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Problem:
The client is using WPML for Pages in Spanish and Portuguese and wants to start using it for Blog posts. They are migrating blogs from separate subdomains into a single domain and are interested in knowing if they can use WPML in a hybrid mode where some Spanish blog posts are translations from an English blog, while others are created directly in Spanish.
Solution:
We confirmed that it is possible to use WPML in a hybrid mode for managing blog posts. The client can create posts directly in Spanish without needing an English version for every post. This approach allows for flexibility where not every Spanish post has to be a translation of an English post, and both methods can coexist without issues. It is also important to ensure that the URL structure and taxonomies are correctly configured for each language to maintain consistency and support SEO efforts across the multilingual site.

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