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Last updated by Andrey 13 hours, 42 minutes ago.

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March 18, 2025 at 3:18 am #16827702

ralfK-2

Background of the issue:
I followed your documentation and set up 3 sites locally, one for English, one for Spanish, and one for Japanese. Each of them is a separate site in WP Network with a subdomain. I set up WPML on the English site.

Symptoms:
WPML stopped working, and I suspect it's because it's trying to submit to /es/, which is already reserved for a network subsite.

Questions:
Is your plugin WP multisite compatible in the way described in the documentation where each site can have a different language?
Am I missing something in the setup process?

March 19, 2025 at 2:04 pm #16835738

Andrey
Supporter

Languages: English (English ) Russian (Русский )

Timezone: Europe/Kyiv (GMT+02:00)

Thank you for contacting WPML support.

Yes, WPML is compatible with multisite installations. I assume you have followed the documentation at https://wpml.org/documentation/support/multisite-support/.

One subsite in the network is a separate WPML installation. Therefore, you need to follow these formats:

1) domain.com/subsite-1/ja/
domain.com/subsite-1/es/

2) domain.com/subsite-1/ja/
domain.com/subsite-1/es/
domain.com/subsite-2/ja/
domain.com/subsite-2/es/
domain.com/subsite-3/ja/
domain.com/subsite-3/es/

It is not possible to combine and treat three subsites as one single WPML installation.

March 19, 2025 at 7:28 pm #16837002

ralfK-2

Right then your docs is misleading. This part:

domain.com/subsite-1/fr/
domain.com/subsite-1/es/
domain.com/subsite-2/de/

Suggests you can have 3rd language on another subsite. It should probably be super clear in docs that it's not possible.

March 20, 2025 at 1:29 pm #16840176

Andrey
Supporter

Languages: English (English ) Russian (Русский )

Timezone: Europe/Kyiv (GMT+02:00)

I appreciate your observation. I will clarify this with our team. Thank you for bringing this issue to my attention.