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Last updated by Jasmin 23 hours, 30 minutes ago.

Assisted by: Kor.

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June 30, 2025 at 11:23 pm #17186205

Jasmin

Background of the issue:
The site is being translated manually using WPML. The site is hidden link, and it was fully translated, including some posts.

Symptoms:
The Filipino language has disappeared from the site, and all translations in that language are gone.

Questions:
Could you please help restore the Filipino language translations?
Did the disappearance of the language occur after updates?

July 1, 2025 at 1:14 am #17186256

Kor
WPML Supporter since 08/2022

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Asia/Singapore (GMT+08:00)

Thanks for contacting us. This isn't a known issue, and could you please navigate to WPML > Languages > Site Languages > Add/Remove Languages and check the Filipino language?

Let me know if this works for you.

July 1, 2025 at 1:22 pm #17188698

Jasmin

Hello Kor

it was not there, I reinstalled yesterday.. It's a Filipino custom language.
What's also strange is, when you have a brand new language installed, normally you see no pages until you have them translated.. but for some reason, the Filipino language site shows all in English.. Do you have any clue what could have happened?

We need to bring them all back...

Jasmin

July 1, 2025 at 1:58 pm #17188861

Kor
WPML Supporter since 08/2022

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Asia/Singapore (GMT+08:00)

Thanks for your reply. I believe you've accidentally clicked the "Reset Languages" in WPML > Support > Troubleshooting.

You'll need to recreate the custom languages. Please make sure to use the same herflangs and language codes.

July 1, 2025 at 2:19 pm #17188956

Jasmin

It that was the case, I don't remember what the language and language code.. Is there a way to find it?

July 1, 2025 at 2:40 pm #17189086

Kor
WPML Supporter since 08/2022

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Asia/Singapore (GMT+08:00)

Thanks for your reply. You used fp for Filipino. Could you try to restore it and let me know how it goes?

July 1, 2025 at 2:49 pm #17189167

Jasmin

do you mean that I used fp? I wonder how do you know it?

In fact, that's how it is reinstalled using fp, but nothing came back.

July 1, 2025 at 3:07 pm #17189288

Kor
WPML Supporter since 08/2022

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Asia/Singapore (GMT+08:00)

Thanks for your reply. I've checked your translation records, and there aren't many pages being translated into Filipino. Mostly pending for translation, and there are around 10-15 pages fully translated.

I will require temporary access (WP-Admin and FTP) to a test site where the problem has been replicated, if possible. This will enable me to provide better assistance and determine if any configurations need to be modified.

Please note that it is important to have a backup for security purposes and to prevent any potential data loss. You can use the UpdraftPlus plugin (https://wordpress.org/plugins/updraftplus/) to fulfill your backup requirements.

Your upcoming reply will be treated with confidentiality and will only be visible to you and me.

✙ To resolve the issue, I may need your consent to deactivate and reactivate plugins and the theme, as well as make configuration changes on the site if necessary. This emphasizes the significance of having a backup.

July 2, 2025 at 7:48 am #17191179

Kor
WPML Supporter since 08/2022

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Asia/Singapore (GMT+08:00)

Thanks for your reply. Yes, please share access to the staging site first. Please backup and share the credentials using the private reply option provided.

July 4, 2025 at 8:23 am #17200244

Kor
WPML Supporter since 08/2022

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Asia/Singapore (GMT+08:00)

Thanks for your reply. I've checked and I can see your Filipino language is set as "hidden" as shown in the attached screenshot in WPML > Languages > Hide languages. If you want to show this language to your users, you need to remove that checkbox.

Screenshot 2025-07-04 at 4.21.42 PM.png
July 5, 2025 at 8:30 pm #17204276

Jasmin

Hello Kor
Please do anything you need on this site. You have my permission. The STAGING site is for that.

For now, I have unchecked Filipino from the hidden language.

Thanks in advance!

Jasmin