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Problem:
The client is experiencing high translation costs due to WPML translating backend/admin strings, which are not necessary for their site's frontend. They need a way to disable backend/admin translations to save on translation credits.
Solution:
We recommend excluding specific backend/admin string contexts from automatic translation to prevent unnecessary credit usage. This involves identifying the contexts that are not required for frontend display, such as 'woocommerce-wc-admin-app', 'litespeed-cache', and others listed by the client. To implement this, you can modify the WPML String Translation settings to exclude these contexts.

Additionally, to address issues with menu items on translated pages not functioning correctly (e.g., the 'Products' menu item URL changing to '/es/#'), we suggest adding a code snippet to your theme's functions.php file or a custom plugin. This code will ensure that anchor-only URLs (like '#') are not translated, preserving their functionality across different language versions:

/**
 * Skip URL conversion for anchor-only URLs (# or #something)
 * This prevents WPML from converting # to /es/# on translated pages
 */
add_filter( 'wpml_skip_convert_url_string', function( $skip, $url, $lang_code ) {
    if ( strpos( $url, '#' ) === 0 ) {
        return true;
    }
    return $skip;
}, 10, 3 );

Please note that this solution might be outdated or not applicable to your specific case. If these steps do not resolve your issue, 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 the problem persists, please open a new support ticket for further assistance.