I’m using the WooCommerce REST API with WPML and noticed I can translate attribute terms (e.g. “Blue”), but I can’t translate attribute names (e.g. “Color”) via the REST API.
Is there any plan to support attribute name translation through the REST API in the near future? Or do we have another work around for that?
This would be really helpful for automated product syncing.
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Hi,
before your ticket is assigned to one of my colleagues, please allow me to walk you through some initial debugging steps. This will help speed up the support process.
You’re absolutely right, while you can translate attribute terms (like “Blue”) via the REST API, translating attribute names (like “Color”) isn’t supported there at the moment. This is because attribute names are stored as taxonomy labels, which are only handled in WPML through the admin, not the API.
As a workaround, you can translate attribute names in:
WooCommerce → WooCommerce Multilingual & Multicurrency → Attributes
The good news is that you only need to set this once, and those translations will automatically apply to products created or updated via the API.
At the moment, we don’t have any plans adding that functionality, but it’s definitely a valid use case.
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WPML and WCML are not yet able to translate the labels via the REST API. Our development team is aware of the issue and is planning to solve it with WCML 5.6.0.
