I get this error message when attempting to update translations:
"WPML\\Core\\Component\\Translation\\Domain\\Translation::__construct(): Argument #5 ($sourceLanguageCode) must be of type string, null given, called in /home/1069292.cloudwaysapps.com/wjxtgbhnzw/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sitepress-multilingual-cms/vendor/wpml/wpml/src/Infrastructure/WordPress/Component/Translation/Application/Query/TranslationResultMapper.php on line 52"
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)
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I often use the Duplicator plugin for this purpose: http://wordpress.org/plugins/duplicator/
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I received the private reply and was able to login and run some troubleshooting actions.
Those took quite a long time as there are a lot of products.
Checking in on the current status I can see that the majority of the products are in "uncategorized" which is expected if no category was assigned.
and some are still with no category. (good ammount)
ex. hidden link
note: for the above product I selected "uncategorized" and updated which worked OK and now the product has a category.
overall this issue is affecting the default language and it's not something that would necessarily be caused by WPML (typically we see WPML affecting translations and not default language items)
Is it possible to use a plugin that will allow you to bulk edit the products with no category and assign it in bulk such as
Advanced Bulk Edit for WooCommerce
WooCommerce Bulk Editor
WP All Import / Export
This would be the cleanest way of assigning categories to a bulk of products without having to do it one by one.
NOTE: It looks like the products were first created in English and then duplicated into Polish, is there a reason this was done in this order? We recommend creating products in the default language and translating from default to translation.
Sorry to take time to reply. I took some time off for vacation.
Products were all created in English, as thats my language as the developer. This is a bookshop and all products are the same and all products are duplicated, whether Polish or english. All the titles and descriptions etc are duplicated also.
I came back to the site to find a difference in again in translations. They seem to change whenever I update.
To reply to your question I have lost categories due to using csv in export import, perhaps on server timeout. I need to go back to a previous save where all categories were in place and edit the categories. I tried to import just the categories but I get errors.
Thank you for the update, and I completely understand the hesitation, and let me know if you decide to test one of the other methods mentioned above.
Also, since all products are 100% duplicates, would it make sense to instead use the method :
Translatable
use translation if available or fallback to default language ?
This would showcase all products in both languages, but you would only have the default language items. Not sure if that would be applicable in your case.
This is a great help but I'm still seeing a difference between amount of products in English and Polish, as in screenshot, can you help me get these back to being equal? They were before I updated wordpress and cant work out why it has changed
'Also, since all products are 100% duplicates, would it make sense to instead use the method :
Translatable
use translation if available or fallback to default language ?
This would showcase all products in both languages, but you would only have the default language items. Not sure if that would be applicable in your case.'
I've changed media attachment to translatable. I've set media translation to on.
I'm not getting featured posts showing for Polish products.
Can you help direct me?
Many thanks
Great thanks so much Bobby, thats clearer on this point.
Ive had 2 issues, the first I've now mostly completed: Getting the stock sorted with images and categories. Exporting/importing had odd placed pipes and commas that caused me a lot of confusion. Now thats done I want to move onto 'translatable' so I don't have so much duplication across products. I have deleted all the polish product duplications
Before when everything was duplicated I had a products page for both languages looking very similar but using translations for categories etc, can this still be done?
ie hidden link
and hidden link
Yes, that should be achievable and is typically expected.
If you could point out to me what is not the same between the original and translations it would greatly help, because at the moment when I compare them I dont notice a styling difference right away.
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