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Last updated by Kor 1 year, 1 month ago.

Assisted by: Kor.

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May 17, 2024 at 6:19 pm #15640630

Etienne

Background of the issue:
I am managing a multilingual site using WPML and encountering issues with the menu display in the WordPress admin. The menus appear duplicated and in one language, although they are correctly separated and identified in different languages in the database and the left menu.

Symptoms:
Menus in the WordPress admin are intermittently showing all in one language instead of separate languages. This issue occurs occasionally, and the menus sometimes revert to displaying correctly without any clear reason.

Questions:
Why do the menus in the admin appear all in one language instead of multiple languages?
What could be causing the intermittent nature of this issue where the menus sometimes display correctly?

May 17, 2024 at 6:26 pm #15640738

Kor
WPML Supporter since 08/2022

Languages: English (English )

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

Thanks for your patience.

Here is the ticket. I will need to closely examine your website. Therefore, 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.

While checking the debug info, I see that the WordPress Memory Limit is below the requirements. The minimum requirements are 128M, but we do recommend 256M and the debug information of your site shows it set to 40M. Please check this link for more details
https://wpml.org/home/minimum-requirements/.
You can increase it by adding the following code in your wp-config.php file, right before the /* That’s all, stop editing! Happy publishing. */ line:

define( 'WP_MAX_MEMORY_LIMIT', '256M' );
define( 'WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '128M' );

After adding the code you can confirm that the memory was changed correctly from WPML > Support > WordPress > Memory limit.

May 20, 2024 at 2:18 pm #15646340

Kor
WPML Supporter since 08/2022

Languages: English (English )

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

Thank you for responding.

Upon review, everything appears to be in order, as evidenced by this screen recording: hidden link . Could you kindly provide a detailed list of steps to reproduce the issue? Alternatively, is this problem exclusive to your production site?

May 21, 2024 at 8:06 pm #15652622

Etienne

Ok the issue is back on the staging so you can see it.
Plus, some menus have content that has disappeared.

May 22, 2024 at 6:44 am #15653793

Kor
WPML Supporter since 08/2022

Languages: English (English )

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

Thanks for your reply.

I've checked your Website and I can see the issue you had there. Please try creating a test menu as shown in this screen recording here hidden link and it should fix it. Could you try?

May 24, 2024 at 7:11 pm #15669035

Etienne

Your solution fixes the bug temporarily but it doesn't solve it in the long term.
Why does this bug happen regularly? What is the cause? How to fix it definitely?
The website is very unstable.

May 27, 2024 at 12:57 am #15671726

Kor
WPML Supporter since 08/2022

Languages: English (English )

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

Thank you for your understanding.

I've run some options on the troubleshooting page here: hidden link , and it appears to be functioning properly now. Could you please try again and inform me if the problem recurs? If it persists, please notify me, and I'll take further steps to address it for you.

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