Technical Error ONLY in German

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Problem:
An error of type E_ERROR was caused in line 234 of the file wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/includes/class-wc-post-types.php. Error message: Uncaught ValueError: Missing format specifier at end of string in wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/includes/class-wc-post-types.php:234

Solution:
https://wpml.org/de/forums/topic/critical-uncaught-valueerror-missing-format-specifier-at-end-of-string/#post-10255489

And if you are using Loco Translate, the 's' was missing in the German translation.

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Last updated by Andreas 1 year, 6 months ago.

Assisted by: Andreas.

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October 17, 2022 at 10:05 am #12252277
ceesG	I am trying to: Open a page in German Language Link to a page where the issue can be seen: hidden link I expected to see: My website Instead, I got:Technical Error an a not working website in German Because it is only in German failure I assume that the course is in WPML. Please advise...
October 17, 2022 at 10:34 am #12252659
Andreas	Hello there Thank you for contacting us. I am happy to help you. In order to understand what is happening, I would like to ask you for the debug log or the error log of your site. https://wordpress.org/support/article/debugging-in-wordpress/ After you enable it you need to visit again the German language in order to see something in the debug.log file Regards, Andreas
October 17, 2022 at 10:49 am #12252759
ceesG	It will do that... WordPress wrote me: Error Details ============= An error of type E_ERROR was caused in line 234 of the file /customers/d/4/f/ergorest-armsteunen.nl/httpd.www/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/includes/class-wc-post-types.php. Error message: Uncaught ValueError: Missing format specifier at end of string in /customers/d/4/f/ergorest-armsteunen.nl/httpd.www/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/includes/class-wc-post-types.php:234 Stack trace: #0 /customers/d/4/f/ergorest-armsteunen.nl/httpd.www/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/includes/class-wc-post-types.php(234): sprintf('Alle %', 'Kleur arm') #1 /customers/d/4/f/ergorest-armsteunen.nl/httpd.www/wordpress/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(307): WC_Post_Types::register_taxonomies('') #2 /customers/d/4/f/ergorest-armsteunen.nl/httpd.www/wordpress/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(331): WP_Hook->apply_filters(NULL, Array) #3 /customers/d/4/f/ergorest-armsteunen.nl/httpd.www/wordpress/wp-includes/plugin.php(476): WP_Hook->do_action(Array) #4 /customers/d/4/f/ergorest-armsteunen.nl/httpd.www/wordpress/wp-settings.php(598): do_action('init') #5 /customers/d/4/f/ergorest-armsteunen.nl/httpd.www/wordpress/wp-config.php(118): require_once('/customers/d/4/...') #6 /customers/d/4/f/ergorest-armsteunen.nl/httpd.www/wordpress/wp-load.php(50): require_once('/customers/d/4/...') #7 /customers/d/4/f/ergorest-armsteunen.nl/httpd.www/wordpress/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php(22): require_once('/customers/d/4/...') #8 {main} thrown
October 17, 2022 at 10:52 am #12252769
ceesG	Debug is now ON...
October 17, 2022 at 11:56 am #12253385
Andreas	Thank you very much for the debug info. May I ask you to test this solution? https://wpml.org/de/forums/topic/critical-uncaught-valueerror-missing-format-specifier-at-end-of-string/#post-10255489 Regards, Andreas
October 17, 2022 at 12:23 pm #12253701
ceesG	No, did it in: woocommerce All %s wpml-translation-management All %s but no result... Then I found out that in Loco Translate (which I also use) the 's' was missing in the German translation. It works now. Thanks Andreas...!
October 17, 2022 at 12:27 pm #12253711
Andreas	Thank you very much for the confirmation, I marking this ticket as resolved. Regards, Andreas

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