ACF clone field doesnt honor translation setting

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Last updated by Bruno Kos 2 months, 3 weeks ago.

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January 14, 2025 at 10:05 am #16592187
jelleS	Background of the issue: I am trying to use ACF clone fields in blocks on my site hidden link. These fields were previously appearing in translation jobs. Symptoms: ACF clone fields do not show up in translation jobs anymore. Questions: Why are the ACF clone fields not appearing in translation jobs anymore? What changes could have caused the ACF clone fields to stop showing up in translation jobs?
January 14, 2025 at 2:42 pm #16593504
Bruno Kos WPML Supporter since 12/2018 Languages: English (English ) German (Deutsch ) French (Français ) Timezone: Europe/Zagreb (GMT+02:00)	To troubleshoot this problem, I'll install the Duplicator plugin and generate packages for further debugging purposes. I'll ensure to exclude all media files to maintain a minimal package size. You can find more information about the process here: [link](https://wpml.org/faq/provide-supporters-copy-site/). Please confirm if this approach is acceptable to you.
January 15, 2025 at 7:56 am #16595828
jelleS	Thats fine by me
January 15, 2025 at 10:17 am #16596579
Bruno Kos WPML Supporter since 12/2018 Languages: English (English ) German (Deutsch ) French (Français ) Timezone: Europe/Zagreb (GMT+02:00)	This has been escalated to our 2nd tier team team and may take some debugging time, I'll get back to you as soon as I have any news or questions for you.
January 15, 2025 at 10:26 am #16596620
jelleS	Thanks for you reply, please know that this is very important issue that has high priority for us. Because of fact that our client want to release the website next week.
January 15, 2025 at 1:49 pm #16597551
Bruno Kos WPML Supporter since 12/2018 Languages: English (English ) German (Deutsch ) French (Français ) Timezone: Europe/Zagreb (GMT+02:00)	We’ve been reviewing the setup for the Clone fields and their translation settings based on the documentation. It seems that the valid options for the Clone fields themselves are "Copy" or "Copy Once," so we’ll focus on these as we investigate further. Looking at the page hidden link, we noticed the fields come from custom blocks rather than being assigned to a field group for the page itself. For example, the button text "Addresses across the world" is added through an "Article-CTA" block. A bit of investigation shows this block is tied to the "Section Inline CTA" field group. Within this field group, there’s a Repeater field called "Buttons," which includes a "Button" clone field. Currently, this clone field is set to "Translate." We suggest changing it to "Copy Once" to match the parent repeater field setting. The field it’s cloning is "Button (group)." However, we’ve been unable to locate this field within the available field groups. Could you clarify where this "Button (group)" field might be or provide additional context?
January 15, 2025 at 3:03 pm #16597853
jelleS	You can find this field in ACF group "Elements"
January 21, 2025 at 7:27 am #16616473
jelleS	HI, do you guys have a update for us? This thursday we wanna go live with the website. But with this issue still in place it would a bit hard to go live. Looking forward to hear from you. With best regards,
January 21, 2025 at 8:32 am #16616732
Bruno Kos WPML Supporter since 12/2018 Languages: English (English ) German (Deutsch ) French (Français ) Timezone: Europe/Zagreb (GMT+02:00)	We are still unable to determine why this isn't working on your website. We set up a clean ACFML test site and implemented a streamlined version of the setup, which worked as expected. We then returned to our local copy of your site and replicated the same simplified setup from the test site. However, for some reason, it didn’t work. I will provide updates here as soon as we have more information. Unfortunately, we have not yet been able to get to the bottom of this.
January 21, 2025 at 10:41 am #16617826
jelleS	Thanks for your reply, can it has something to do with this post? https://wpml.org/forums/topic/acf-clone-field-doesnt-honor-translation-setting-2/ I have applied this change in the plugin. Looking forward to hear from you.
January 21, 2025 at 1:08 pm #16618629
Bruno Kos WPML Supporter since 12/2018 Languages: English (English ) German (Deutsch ) French (Français ) Timezone: Europe/Zagreb (GMT+02:00)	It is possible that this workaround broke something else, I passed this information to our 2nd tier for further checks.
January 27, 2025 at 1:47 pm #16638190
Bruno Kos WPML Supporter since 12/2018 Languages: English (English ) German (Deutsch ) French (Français ) Timezone: Europe/Zagreb (GMT+02:00)	We found that changing the setting (from false to true) successfully resolved the issue on our end. Could you try making this change and re-saving all the original content? Alternatively, you can test with https://wpml.org/download/acfml/?section=changelog on a test site first to see if it resolves the issue. If neither option works, rest assured that this will be addressed in the next release, which is expected in a week or two (assuming everything proceeds as planned). Let us know how it goes!
January 30, 2025 at 8:20 am #16649744
jelleS	I have requested my customer to check it. In my test I see data appear.
January 30, 2025 at 9:35 am #16650163
Bruno Kos WPML Supporter since 12/2018 Languages: English (English ) German (Deutsch ) French (Français ) Timezone: Europe/Zagreb (GMT+02:00)	Ok, let me know if you have any questions on the matter.

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