help with import programmatilcy a user custom field in the proper language

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Supporter timezone: Asia/Jerusalem (GMT+02:00)

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Last updated by Itamar 5 days, 12 hours ago.

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February 25, 2026 at 7:38 pm #17852896
Vincent Dagenais	in wpml wordpress, i have a user custom field that when i do update_user_meta, it upadte the field with the proper value. but it does not assign the proper language. When i then do in string translation of wpml, i see the term not in the language i want. how can i say to wpml that this field is in a specific language
February 26, 2026 at 2:55 pm #17857168
Vincent Dagenais	this does not work to translate a user custom field
February 26, 2026 at 4:26 pm #17857447
Itamar WPML Supporter since 02/2016 Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Asia/Jerusalem (GMT+02:00)	Hi, Along with the ticket you opened today for the same issue, I've escalated it to our second-tier supporters. When I have news from them, I'll update you here. I appreciate your patience. Itamar.
February 27, 2026 at 1:48 pm #17860155
Vincent Dagenais	I tried using this code update_user_meta($user_id, $meta_slug, $value); do_action( 'wpml_register_single_string', $domain_key, $wpml_key, $value, 'fr' ); do_action( 'wpml_add_string_translation', $domain_key, $wpml_key, $language, $value, 10 // translation status (10 = complete) ); But even then I get the french register as english , and the english version is not sync with the french I have also tried seitching language whit do_action('wpml_switch_language', 'fr'); and switch back to original language. And do the same thing for english. Nothing worked. As you can see on the image, the french text was imported as english not french. ** Another point ** Also, I see that the translation manager is not capable in the ui to switch the language (as you see in the image) of the text string. It can select it, select the language but nothing works after that.
March 1, 2026 at 2:26 pm #17862758
Itamar WPML Supporter since 02/2016 Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Asia/Jerusalem (GMT+02:00)	Hi, In this ticket, we will continue with the issue you added: ** Another point Also, I see that the translation manager is not capable in the ui to switch the language (as you see in the image) of the text string. It can select it, select the language but nothing works after that. Because your screenshot shows something on the Strings Translation screen, I assume you are referring to Strings Translation, not the translation manager. I also assume that you are trying to switch the language of the string, as explained in this guide: https://wpml.org/documentation/getting-started-guide/string-translation/how-to-change-the-source-language-of-strings/. If so, then it is weird that you can't switch the language. Therefore, I would like to check this problem directly on your site. If you need further help with this, please share the access details to your site with me. I'm enabling a private message for the following reply. Privacy and Security Policy We have strict policies regarding privacy and access to your information. Please see: https://wpml.org/purchase/support-policy/privacy-and-security-when-providing-debug-information-for-support/ IMPORTANT** - - Please back up the site files and database before providing us access. -- -- If you have a staging site where the problem can be reproduced, it is better to share access to the staging site.-- For the user custom field issue, please see my reply in this ticket: https://wpml.org/forums/topic/i-want-to-translate-a-acf-custom-field-in-a-user-profile/ Regards, Itamar.