I am trying to:
Clone an ACF field group from English to Spanish. This field group is set to display on our Products post type edit screen
I expected to see:
One instance of the ACF field group on the English edit screen and one on the Spanish edit screen.
Instead, I got:
Two instances of the field group on the English edit screen and one on the Spanish edit screen.
Steps I have taken:
- Installed the Advanced Custom Fields Multilingual plugin
- Cloned the original field group and set the "Language of this field group" cloned group to Spanish. This resulted in two instances of the field froup on the English and Spanish edit screens.
- Used the "Duplicate" option under "Translations" to create a Spanish version of the field group. This resulted in two field group instances on the English edit screen and one on the Spanish edit screen.
- Followed the steps outline here: https://wpml.org/errata/advanced-custom-fields-acf-field-groups-duplication-issue/. This resulted in two field group instances on the English edit screen and one on the Spanish edit screen.
Active plugins installed on the site:
Advanced Custom Fields PRO - 5.8.7
Advanced Custom Fields Multilingual - 1.5.0
WPML Multilingual CMS - 4.3.6
WPML Media - 2.5.5
WPML String Translation - 3.0.6
WPML Translation Management - 2.9.4
WPML Widgets - 1.0.6
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That is correct. We would like to have an instance of Associated Products to display in English and Spanish.
If possible, we would also like each language to have its own unique Associated Product List relationship field values. For instance, if values are set for Associated Product List on the English side, this value will not be present on the Spanish side.
Let me know if you have any additional questions. Thanks!
Please follow this steps:
- Create a backup of the site.
- Remove the 'Associated Products' field group in Spanish (hidden link)
- Go to WPML -> String Translation -> Search and translate 'Associated Products' if you desire to display the labels in Spanish.
Could you tell me if the field group is behaving like expected now?
No results were found when running a search for 'Associated Products' on the String Translation page and the main duplication problem still exists with the field groups.
I did find some additional steps to re-create the issue.
If I perform the following steps, I end up with one instance of the field group for each language as expected and desired:
Delete the Spanish field group
Within the English field group, click the "Duplicate" under the "Translations box in order to create a Spanish instance
If I then go back and edit the English field group at hidden link and click "update", the 2nd instance of the field group will then display on the English edit screen of a page where the field group is applied. Oddly, this does not create a second instance in the Field Group list found here: hidden link
What could be causing this to occur when "updating" the English field group?
The issue still exists since updating a field group creates a duplicate field group on the post edit screen, though the first two steps will allow the field groups to work as expected.
Step One: Delete the Spanish field group
Step Two: Within the English field group, click the "Duplicate" under the "Translations box in order to create a Spanish instance
I consulted our specialists and the field group is working as expected. If following the same steps on the other field groups shows the same behavior again, then I kindly ask you to create a staging site with a copy of the live site so we can run more tests without affecting the production site.
