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Last updated by peterB-149 4 hours, 28 minutes ago.

Assisted by: Carlos Rojas.

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December 16, 2025 at 7:03 am #17666119

peterB-149

Hi,

I have moved my site to a new domain, followed the steps here: https://wpml.org/forums/topic/switching-to-a-new-domain/ and also performed a search and replace to replace all instances of the old url with the new url in the database.

The "Translation Dashboard" now appears as a blank page and I am no longer able to translate any of the content.

Thanks

December 17, 2025 at 10:08 am #17670359

Carlos Rojas
WPML Supporter since 03/2017

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español )

Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+01:00)

Hello,
My name is Carlos, and I will continue working on this ticket

The debug information indicates a fatal error is occurring due to a missing file in the active theme (Betheme Child). If you activate the parent theme, does the issue persist with the WPML -> Translation Dashboard template?

Looking forward to your message.
Regards,
Carlos

December 18, 2025 at 12:41 pm #17674718

peterB-149

Hi,

I tried both the parent theme and Twenty Twenty-Five theme, neither resolved the issue.

December 18, 2025 at 12:48 pm #17674758

Carlos Rojas
WPML Supporter since 03/2017

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español )

Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+01:00)

Thank you for your message.

Please share the access credentials to the site in your next message, which I have set private. That way, I will be able to reproduce the issue and check the configuration.

Confirm you have created a full site backup that you can restore if necessary.

December 22, 2025 at 12:57 pm #17682169

Carlos Rojas
WPML Supporter since 03/2017

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español )

Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+01:00)

Hi there,
Thank you for sharing the credentials requested

Please follow these steps:
- Update all outdated plugins that appear in this link: hidden link
- Flush the cache memory
- Fix the problem with the writing permission in the .htaccess file shown at the bottom of this page: hidden link
- If the issue persists, then create a staging site with a copy of the live site (you can use the WP Staging plugin for free) and share the credentials in your next message which I have set private.

Looking forward to your message.

December 29, 2025 at 11:09 am #17694586

peterB-149

Hi, the issue is still there. Some of the plugins can't be updated, but I deactivated them and it still didn't work. My htaccess is set to 644 for permissions so I'm not sure why that's an issue?

December 29, 2025 at 11:16 am #17694599

Carlos Rojas
WPML Supporter since 03/2017

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español )

Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+01:00)

Hi,
Thank you for your message.

In this case, I kindly ask you to create a staging site as described in my previous message and share the access credentials so I can take a closer look.

December 29, 2025 at 11:19 am #17694604

peterB-149

I also just attempted to use that plugin to create a staging site but it didn't work, I just get a site could not be reached message.

December 29, 2025 at 11:24 am #17694618

Carlos Rojas
WPML Supporter since 03/2017

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español )

Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+01:00)

In this case, please contact your hosting providers and ask them if they can create a staging site for you. As an alternative, confirm you have created a full site backup that you can restore, and authorize me to run more tests on the site.

December 29, 2025 at 3:57 pm #17695350

peterB-149

I've taken a backup of the site, so you have authorization.

December 30, 2025 at 10:29 am #17696451

Carlos Rojas
WPML Supporter since 03/2017

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español )

Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+01:00)

Thank you for creating the site backup.

Please confirm if the FTP credentials you shared are from the site hidden link

December 30, 2025 at 10:29 am #17696452

Carlos Rojas
WPML Supporter since 03/2017

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español )

Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+01:00)

Also, can you tell me how you ran the migration?

December 31, 2025 at 12:43 pm #17698407

peterB-149

The FTP should work for that site yes.

I followed the steps here: https://wpml.org/forums/topic/switching-to-a-new-domain/

Also did a search and replace from old domain to new domain in the database.

December 31, 2025 at 1:17 pm #17698440

Carlos Rojas
WPML Supporter since 03/2017

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español )

Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+01:00)

Is it possible that you migrate the site using the All-In-One WP Migration plugin or Duplicator and check if the issue has disappeared?

January 3, 2026 at 10:00 am #17701305

peterB-149

I'm not sure what you mean? I thought you were looking at the live site as I've taken a backup?