341489

artakG

Thank you, the issue has been resolved.