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Last updated by Christopher Amirian 2 days, 14 hours ago.

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August 1, 2025 at 11:56 pm #17289619

remmyB

Background of the issue:
I am trying to ensure that the home page displays menus, widgets, and custom fields in the correct language. However, I am experiencing issues with incorrect translations. The issue can be seen on this page: hidden link

Symptoms:
On the home page, some menus are displayed incorrectly, and widgets and custom fields are in the wrong language. Specifically, a single Ad page is in English, but all custom fields and widgets on the right-hand side and below the ad description are in Swahili.

Questions:
Why are some menus, widgets, and custom fields displaying in the wrong language?
How can I ensure that all elements on the page are translated correctly?

August 3, 2025 at 3:53 pm #17291117

Christopher Amirian
WPML Supporter since 07/2020

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Asia/Yerevan (GMT+04:00)

Hi,

Welcome to WPML support.

I will answer this ticket before the ticket is assigned to one of my colleagues.

I wonder how that widget is created in the first place? Did you use the Appearance > Widgets section to create that sidebar?

If yes, please make sure that you use the steps below:

https://wpml.org/documentation/getting-started-guide/translating-widgets/

If it is created another way, give us the details.

The reason we ask this is that the issue is happening on the default language of the website and not the translated one.

One other point, you installed the Advanced Custom Fields plugin, but you did not install the Advanced Custom Fields multilingual plugin that is necessary to make that plugin compatible with WPML.

You can install and activate it from WP Dashboard > Plugins > Add New > Commercial (tab)

For more information:

https://wpml.org/documentation/translating-your-contents/advanced-translation-editor/

Thanks.