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Reported for: WPML SEO 2.1.0
Overview of the issue
When using the Rank Math SEO plugin, the primary category set for a product or post in the default language does not synchronize to its translations. This issue persists even if you set the rank_math_primary_product_cat custom field as copy.
Workaround
Please, make sure of having a full backup of your site before proceeding.
- Open theme's functions.php file.
- Add the following code:
// compsupp-6580: sync primary term and primary product terms for Rank Math add_filter('get_post_metadata', 'compsupp6580_filter_the_post_metadata', 20, 4); function compsupp6580_filter_the_post_metadata($value, $postId, $key, $single) { $meta_keys_mapping = array( 'rank_math_primary_category' => 'category', 'rank_math_primary_product_cat' => 'product_cat', ); if (in_array($key, array_keys($meta_keys_mapping), true)) { remove_filter('get_post_metadata', 'compsupp6580_filter_the_post_metadata', 20); $value = get_post_meta($postId, $key, true); add_filter('get_post_metadata', 'compsupp6580_filter_the_post_metadata', 20, 4); $args = [ 'element_id' => $postId, 'element_type' => get_post_type($postId), ]; $language = apply_filters('wpml_element_language_code', false, $args); $value = apply_filters('wpml_object_id', $value, $meta_keys_mapping[$key], true, $language); if (!$single) { $value = [$value]; } } return $value; }