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Last updated by Dražen Duvnjak 1 year, 1 month ago.

Assisted by: Faisal Ahammad.

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February 2, 2023 at 11:41 am #12946733

nicholasC-17

I'm getting the following error when finalising the setup:

element_id and type do not match for element_id:205 the database contains tax_post_tag while this function was called with tax_category

Please see attached screen shot.

I look forward to hearing from you.

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February 2, 2023 at 11:52 am #12946849

Dražen Duvnjak
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Languages: English (English )

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

Hello,

This type of error occurs when the database is corrupted with some entries. In order to fix it, we need to delete the specific entries that have this element ID.

Because it is database related issue, it is really important that before doing anything you backup your website and database.

Once it is done, please follow the steps here:

1. Go to WPML → Support.
2. Click on the Troubleshooting link.
3. Click on the Fix post type assignment for translations button.

Then please, download the Phpmyadmin to have access directly to your database: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-phpmyadmin-extension/

1. Open the wp_icl_translations table.
2. Search for the element_id which is throwing the error.
3. Delete the row.

Please note you might need to so several times for different IDs.

- https://wpml.org/errata/fatal-error-invalidargumentexception-element_id-and-type-do-not-match/

Just add here, one more thing, if you can access WPML > Support tab, since you are just setting up WPML you can use the WPML reset option and reset it.

- https://wpml.org/faq/how-wpml-reset-works/

Let us know how it goes.

Regards,
Drazen

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