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Problem:

I want to check if the webpage has been translated into a specific language.

Solution:

We have extensive documentation for developers and hooks that you can use for this purpose.

https://wpml.org/documentation/support/

Probably the following two hooks are what you need in your case.

https://wpml.org/wpml-hook/wpml_element_translation_type/

https://wpml.org/wpml-hook/wpml_element_has_translations/

Problem: I want to completely uninstall WPML

Solution: Please make sure you delete all the translated pages, posts, media and taxonomies before you delete WPML and then go to WPML > Support > Troubleshooting > Reset WPML.

Problem:

Cart items are not synced between languages with custom lang switcher.

Solution:

The user is tweaking our code example from WPML's documentation here.

https://wpml.org/documentation/getting-started-guide/language-setup/custom-language-switcher/#language-selector-with-flags-only

If your site is set to 'A different domain per language' Language URL format, then this code example will not sync the cart's content when you switch the language. But only by adding a class (wpml-ls-item) the element that holds the language's link, the issue is solved. This is the corrected code example.

function language_selector_flags(){
    $languages = icl_get_languages('skip_missing=0&orderby=code');
    if(!empty($languages)){
        foreach($languages as $l){
            if(!$l['active']) echo '<a class="wpml-ls-item" href="'.$l['url'].'">';
            echo '<img src="'.$l['country_flag_url'].'" height="12" alt="'.$l['language_code'].'" width="18" />';
            if(!$l['active']) echo '</a>';
        }
    }
}

Relevant Documentation:

https://wpml.org/documentation/getting-started-guide/language-setup/custom-language-switcher/

Problem:
Syntax error, unexpected "&" and/or unxexpected "if" when using WPML with Elementor PRO.

Solution:

A workaround was provided and the issue solved in upcoming WPML update:

Set post/page/CPT (whichever has the problem) to translatable only
OR
Call the menu in template file or widget do not use page builder
OR
Add this code to functinos.php

add_filter('nav_menu_link_attributes', function ($atts, $item){
    if (isset($item->object) && $item->object == 'wpml_ls_menu_item') {
	$classes = !empty($atts['class']) ? $atts['class'] . ' ' : '';
	$atts['class'] = $classes . 'wpml-ls-link';
    }
    
    return $atts;
},99,2);

Problem: My Footer in Astra / Elementor has strings from Mailerlite newsletter signup form. I managed to have them scanned by adding the plugin to the XML config section.
Now though, after the original English text was changed, it won't update in the string translation panel. The old English text is there, and the translation is not shown.

Solution: I searched in our forum about similar tickets and it seems Mailster plugin is not compatible with WPML, however I found a workaround for this issue: I created a test form that will act as the French form (for testing purposes only) and as I don't know Mailster I just leaved with the text by default. Then I edited the footer and manually switched languages using the admin menu at the top, which allowed me to edit the French version of the Footer. Once in the French version I manually added the shortcode for the new form and saved the changes.

Relevant Documentation: