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Last updated by Waqas Bin Hasan 2 days, 13 hours ago.

Assisted by: Waqas Bin Hasan.

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February 17, 2025 at 1:18 am #16711518

abya

Background of the issue:
I am trying to translate the original English pages on our site into Arabic ones. The issue can be seen on this page: hidden link as well as hidden link

Symptoms:
When I click the plus button to add translation pages, some of them appear as adding a completely new page instead of translating.

Questions:
Why do some pages appear as new instead of translated when I click the plus button?
How can I fix the translation bugs to complete the Arabic pages?

February 17, 2025 at 12:08 pm #16713995

Waqas Bin Hasan
Supporter

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Asia/Karachi (GMT+05:00)

Hi,

Thank you for contacting the support.

May I ask for the debug information of your website for an overview of your setup? See https://wpml.org/faq/provide-debug-information-faster-support/ for more information.

I've enabled the debug information section for your next reply.

Additionally you can also take a look at https://wpml.org/faq/checklist-before-opening-a-ticket-in-wpml-support/ and cross-check for a few initial fixes.

See https://wpml.org/purchase/support-policy/privacy-and-security-when-providing-debug-information-for-support/ for details on privacy and security.

Regards.

February 18, 2025 at 1:31 am #16716771

abya

Hi,

Thank you for your help. Here's the debug info.

Regards.

February 18, 2025 at 8:08 am #16717250

Waqas Bin Hasan
Supporter

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Asia/Karachi (GMT+05:00)

Thank you for the debug information, your setup looks fine overall.

However, I ‘ll recommend you to fix “WP Memory Limit” to at least 128MB while 256MB is recommended. See https://wpml.org/home/minimum-requirements/ for detailed information. You can set this in your wp-config.php file by adding following code:

{code}
define( 'WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '128M' );
define( 'WP_MAX_MEMORY_LIMIT', '256M' );
{/code}

Remember to add these lines before the line where it says:

/* That's all, stop editing! Happy publishing. */ 

See https://wordpress.org/support/article/editing-wp-config-php/#increasing-memory-allocated-to-php for details. Increasing WP Memory may help improve the performance.

Once that's fixed, please clear all cache and try again. If that still doesn't help, then please try the following:

IMPORTANT: Please take full backup of your website and database beforehand. 

- Try WPML troubleshooting options.
- And check again.

If issue continues to appear, then please try the following:

1) Take a full backup of your site and database before proceeding. It is highly advised to try these on a dev or staging site first, so your live site isn't compromised.
2) Deactivate all plugins except WPML and String Translation.
3) Switch to a standard theme like 2024 or 2021.
4) Check for the issue if it still happens.

Please let me know your findings and I'll try my best to help you further on the matter.

February 19, 2025 at 5:50 am #16721775

abya

I did the trouble shooting and others that I can do. The issues are still exist.

Seems we need more help, thank you.

wpml trans bug.png
translation problem.png
February 19, 2025 at 11:17 am #16723931

Waqas Bin Hasan
Supporter

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Asia/Karachi (GMT+05:00)

Thank you for the updates.

I need to take a closer look at your site. So I request temporary access (WP-Admin and FTP), preferably to a test site where the problem has been replicated.

Your next answer will be private, to share this information safely.

Also provide detailed steps to reproduce the issue and links to pages in the admin and on the frontend.

IMPORTANT: Please take a complete backup of the site to avoid data loss. I may need to activate/deactivate plugins also.

See https://wpml.org/purchase/support-policy/privacy-and-security-when-providing-debug-information-for-support/ for details on privacy and security.

P.S.: If you don't see the section for providing access information, do not write in the message box or the information may appear as public.

February 20, 2025 at 1:11 am #16727139

abya

Hi, the issue has been solved. The cause is that the translator for those pages defaults to WordPress and not WPML, so when I click on translate it appeared to add a new page.
Thank u for your help and patience.

February 20, 2025 at 6:31 am #16727346

Waqas Bin Hasan
Supporter

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Asia/Karachi (GMT+05:00)

Thank you for the updates and glad the issue was fixed.

I'm closing this ticket as resolved, please free to open a new one, whenever you need more help with WPML.

Have a great time 🙂