Problem: You are experiencing issues with uploading pictures when WPML is enabled, and seeing triplicates of all pictures when WPML is disabled. Solution: The issue arises because WPML's Media Translation feature creates separate media entries for each language. To address this, navigate to WPML > Settings > Media Translation and disable the option "When uploading media to the Media library, make it available in all languages". If you have already disabled WPML and are seeing duplicated images, reactivate WPML and manually remove the duplicates as you would from the original library.
Note that these are not physical copies of the image files; they are only meta information added to the original files, which makes them appear as duplicates in other languages.
If this solution does not apply to your case, or if it seems outdated, we highly recommend checking related known issues at https://wpml.org/known-issues/, verifying the version of the permanent fix, and confirming that you have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. If issues persist, please open a new support ticket at our support forum.
