Problem: The client's bilingual website (German and English) displays only the German PDFs on both language versions of a page, despite using the WPML Media Translation tool to add English PDFs. Solution: If you're experiencing this issue, it's likely because the PDF links on your page were created with Elementor. In this case, simply replacing the file in WPML -> Media Translation might not suffice. We recommend translating the PDF links directly within the page using WPML's Advanced Translation Editor. For detailed guidance on how to translate links using this tool, please visit Translating Links with Advanced Translation Editor.
If this solution does not resolve your issue or seems irrelevant due to updates or differences in your setup, we encourage you to open a new support ticket. We also highly recommend 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 at WPML Support Forum.
Problem: You are trying to translate image alt-text, but the translated page still shows the original language's alt-text when inspecting with Chrome Dev-Tools. Solution: We recommend going to the Advanced Translation Editor and making a minor edit to the text, such as adding a space after the full stop in the English version. After making this change, set the translation as complete. This should update the alt-text to the correct language on the translated page.
Please note that this solution might be outdated or not applicable to your specific case. We highly recommend checking the related known issues, verifying the version of the permanent fix, and confirming that you have installed the latest versions of themes and plugins. If the issue persists, please open a new support ticket.
Problem: The client is trying to translate an Elementor website with WPML and is facing two issues: 1. The translation editor does not show the word "Published" from the "Before" field in the Elementor post meta data element. 2. WPML creates a separate template for each language, which means design changes in the default language template must be manually replicated in each translated template.
Solution: 1. When making design/layout changes or adding new widgets to the default language template, update the translation using the Translation Editor, not Elementor. Follow these steps: - Create a test template - Add a heading and text widgets - Translate the template - Edit the template in the default language - Add a new widget or change the color of existing ones - Update the template and its translation via the translation editor - Check the translated template on the front end
2. To add the untranslated string "Published" to the translation editor, register the widget for translation by following these guides:
