Problem: The client needs to restrict translators from modifying source pages while allowing them to edit translations in a multi-language WordPress site. The translators currently have sub-admin status, but reducing their role to editor did not achieve the desired limitation. Solution: We found that the desired behavior of restricting translators to only modify their target language pages without affecting the source language pages is not achievable using standard WPML or WordPress user roles. However, we recommend exploring third-party plugins that are WPML compatible and might offer the needed functionality. One such plugin is WP User Manager, which you can find here: https://wpusermanager.com/. Additionally, we suggest checking the Toolset Access plugin, which is supported by us and might help in setting up specific editing permissions for different languages. You can learn more about this plugin here: https://wpml.org/documentation/translating-your-contents/how-to-use-access-plugin-to-create-editors-for-specific-language/. Please ensure to test these solutions in a staging environment or have a backup if testing in production.
If these solutions do not resolve your issue or if they become outdated, we highly recommend checking related known issues at https://wpml.org/known-issues/, verifying the version of the permanent fix, and confirming that you have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. Should you need further assistance, please do not hesitate to open a new support ticket at our support forum.
