WP Multisite with ACF Flexible Field – Automatic Translation Bug when deleting fields

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Last updated by Bigul 2 days, 23 hours ago.

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February 17, 2025 at 3:02 pm
Innovationsraum	Background of the issue: I am trying to delete an ACF flexible field block on the content page within the base language. The block gets deleted in the base language correctly. Since I use automatic translations, I now click on the translation editor and the overlay opens – the deleted field is not visible anymore, which is correct. Now I save the translation. Symptoms: If I now go on the translated page, the deleted block is still there and did not get deleted! Questions: Why is the deleted block still visible on the translated page? How can I ensure that the deleted block is removed from the translated page as well?
February 17, 2025 at 3:27 pm
February 17, 2025 at 3:33 pm #16715342
Bigul Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Europe/Vienna (GMT+01:00)	Hello, Welcome to the WPML support forum. I will do my best to help you to resolve the issue. Please upgrade to the latest version of WPML (4.7 series) after a full site backup {mandatory} - https://wpml.org/changelog/2025/02/wpml-4-7-announcement/ Also, install the ACF Multilingual plugin for proper compatibility with the ACF features - https://wpml.org/documentation/related-projects/translate-sites-built-with-acf/ After that clear all types of caches and make sure the bug exists or not. If the problem remains, please let us know the exact steps to replicate it. -- Thanks! Bigul
February 18, 2025 at 7:04 am #16716952
Innovationsraum	Hi Bigul, I updated the plugins – ACF Multilingual is already installed. The issue persists unfortunately. Cheers, Mona
February 18, 2025 at 12:33 pm #16718814
Bigul Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Europe/Vienna (GMT+01:00)	Hi Mona, Thank you for the updates. We will test it further and get back to you as soon as possible. Please wait. -- Thanks! Bigul
February 20, 2025 at 2:24 pm #16730231
Bigul Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Europe/Vienna (GMT+01:00)	Hi Mona, The bug exists after the initial troubleshooting steps. So the ticket is escalated to our second-tier team for further debugging. We will get back to you as early as possible. Please wait. -- Thanks! Bigul