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Problem:
You are trying to modify a page on your website that is in the original language, but you do not want the changes to update all translated pages in other languages automatically.
Solution:
When you update the page, ensure you do it in the original language the page was created in. Look for the option "Don't update translation" and check it to prevent automatic updates to the translations. If you are using a specific page builder, you might also consider defining the following constant in your wp-config.php file to disable automatic translation updates:

define('WPML_TRANSLATION_AUTO_UPDATE_ENABLED', false);

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Last updated by yijunQ 9 months, 1 week ago.

Assisted by: Andrey.

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August 29, 2024 at 9:34 am #16119038

yijunQ

<b>Background of the issue: </b>
I am trying to modify one page on my website, which is in Chinese by default. I don't want the changes to automatically update all translated pages.

<b>Symptoms: </b>
If I change the Chinese page, the French and English pages will automatically update to Chinese content.

<b>Questions: </b>
How can I modify one page and don't automatically update all translated pages

August 29, 2024 at 9:52 am #16119164

yijunQ

need assistance

August 29, 2024 at 12:50 pm #16120032

George Botsev
WPML Supporter since 02/2014

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Europe/Sofia (GMT+03:00)

Hello and thank you for contacting us.

When you update a page, be sure that you do it in the original language that the page was created in.
Then you will notice that you have an option "Don't update translation".
If you check that option, then the translations won't be updated.

If you have a specific page builder, perhaps you can define this constant too:

define( 'WPML_TRANSLATION_AUTO_UPDATE_ENABLED', false ); 
August 29, 2024 at 12:52 pm #16120040

George Botsev
WPML Supporter since 02/2014

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Europe/Sofia (GMT+03:00)

I forgot to put the link to the erratum page related to the constant that I shared with you:
https://wpml.org/errata/page-builders-translated-content-is-overwritten-with-the-original-when-updating-the-original-post/

August 29, 2024 at 1:21 pm #16120213

yijunQ

thanks your replay , but i haven't an option "Don't update translation". i only have update

August 29, 2024 at 8:51 pm #16122079

Andrey
WPML Supporter since 06/2013

Languages: English (English ) Russian (Русский )

Timezone: Europe/Kyiv (GMT+03:00)

Thank you for your feedback.

I have attached the screenshot, where you can see the option "Don't update translation" when editing the page in the original language.

Edit-Page-“My-account”-‹-woosite-—-WordPress.png
September 5, 2024 at 5:10 pm #16146184

yijunQ

But I don't have this option

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