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

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March 6, 2025 at 12:18 pm #16783078

nickP-2

Background of the issue:
We are trying to create a form for user profiles on our site hidden link. We need to allow our users to fill their personal data in one language and convert it automatically to another language. Specifically, if a user inserts their data in English, it needs to be translated to Greek automatically, and if a user inserts their data in Greek, it should translate to English automatically.

Symptoms:
No specific issue or error message mentioned.

Questions:
How can we set up automatic translation for user profile data between English and Greek using WPML?

March 7, 2025 at 9:36 am #16787159

Waqas Bin Hasan
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Languages: English (English )

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

Hi,

Thank you for contacting the support.

Please note that user profiles (as in WordPress -> Users) can not be translated automatically with WPML. This needs to be translated manually.

However, if you're referring to a custom post type, which you're somehow considering or presenting as profiles, you can do this with WPML. You'll need to set your custom post type translatable and turn on auto-translation mode. The later effects all content in the system. While if you only want a certain post type to be translated automatically, then keeping auto-translate everything is a good choice, and, sending that certain content for auto-translation on demand.

I'll recommend checking the following guides for more understanding:

- https://wpml.org/documentation/getting-started-guide/translating-custom-posts/
- https://wpml.org/documentation/translating-your-contents/
- https://wpml.org/documentation/automatic-translation/
- https://wpml.org/documentation/automatic-translation/how-to-change-automatic-translation-engines/

Regards.