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Last updated by Marcel 1 day, 10 hours ago.

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July 16, 2025 at 1:26 pm #17242143

berndS-16

Background of the issue:
I use the Avada Theme and WPML on the site hidden link. I have defined some global elements, especially for the post sidebar.

Symptoms:
After every translation, these global elements seem to fall back to their original language.

Questions:
How can I exclude fusion_global_elements from translation?

July 17, 2025 at 2:29 pm #17246628

Andreas W.
WPML Supporter since 12/2018

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) German (Deutsch )

Timezone: America/Lima (GMT-05:00)

Hello,

You will need to translate the global elements inside Avada > Library.

Did you translate them already?

Best regards
Andreas

July 22, 2025 at 12:04 pm #17259119

berndS-16

Hi Andreas,
thanks for your answer!
Yes, they have been translated already. Problem is, that they always fall back to the original language.
My guess is that this happens every time a translation process is issued. So that's why I would like to exclude them from the translations.
Best,
Bernd

July 23, 2025 at 4:06 pm #17264777

Marcel
Supporter

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) German (Deutsch )

Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00)

Hi Bernd,

my colleague Andreas is unavailable today, therefore I take this ticket over.

We don’t have a built-in way to exclude content from translation. Do you have a staging site where we could run some tests?

I would eventually also need to request temporary access (WP-Admin and FTP) to your site
– preferably to a test site where the problem has been replicated if possible –
in order to be of better help and check if some configurations might need to be changed

Your next answer will be private which means only you and I have access to it.

❌ Please backup your database and website ❌

✙ I would additionally need your permission to de-activate and re-activate Plugins and the Theme, and to change configurations on the site. This is also a reason the backup is really important.

✙ Please add the Links to the […] Edit Screen, the Page/Post where you insert the […] and the corresponding Front End Page/Screen

Best Regards,
Marcel

July 24, 2025 at 11:44 am #17267168

Marcel
Supporter

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) German (Deutsch )

Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00)

Hi Bernd,

thanks for the access.

EN: hidden link

DE:
hidden link

As far as I can see, there is no global content defined anymore in the German version. It also uses different shortcodes, which explains the differences in output. Since you're not using the WPML Editor (based on your configuration), everything is managed manually through the WP editor within Avada. That means there's no synchronization for this content, so there's also no need to "exclude" anything. You can simply add a new global element for the German version, as you are using the manual translation mode.

Best Regards,
Marcel

July 25, 2025 at 9:39 am #17270482

berndS-16

Hi Marcel,

thanks again for your help!

Maybe I should have pointed you to a specific post... yes, we do have global elements. For example in the post titled "Denmark's Largest Refinery Focuses on Digitalization" - see the attached screenshot. There's more global elements here but the one that I marked always falls back to english in the german translation.

Could you have a look at this please?

Thanks and best regards,
Bernd

Screenshot 2025-07-25 113741.png
July 25, 2025 at 3:18 pm #17271694

Marcel
Supporter

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) German (Deutsch )

Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00)

Hi Bernd,

Just to clarify — it’s not actually falling back; the Global Elements are simply not defined in the DE version. Also, since you're using the EPML Editor, the sync isn’t handled automatically by WPML. You need to handle all in the Page Builder manually.

Please check the following:

EN: hidden link">Global Elements assigned

DE: hidden link">No Global Elements assigned

Could you please:

1) Assign the Global Elements manually in the DE version.
2) Make a small update to the English content afterwards and check if the Global Elements stay assigned.

Best regards,
Marcel