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Last updated by Andreas W. 2 days, 11 hours ago.

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September 19, 2025 at 8:15 pm #17417750
reinierK-3	Background of the issue: I am using Polylang at this moment, but it is not compatible with the Hotel Booking plugin. I installed WPML and it messed up the site. I already have pages in all languages and do not want WPML to translate these pages. I want to keep the existing pages and only do manual translation and use WPML as a language switcher. Symptoms: I do not see the Facilities in the accommodations in English and German anymore. WPML created extra pages. Questions: How can I configure WPML to only use it as a language switcher without automatic translation? How do I prevent WPML from creating extra pages when I already have pages in all languages?
September 19, 2025 at 9:28 pm #17417888
Andreas W. WPML Supporter since 12/2018 Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) German (Deutsch ) Timezone: America/Lima (GMT-05:00)	Hello, Translation created with Polylang can not be used with WPML directly. You will need to migrate the content from Polylang to WPML: https://wpml.org/documentation/migrate-polylang-wpml/ Have you tried this already? It would also be very helpful if you could provide us with WPML debugging information. More information here: https://wpml.org/de/faq/provide-debug-information-faster-support/ Best regards Andreas
September 20, 2025 at 5:31 am #17417977
reinierK-3	?
September 20, 2025 at 5:40 am #17417978
reinierK-3	Hi I cannot provide the debug info. After installing and activating WPML and everything went wrong and my website was a mesh. I deactivated WPML and recovered my site with a backup. So not using it at this moment. But because Polylang is not working correctly with my site i have to do something. I want to use WPML as a language switcher and do translations manual and use WPML as help. Can dit be done with the migration help or do. i have to install WPML another way? Best regards, Reinier
September 20, 2025 at 6:01 pm #17418425
Andreas W. WPML Supporter since 12/2018 Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) German (Deutsch ) Timezone: America/Lima (GMT-05:00)	You will get an error if you run Polylang and WPML at the same time. You need to follow this guide to migrate from Polylang to WPML: https://wpml.org/documentation/migrate-polylang-wpml/ Please give this a try. If you need my assistance with that, let me know.