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Problem:
You are trying to activate WPML on your site. When using PHP 7.4, WPML works but other vital plugins do not. Switching to PHP 8.0 allows other plugins to function, but then WPML does not work and displays a large error message.
Solution:
We recommend enabling debugging to identify the specific issues with WPML on PHP 8.0. To do this, modify your site’s wp-config.php file:
1. Locate the line

define('WP_DEBUG', false);

and change it to:

define('WP_DEBUG', true);

2. To log errors to a file, add:

define('WP_DEBUG_LOG', true);

Errors will be recorded in the debug.log file within the /wp-content/ directory. For more detailed instructions on debugging WPML, visit https://wpml.org/documentation/support/debugging-wpml/

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March 21, 2025 at 1:12 pm #16844547
sofie-julienV	Background of the issue: I am trying to activate WPML on my site. When I use a PHP level of 7.4, WPML works but other vital plugins don't. When I switch to PHP 8.0, other plugins work but WPML does not. Symptoms: When using PHP 8.0, WPML does not work and a huge error message appears on my site. Questions: Does WPML not work with a PHP version higher than 7.4?
March 21, 2025 at 10:06 pm #16846529
Andrey WPML Supporter since 06/2013 Languages: English (English ) Russian (Русский ) Timezone: Europe/Kyiv (GMT+03:00)	Thank you for contacting WPML support. WPML plugin works with newer PHP versions. Are you getting any fatal errors or just the warnings in the screenshot? The first step is to enable debugging. You can add a few lines to the site’s wp-config.php file. With the error log enabled, you will see the actual problem. To enable it, open your wp-config.php file and look for define('WP_DEBUG', false);. Change it to: define('WP_DEBUG', true); To enable the error logging to a file on the server, you need to add yet one more similar line: define( 'WP_DEBUG_LOG', true ); The errors will be saved to a debug.log file inside the /wp-content/directory. https://wpml.org/documentation/support/debugging-wpml/ Let me know what you see after the debug mode has been enabled.