[Resolved] All Featured Images are Lost

Screenshot attached just in case you need it.

Starting now. So you are aware, it started with far fewer than last time:

loading Translating media. 2511 left

Previously there were over 10k images. I'm not sure if it's picking up where it left of when it had an error last time or if this is because of the plugins being deactivated.

I'll let you know when finished.

Sorry!! Please disregard the previous comment. I still had the old tab opened. The operation is still running.

Okay, I'm not sure what is going on. Now it has changed to the following:

Duplicating media. 76424 left

That's about 7 times more images than I originally had (and I believe we have 7 languages). Is that expected? I haven't done anything myself, it just jumped way higher.

-- Aaron

I suppose I'll just let it run, although it's going to take significantly longer to complete. I'm not sure if you'll still be online when it finishes. The good news is that the hard drive space being consumed is still the same, so I don't think any images were actually replicated.

I've been working on a backup plan if this doesn't work. Does the following code look like it might be feasible as a solution? I used some help from the web and AI, so there certainly could be issues:

function duplicate_featured_images_to_translations() {
// Ensure this runs only in the admin area
if (!is_admin()) {
return;
}

// Get all posts of the custom post type 'automobile'
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'automobile',
'posts_per_page' => -1,
'post_status' => 'publish',
);

$automobiles = new WP_Query($args);

if ($automobiles->have_posts()) {
while ($automobiles->have_posts()) {
$automobiles->the_post();
$post_id = get_the_ID();

// Get all translations for the current post
$translations = apply_filters('wpml_get_element_translations', null, apply_filters('wpml_element_trid', null, $post_id, 'post_automobile'));

if ($translations) {
foreach ($translations as $lang => $translation) {
$translated_post_id = $translation->element_id;

// Check if the translated post has a featured image
if (!has_post_thumbnail($translated_post_id)) {
// Enable the settings to duplicate media and featured images
update_post_meta($translated_post_id, '_icl_duplicate_media', 1);
update_post_meta($translated_post_id, '_icl_duplicate_featured_image', 1);

// Get the featured image of the original post
$featured_image_id = get_post_thumbnail_id($post_id);

if ($featured_image_id) {
// Set the featured image for the translated post
set_post_thumbnail($translated_post_id, $featured_image_id);
}

// Update the post to trigger the duplication
wp_update_post(array(
'ID' => $translated_post_id,
'post_content' => get_post_field('post_content', $translated_post_id) // Just update without changes to trigger duplication
));
}
}
}
}
}

// Reset Post Data
wp_reset_postdata();
}