I would like to suggest a feature that I think is missing in String translation. It would be a great feature to be able to choose "Translation needs update" to only view strings that have translation, but were the translation for some reason needs to be updated.
Currently it is really hard to find these strings as the drop-down menu for display only allows to filter on All strings, Translated, Translation needed (which shows all string that is not translated or partially translated), Waiting on translator, Partially translated.
So would be great if you could add "Translation needs update" as an option in the first drop-down menu in string translation to filter all strings that needs updated translation.
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Hello,
Thank you for contacting WPML support team,
The "Translation needs update" could indeed be useful, I have shared your feature request with our dev team, I will keep you updated once I get further feedbacks about this.
Thank you for taking the time and helping us improve WPML 🙂
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Hello,
After further verification, I found out that this feature been requested years ago, and we unfortunately concluded that it won't be possible to implement because Strings don't have history and cannot have a history.
This kind of filter is only available for content under WPML > Translation Management.
That sounds strange to me. As when a string needs an update, the icon for the translation/language is changed to a circle arrow. So something must be changing for that string, as how would the icon change if not?
I am no expert in PHP, but there should be a way of "seeing" those string were obviously something changes as they display the circle arrow icon to mark that it needs update.
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Hello,
You did share a valid point, it turns out WPML string translation had multiple changes in relation to the translation status since 5 years (last time this feature was requested).
I have escalated this to our developers and will get back to you once I get a confirmation.
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Hello,
Thank you again for your feature suggestion for WPML.
After careful consideration, we've found that this particular use case is relatively rare and hasn't been requested by other users.
While we appreciate your input, and we acknowledge its potential usefulness for specific use cases, we must prioritize features with broader appeal. Nevertheless, we value your feedback and will keep your suggestion in mind for potential future updates.
I will stay subscribed to the feed I created internally and keep you updated if any changes were made regarding this decision.
I quite don't understand the reasoning of this. If a string needs translation update, why wouldn't that be useful?? If the user can't see them, how could they update them?
There is no logic in this decision. The reason people didn't request it, is probably because they don't know that it would be possible or they aren't aware that there are situations were the translations needs to be updated.
I really think you should reconsider this. I can't be the only person who uses string translations for many scenarios and want to keep the strings updated. And as the total strings available there is massive, there is no pleasant way of knowing when strings needs a translation update.
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Hello again,
Our developers are currently discussing your request,
It would be helpful if you could give us more details on:
- What kind of strings have you changed in such case
- What is its source (is it from a theme or a plugin?)
- How do you change them?
- How often do you think you would use this feature?
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Also, if possible, could you send us a copy of your site, if yes, I have opened a private answer for you to share it privately.
I have a lot of admin_texts_xxx strings were this would be useful. As everytime you save a setting and something changed that is fetched through admin text, it would be useful to filter those strings. I have about 40-50 such admin_texts_xxx and in my case some of these have up to 86 individual strings. And going through each of these admin_texts_xxx and searching individual strings to check if they needs update is a massive job...
I also have a lot of custom strings that is added through code snippets with a custom domain to be pick-upped by string translation. And if I change a code snippets that contain custom strings then in many cases I need to update their translation.
So having the ability to directly see which strings needs and translation update would be highly useful. And I don't think I am alone in using Admin texts and code snippets with translatable strings.
