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Last updated by Bobby 1 year, 8 months ago.

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August 18, 2022 at 10:44 pm #11889885

trimorS

I am trying to: Have 3 languages of my site

Link to a page where the issue can be seen: hidden link

I expected to see: 3 languages

Instead, I got: Just German and Turkish

English is shown while being logged in and works perfectly. After log out and visiting the site as normal user, it won't show up. Also the sites which where working while being logged in (for example this: hidden link) show en error 404 while logged out.

How to proceed?

August 19, 2022 at 5:18 am #11891147

Bobby
Supporter

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: America/Los_Angeles (GMT-07:00)

Hello,

Please go to pages and switch to English.

Verify that the translation page is 'published' and not in 'draft' status

Additionally, go to WPML->Languages and verify the language is not marked as hidden

Let me know your results, please.

August 19, 2022 at 6:40 am #11891337

trimorS

Hi,

both checked - sites are published and no languages are hidden. Problem still existing.

How to proceed?

August 19, 2022 at 5:48 pm #11895109

Bobby
Supporter

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: America/Los_Angeles (GMT-07:00)

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

August 22, 2022 at 9:29 pm #11907957

Bobby
Supporter

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: America/Los_Angeles (GMT-07:00)

Thank you for the access details!

The English translation is not published as previously mentioned.

How can you check this:
1. Pages
2. click on "English"
3. Notice under Home it's showing "draft"

Why is this happening:

1. go to WPML->Settings
2. Your mode is set to

Translate Everything
WPML will automatically translate content that you publish or update

Review the translations before publishing"

3. Notice the option "Review the translations before publishing" this mean that means that if you do not manually review and approve the translations they will be in draft until you do

That is why the "eye" icon is showing instead of a "pencil"

To resolve:

- Go to pages
- Click on the "eye" icon for the EN translation
- Approve and publish

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