Remove copy of templates

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Last updated by Bobby 9 months, 2 weeks ago.

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August 23, 2024 at 10:17 am #16098096
robinD-30	Background of the issue: I want to remove the copy's of templates, because I have to copy styling to all translated templates otherwise. Symptoms: No specific issue or error message mentioned. Questions: Is it possible to remove the copies of templates in WPML?
August 23, 2024 at 10:41 am #16098247
Dražen Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Europe/Zagreb (GMT+02:00)	Hello, Thanks for contacting us. While you wait for my colleague to take over the ticket, let me try to help you with the issue quickly. I am not sure what copy of templates you mean, but if those are some templates you created by translating the theme, you can easily access them as any default language template. For example for Pages, go to Pages > All > Choose a language to filter that language. I hope this helps. Regards, Drazen
August 26, 2024 at 11:18 am #16104113
robinD-30	Hello Drazen, I hereby send you the printscreens of the issue. It Is happening with other languages as well. Does this clarify the problem?
August 26, 2024 at 9:48 pm #16106889
Bobby WPML Supporter since 04/2015 Languages: English (English ) Timezone: America/Los_Angeles (GMT-07:00)	Hi Robin, It looks like the Polish menu translation is being pulled, am I correct? Please go to Appearance-Menus and from within there you can review the Polish translation of your menu to ensure it is created as expected. Let me know your results, please.
August 27, 2024 at 6:07 am #16107377
robinD-30	I understand your suggestion about the menu, but I see there is another problem. In WPML > Translation Management, when I filter on ‘Template’ and ‘Polish’, I see some templates. Single Product, Single Post, Blog Home. When I edit the Single Post-template, this template is opened, and I can edit it. It does not affect the English (default language) template. The problem now is that I don’t want these variants of templates in different languages to exist. It means that every change in the template must be set in all languages. For example, if I want to change the padding of the content. Can I remove these templates?
August 27, 2024 at 7:52 pm #16112100
Bobby WPML Supporter since 04/2015 Languages: English (English ) Timezone: America/Los_Angeles (GMT-07:00)	Hi there, Technically, yes you can delete the translations. To do this go to Elementor -> Templates switch to the secondary languages and delete them. However, I do not recommend doing this -- to ensure the templates display as expected it should either be translated or duplicated into the secondary languages. Related Documentation: https://wpml.org/documentation/plugins-compatibility/elementor/ When your templates are translated the changes you make in the default language will take effect across all languages, it simply requires accessing the translation and re saving it when you are prompted to do so. When you duplicate that is not needed as it's a duplicate.
August 27, 2024 at 7:56 pm #16112131
robinD-30	Hi Bobby, I am not using Elementor, but the (new) default Gutenberg blockeditor. Does this work the same way? Thanks, Robin
August 27, 2024 at 8:03 pm #16112137
Bobby WPML Supporter since 04/2015 Languages: English (English ) Timezone: America/Los_Angeles (GMT-07:00)	Hi Robin, In that case this documentation I believe is the one to review https://wpml.org/documentation/getting-started-guide/translating-content-created-using-gutenberg-editor/translating-sites-that-use-full-site-editing/#translating-the-site-editor-templates But yes it should work the same way.

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