Behind the SEO title automatically appears '%' after translation

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Last updated by Bobby 30 minutes ago.

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January 6, 2025 at 7:58 pm #16567454
gertC-2	Background of the issue: I am trying to translate a blog post, and I noticed an issue with the SEO title. In the original language, the SEO title is formatted as %%title%%%page%%. However, after translation, it appears as %%title%%%page%%% with an extra percentage sign. This issue is visible when you search for the article on Google. The problem can be seen on this page: hidden link. Symptoms: An extra percentage sign appears in the SEO title after translation, which is not visible in the slug but appears when googling the article. Questions: Why does an extra percentage sign appear in the SEO title after translation? How can I fix the SEO title to remove the extra percentage sign?
January 6, 2025 at 11:09 pm #16567658
Bobby Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: America/Los_Angeles (GMT-08:00)	Hi there, Are you seeing this issue only on this page or are there other pages affected as well? Also, what are your results if you create a new sample page? Does the issue with the extra % happen as well? I have attempted to reproduce this behavior on sandbox environment, but I was not able to.
January 7, 2025 at 8:33 am #16568375
gertC-2	Hi Bobby, Thanks for the quick reply. The issue is for every blog we (automatic) translate from Dutch to English. We have already resolved this for several blogs (manually) but it appears after every automatic translation. I've created an admin account for WPML to check? Please find attached several screenshots where this % is appearing. This % is not favourable for SEO reasons
January 7, 2025 at 7:47 pm #16571339
Bobby Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: America/Los_Angeles (GMT-08:00)	I would like to request temporary access (wp-admin and FTP) to your site to test the issue.  (preferably to a test site where the problem has been replicated if possible) Before we proceed It is necessary to take FULL BACKUP of your database and your website. Providing us with access, you agree that a backup has been taken I often use the Duplicator plugin for this purpose: http://wordpress.org/plugins/duplicator/  You will find the needed fields for this below the comment area when you log in to leave your next reply. The information you enter is private which means only you and I have access to it. NOTE: If access to the live site is not possible and the staging site does not exist please provide me with a duplicator package created with the duplicator plugin. Thank you, Bobby
January 9, 2025 at 7:25 am #16576191
Bobby Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: America/Los_Angeles (GMT-08:00)	Thank you for the access details! I was able to see the issue under the 10 trips to Cambodia blog post, however, when I create a new one it does not reproduce. Please review the "this is a test" post and let me know your results with the staging site, am I missing a step, or is the issue not happening on the staging site anymore?