[Resolved] I cannot stop sync between French and English
This thread is resolved. Here is a description of the problem and solution.
Problem: The client was experiencing an issue where changes made to the default language page (French) were overwriting the English translation, despite setting the page to 'Translate Separately'. Solution: 1. We recommended creating a full backup of the database. 2. We instructed the client to access the database and edit the
wp_postmeta
table. 3. We advised searching for the ID of the translated (English) page. 4. We suggested deleting the row with the meta key
_icl_lang_duplicate_of
that was causing the issue. After following these steps, we removed the problematic items from the database, and the duplication feature began to work correctly.
Tell us what you are trying to do?
Trying to redact the French page without overwriting everything on the English page every time I make a slight change on the French side. Lots many hours trying to fix this. French is the default language, English is secondary. On the english page, I selected the "Translate Separately" multiple times, but as soon as I do a change on the French page, it is reset also.
Is there any documentation that you are following?
The documentation tells me to click "Traduire à part" and all should be fine, but it keeps getting reset.
Is there a similar example that we can see?
Not really.
Thank you for contacting WPML support, I'd be happy to help you with this issue.
I think there is an issue in the database and the duplication setting isn't removed. Please follow steps below and let me know how it goes:
1. Create a full backup of your database.
2. Access the database > Edit table wp_postmeta > Search for the ID of the translation page.
3. Delete the row which has the meta key "_icl_lang_duplicate_of".
Intriguing, after sending the previous post, I searched for that string in the meta keys, and found the following (See enclosed). There are a lot of items that have the master post (French) 6 as the meta value, but none are related to the translated version (640).
