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Last updated by Daniel Dorado 2 days, 5 hours ago.

Assisted by: Paola Mendiburu.

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February 19, 2026 at 10:24 am

Daniel Dorado

Hi WPML Support,

Since updating WPML yesterday to v4.9.0, I’m seeing a redirect issue that breaks the Bricks editor only for the default language when the option “Use directory for default language” is enabled.

Setup

Default language: Spanish (es)

Secondary language: English (en)

WPML setting enabled: Use directory for default language

Builder: Bricks (using ?bricks=run/)

Issue

When I open a Spanish (default language) URL with Bricks editor:

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it redirects to:

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That extra /en/ prefix makes the builder not loading correctly showing a 404 error

What works

English URLs work fine (no wrong redirect).

If I disable “Use directory for default language”, the Spanish URL loads the Bricks builder correctly.

Expected behavior

The Spanish builder URL should load without being redirected to an URL containing /en/es/.

Request

Could you confirm if this is a known issue in WPML 4.9.0, and advise on the correct fix or workaround?

February 19, 2026 at 1:31 pm #17836194

Daniel Dorado

Hola,

He podido resolver el problema restaurando el backup a otro sitio dentro del multisite y haciendo un mapping del dominio a este nuevo sitio.

February 19, 2026 at 3:10 pm #17836521

Paola Mendiburu
WPML Supporter since 11/2020

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Italian (Italiano )

Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+01:00)

Me alegro.

No dudes en contactarnos nuevamente si tienes cualquier problema.

February 19, 2026 at 6:38 pm #17836961

Daniel Dorado

He podido replicar el problema, aparentemente si importo los settings del theme del sitio con problemas al nuevo, el problema reaparece, si restauro a los settings por defecto el problema desaparece

February 20, 2026 at 9:21 am #17837764

Paola Mendiburu
WPML Supporter since 11/2020

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Italian (Italiano )

Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+01:00)

Hola!

¿Sabrías decirme el setting concreto que es?

De esta manera puedo replicarlo en este sitio y pasarlo al equipo de compatibilidad: hidden link

February 20, 2026 at 5:21 pm #17839212

Daniel Dorado

La opcion BUILDER -> SITE LANGUAGE

"builderLocale": "en_US", -> esto en el JSON es lo que esta generando la incompatibilidad, probablemente debido a que "ES" es el idioma predeterminado del sitio el cual no es EN y como EN es un idioma que tambien esta activo quizas ahi es donde se esta formando el lio

Seteando la opción a SITE DEFAULT, soluciona el problema

"builderLocale": "site-default",

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