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Last updated by Bigul 2 months, 3 weeks ago.

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August 8, 2024 at 11:36 pm #16054513

nickS-28

Background of the issue:
cant delete deactivated content

Symptoms:
cant delete deactivated content

Questions:
cant delete deactivated content

August 9, 2024 at 7:27 am #16055219

Bigul
Supporter

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Europe/Vienna (GMT+01:00)

Hello,

Welcome to the WPML support forum. Before assigning your ticket to one of my colleagues, please allow me to guide you through some initial debugging steps to help speed up the support process.

Please check if you are getting any JavaScript errors in the browser console while having this issue. Hope you are following the steps suggested in this documentation -

https://wpml.org/faq/how-to-completely-remove-a-language-from-your-site/

https://wpml.org/documentation/getting-started-guide/language-setup/deleting-languages-and-plugin-data-by-doing-a-wpml-reset-on-your-site/#step-1-remove-the-secondary-languages-and-all-existing-translations

If you are still having the problem, please share with us the WordPress debug.log(not WPML debug information) to collect more details on this. Refer to these pages for instructions

https://wpml.org/documentation/support/debugging-wpml/

https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/debugging-in-wordpress/

To enable the WordPress Debug log, open your wp-config.php file of site root and look for define('WP_DEBUG', false);. Change it to:

// Enable WP_DEBUG mode
define( 'WP_DEBUG', true );
 
// Enable Debug logging to the /wp-content/debug.log file
define( 'WP_DEBUG_LOG', true );
 
// Disable display of errors and warnings 
define( 'WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY', false );
@ini_set( 'display_errors', 0 );

The errors will be saved to a debug.log log file inside the */wp-content/* directory. Please do the steps to reproduce the bug and check if you are getting any errors or warnings related to WPML in the log file.

If you can paste your debug.log to http://pastebin.com/index.php and provide me that link it would be great! (This is the cleanest way because sometimes the logs are long and create a complete mess of discussion).

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Thanks!

Bigul

August 9, 2024 at 7:39 am #16055269

nickS-28

hello, thx for the feedback.

pls confirm you see the image I sent. judging by your response I assume it did not arrive on your end. Else, you would have seen that the first link you're sending is exactly the way I removed the language.

step two does not show it anywhere in the folder (mo po files) and step 3 cant be done, since it is a live website

debug is enabled and the file exceeds the limit pastebein can handle, so either I sent it here or you have to log in and download it yourself, or you download it from here:
hidden link

I uploaded it to wetransfer so you can check it

August 9, 2024 at 4:46 pm #16057317

Bigul
Supporter

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Europe/Vienna (GMT+01:00)

Hello,

Thank you for the updates and the Debug.log file. I saw the image, which is why I checked if you are getting any JavaScript errors in the browser console while experiencing this issue.

The debug.log file is showing a few errors from WPML, but they occurred a few days ago.

Please fill in the private details fields after a full site backup{mandatory}. I would like to access the admin area of your site for further checking. Refer to the following links for more details about our private information-sharing policies.

https://wpml.org/purchase/support-policy/privacy-and-security-when-providing-debug-information-for-support/

hidden link

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Thanks!

Bigul

August 19, 2024 at 8:26 am #16082363

Bigul
Supporter

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Europe/Vienna (GMT+01:00)

Hello,

Thank you for the updates. I can reproduce the issue on your site. This requires further checking. So please allow me to make a duplicator copy of your site using the Duplicator plugin(https://wordpress.org/plugins/duplicator/) for debugging the issue on my local server. So we can troubleshoot the bug without affecting your live site.

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Thanks!

Bigul

August 19, 2024 at 8:55 am #16082511

nickS-28

go ahead or what do you need me to do to check it?

August 19, 2024 at 4:14 pm #16084661

Bigul
Supporter

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Europe/Vienna (GMT+01:00)

Hello,

Thank you for the permission. I made a copy of the site using Duplicator plugin. We will test it further locally and get back to you as soon as possible. Please wait.

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Thanks!

Bigul

August 19, 2024 at 4:22 pm #16084665

nickS-28

thx

August 20, 2024 at 7:35 am #16085863

Bigul
Supporter

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Europe/Vienna (GMT+01:00)

Hello,

This bug is related to the following errata and it will be fixed in the future version of WPML. I am getting the expected results in my local copy after deleting the Post Category and Tags terms of Korean and Portuguese (Portugal) languages.

https://wpml.org/errata/taxonomies-are-not-deleted-with-the-delete-content-from-database-option/

So please try the workaround suggested in the errata after a full site backup {mandatory} and let us know your feedback.

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Thanks!

Bigul

August 22, 2024 at 12:53 pm #16095033

nickS-28

Go to your Posts > Taxonomies.

This setting isnt there

August 22, 2024 at 1:08 pm #16095106

Bigul
Supporter

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Europe/Vienna (GMT+01:00)

Hello,

Thank you for the updates. Sorry for the confusion. It means Posts>>Categories and Posts>>Tags. After a full site backup, please delete the terms from Korean and Portuguese (Portugal) languages, and make sure the issue exists or not.

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Thanks!

Bigul