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Problem:
You are building a multilingual news module using ACF and WPML, where each news post has multiple WYSIWYG fields filled with custom content per language. In the Dutch version, everything works correctly, but in English and French, the fields don’t appear. You need to configure ACF and WPML so that these fields are editable separately per language.

Solution:
First, ensure that on WPML > Settings > Post Type Translation, the "ACF Field Group" post type is set to "Not translatable". If you have translated some of the field groups, make sure to delete these translations in ACF.

For translations using the WordPress Editor:
1. On the original page or post, set the translation method to "WordPress Editor".
2. Set all field groups to "Different fields across languages".
Now, you should be able to translate the fields using the WordPress Editor and see the translated field on the translated posts or pages.

For translations using the WPML Translation Editor:
IMPORTANT: If you plan to use the WPML Translation Editor for creating the translations, then avoid editing the translation directly inside the WordPress Editor. Instead, set the translation method for the post or page to "WPML Translation Editor" and set the field groups to "Same fields across languages".

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Last updated by christelC 1 month, 1 week ago.

Assisted by: Andreas W..

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May 17, 2025 at 2:03 pm #17044345

christelC

Background of the issue:
I am building a multilingual news module using ACF and WPML. Each news post has multiple WYSIWYG fields (e.g. 'Tekstveld 4') filled with custom content per language. I want to insert language-specific links (e.g. a popup trigger) in these fields. In the Dutch version everything works correctly, but in English and French the fields don’t appear. I need to configure ACF and WPML so that these fields are editable separately per language.

Symptoms:
In the translated versions (FR/EN), the ACF WYSIWYG fields are not visible or editable, even though 'same fields across all languages' is enabled. The fields do not appear in the WPML Custom Fields Translation settings.

Questions:
How can I make ACF WYSIWYG fields translatable per language using WPML?
Why are the ACF fields not appearing in the WPML Custom Fields Translation settings?

May 17, 2025 at 10:32 pm #17044909

Andreas W.
WPML Supporter since 12/2018

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) German (Deutsch )

Timezone: America/Lima (GMT-05:00)

Hello,

Please make sure that on WPML > Settings > Post Type Translation the "ACF Field Group" post type is set to "Not translatable".

If you translated some of the field groups, please make sure to delete these translations in ACF.

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For translations using the WordPress Editor:

Make sure that on the original page or post, the translation method is set to "WordPress Editor".

Set all field groups to "Different fields across languages".

Now you should be able to translate the fields using the WordPress Editor and see the translated field on the translated posts or pages when using the WordPress Editor.

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For translations using the WPML Translation Editor:

IMPORTANT:
If you plan to use the WPML Translation Editor for creating the translations, then please avoid at any time to edit the translation directly inside the WordPress Editor.

In this case, you will need to set the translation method for the post or page to "WPML Translation Editor" and set the field groups to "Same fields across languages".

Best regards
Andreas

May 20, 2025 at 6:48 am #17051054

christelC

Thanks!