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Supporter timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00)
Tagged: Bug
This topic contains 30 replies, has 1 voice.
Last updated by T4ng 2 hours, 31 minutes ago.
Assisted by: Paola Mendiburu.
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| April 17, 2026 at 11:52 am #17976733 | |
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T4ng |
Hi Paola, Thank you. |
| April 18, 2026 at 10:32 am #17977996 | |
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Paola Mendiburu WPML Supporter since 11/2020
Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Italian (Italiano ) Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00) |
Hi there! Thank you for sharing the Duplicator package. I’ve run some tests locally and here’s what I found: - I’m able to add languages without encountering any 503 errors. It does take a bit of time, but nothing excessive. |
| April 18, 2026 at 9:03 pm #17978362 | |
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T4ng |
Can you please your apache and php configurations? |
| April 19, 2026 at 10:09 am #17978646 | |
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T4ng |
And can you ellaborate on what you mean with "a bit of time"? I tried to deactivate WooCommerce as well, it still takes ages, and in the end it still fails. I still can't create the language. |
| April 20, 2026 at 8:43 am #17979861 | |
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Paola Mendiburu WPML Supporter since 11/2020
Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Italian (Italiano ) Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00) |
For me it is taking 1-2 min no more. It seems related to server resources. |
| April 20, 2026 at 9:03 am #17979948 | |
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T4ng |
Then what happens? Does the page reload with the new custom language added? You're right, there is obviously something wrong with my environment. But can you share your settings,? Because I've been replicating that same operation for weeks, on multiple environments, and still fail on any of them. Thanks, Best regards |
| April 20, 2026 at 9:07 am #17979954 | |
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Paola Mendiburu WPML Supporter since 11/2020
Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Italian (Italiano ) Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00) |
If you add a normal language, do you get the error? Please let me the know or share a screenshot of the custom language you are trying to add. |
| April 20, 2026 at 9:11 am #17979959 | |
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T4ng |
Hi If so, can you please share your setup? Because I've been replicating the same operation for weeks, on different environments and it still fails. By the way, I'll be away for the next 10 days, so can you keep this ticket open until I m back? Thanks |
| April 21, 2026 at 10:09 am #17983521 | |
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Paola Mendiburu WPML Supporter since 11/2020
Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Italian (Italiano ) Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00) |
Here you can find my local details of the wordpress with a copy of your site. Please see attached image Please see this video where I can add a custom language without problems: |
| April 24, 2026 at 5:24 am #17991579 | |
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T4ng |
Ok, I'll check this next week. |
| April 24, 2026 at 1:05 pm #17993190 | |
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Paola Mendiburu WPML Supporter since 11/2020
Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Italian (Italiano ) Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00) |
Ok! I will wait for your answer. |
| April 28, 2026 at 3:49 pm #18000618 | |
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T4ng |
Hi Paola, I had a look at your record. That was surprizing since it wasn't the results I could notice. So, I tested the language creation process again. The page reloaded... and I noticed a message after the page reloads: "The Language code already exists". Since you didn't try to create the same language as I did, I tried with something else. And it turns out, that this message comes up only when the new language's name is "Brazil". It won't occur with "Czech" (which is a native language, same as Brazil), which probably means the issue is limited to the Brazil case. I assume this means that this message occurs because a previous attempt to create a Brazil language failed. nb: I tested the langage creation, after reuploading the database to its initial state (in case the number of languages make things even slower...). 1. Can you please test the language creation process with the name Brazil (br_PT / bt-pt - that's what I'm trying to create), and confirm you get the same error message? Finally, I thought you would run these tests with the files I provided you with. Anyway, obviously, the mail-config.php has nothing to do with our issue. Thanks |
| April 29, 2026 at 8:11 am #18001812 | |
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Paola Mendiburu WPML Supporter since 11/2020
Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Italian (Italiano ) Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00) |
Hi there! This is because we have already a language with that code. Please go to WPML --> Languages --> Add language and select Portuguese Brazil from there. |
| April 29, 2026 at 10:06 am #18002288 | |
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T4ng |
Hi, Right after, the page reloaded with the new language. What this message "Error: data not saved" means? Now an other issue: if I edit the page, and set other language namies for the new language... the request will fail, with a server error. Now if I reload the page, the modification will be visible, but still: the request obviously didn't end as expected. |
| April 30, 2026 at 9:49 am #18005095 | |
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Paola Mendiburu WPML Supporter since 11/2020
Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Italian (Italiano ) Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00) |
I was able to add it without problems as you can see in this video: hidden link What you can do is to disable WooCommerce then add the language. |

