Problem:
The client is unclear about the publishing process and status management of translated pages using WPML, including how to view, publish, draft, or delete translated pages.
Solution:
To manage the publishing status of translations, navigate to WPML → Settings and scroll to the Translated documents options section. Here, you can set translations to be saved as drafts or have the same status as the original language content. For more details, visit documentation.
Depending on the translation mode, different review options are available under WPML → Settings → Translation mode. These options include reviewing translations before publishing, publishing translations and reviewing them later, or publishing translations without reviewing. For further information, check out documentation.
To view a translated page, you can either review the page and use the option to view it or switch to the translation using the language switcher on the default language version of the page.
If a translated page is published and needs to be made invisible, you can change its status to draft or under review by going to pages/posts, clicking on the secondary language, finding the page/post, and using 'quick edit' to switch to 'draft'.
To delete a translated page, navigate to pages, click on the secondary language, select the translation, and delete. This can also be synced so that deleting the default language page will also delete the translation. More details can be found at documentation.
If this solution does not resolve your issue or seems outdated, we recommend opening a new support ticket. We also highly suggest checking related known issues at https://wpml.org/known-issues/, verifying the version of the permanent fix, and confirming that you have installed the latest versions of themes and plugins. For further assistance, please visit our support forum.
