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Problem:
The client wants to display all products in Portuguese on the Spanish site using WPML, even if they are not translated.
Solution:
To achieve this, we recommend duplicating the products in bulk from Portuguese to Spanish. Here are the steps to follow:
1. Make a full backup of your site.
2. Navigate to WPML -> Translation Management and select the Post Type 'Products'.
3. Increase the number of items per page in the screen options at the right top corner if necessary.
4. Select all products in the list.
5. At the bottom of the page, in the 'Select translation options' section, mark 'Duplicate content' and click on the 'Duplicate' button that appears.
This operation might take a few minutes depending on the number of products you are duplicating.
After completing these steps, you will have an exact copy of the products in the secondary language.
If you decide to translate these products in the future, you can follow the same steps but choose 'Translate' + 'Start translating' in the 'Select translation options' section. Then, use the 'Translation basket' tab to send for translation to the first available translator and assign those jobs to yourself for translation in WPML > Translations.
For more detailed instructions, please visit our documentation page: Displaying Untranslated Content on Pages in Secondary Languages.

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Last updated by Mateus Getulio 10 months ago.

Assisted by: Mateus Getulio.

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September 16, 2024 at 11:41 am #16183397

verangolL

Background of the issue:
I have a website in Portuguese and a Spanish version. The Portuguese site (original) has more than 20000 products and I would like to have all the products on the Spanish site, even those that have not yet been translated.

Symptoms:
I want to display all products in Portuguese on the Spanish site, even if they are not translated.

Questions:
How can I display all products in Portuguese on the Spanish site using WPML?

September 16, 2024 at 8:10 pm #16185520

Mateus Getulio
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Languages: English (English ) Portuguese (Brazil) (Português )

Timezone: America/Sao_Paulo (GMT-03:00)

Hello there,

To accomplish it you can duplicate the products in bulk from Portuguese to Spanish following the steps:

- Make a full backup of the site just in case
- Go to WPML -> Translation Management and select the Post Type 'Products'
- If needed, please increase the number of items per page in the screen options in the right top corner
- Select all products in the list
- In the bottom of the page at the 'Select translation options' section please mark 'Duplicate content' and click on the 'Duplicate' button that will appear

Depending on the number of products you're duplicating at once, this operation can take up to a few minutes.

After that you'll have an exact copy of the products in the secondary language.

If in the future you need to translate those products instead of duplicating them, you can repeat the same steps, but this time you'll select 'Translate' + 'Start translating' in the 'Select translation options' section. After that you'll see a new tab 'Translation basket', in there you can click on send for translation to the first available. Then you'll be able to assign those jobs to yourself and translate them in WPML > Translations.

This process is described in full here in this documentation page:

https://wpml.org/documentation/translating-your-contents/displaying-untranslated-content-on-pages-in-secondary-languages/#duplicating-content

Thank you,
Mateus