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Last updated by Mohamed Sayed 1 year, 9 months ago.

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August 30, 2023 at 11:33 am #14312883

karyC-2

Hi,

When I set up the CPT in JetEngine, I called the field "short-story". However, we added more fields so I deleted it and created a new field inside a repeater field, also named 'short-story'. Maybe that was silly, but hindsight is 20/20 as they say. It is technically a completely new meta field, as JetEngine doesn't allow you to move regular text fields into a repeater field.

It hasn't been a problem up until now, where the translator (human) translated the old filler text strings that were there because they're showing on the advanced translation editor.

Is there any way to get rid of these? I've attached a screencap, the ones indicated in red aren't supposed to be there.

Thanks

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August 30, 2023 at 3:12 pm #14314801

Mohamed Sayed

Hi there,
Thanks for contacting WPML support.

Please try the following steps after creating a full backup of the database and website:

1. Go to WPML > Support > Troubleshooting page, then click the following:

- Clear the Cache in WPML
- Remove ghost entries from the translation tables

2. Update the original content with the following steps:

- Edit the original content where the fields were added
- Make a small change to any text content and update it
- Update the translation

Let me know please if that helps.

Kind regards,
Mohamed

September 6, 2023 at 3:31 pm #14353811

karyC-2

Thanks