Problem: The client is using a BLock Theme and was unable to see changes made to the theme, such as background color, consistently across different language versions of the site. Specifically, changes made in the site's default language (French) were not appearing in the English version. Additionally, there were issues with editing and updating the French 'Pages' template when WPML was enabled. Solution: 1. We advised the client to always make changes in the site's default language (French) and then use WPML to translate these changes into other languages. 2. To view and edit the English templates, the client needed to change the admin language to English, navigate to Appearance > Site Editor > Templates, and then reinitiate the English 'Pages' Templates. 3. For translating, the client should go to WPML > Translation Management, select the French 'Pages' Template, send it to translation, and translate it at WPML > Translations. 4. We identified a misconfiguration in 'WPML > Settings > Taxonomy Translation' where the taxonomy 'Themes (wp_theme)' was set to 'Translatable - use translation if available or fallback to default language'. Changing this setting to 'Not translatable' resolved the issue. 5. We also noted that there were duplicate and manually created translations for templates and template parts which needed cleanup. The client was advised to delete unnecessary translations and reset the default template where needed. 6. Detailed steps for managing template translations can be found here: https://wpml.org/errata/template-is-not-applied-to-translated-page/
If this solution does not resolve your issue, or if it seems outdated or irrelevant to your case, we highly recommend checking related known issues at https://wpml.org/known-issues/, verifying the version of the permanent fix,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. Please feel free to open a new support ticket for further assistance at https://wpml.org/forums/forum/english-support/.
