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Problem:
You are experiencing issues translating ACF custom post types categories due to incorrectly added taxonomies.
Solution:
If you're facing similar problems with translating ACF custom post types categories, we recommend checking the taxonomy settings and ensuring they are correctly configured for translations. It might be necessary to adjust the taxonomy URL name if it has been changed incorrectly. 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.

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Last updated by Itamar 1 month, 4 weeks ago.

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November 3, 2025 at 11:45 am

arturasJ-2

Background of the issue:
I am trying to translate ACF custom post types categories on my site hidden link. We made some mistakes by adding taxonomies as default WordPress ones and are now trying to fix category translation issues.

Symptoms:
Issues with translating ACF custom post types categories due to incorrectly added taxonomies.

Questions:
How can I translate ACF custom post types categories?

November 3, 2025 at 12:42 pm #17541096

Itamar
WPML Supporter since 02/2016

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Asia/Jerusalem (GMT+02:00)

Hi,

Please reply to this ticket if you need further help with this issue.

Regards,
Itamar.