Background of the issue:
I've published some posts in Spanish (my default language) and translated them to English, but now I want to change the original language set of those posts. I've read a documentation to do this but that is one post at a time, and there are hundreds that I want to apply this change.
Symptoms:
I need to change the original language of multiple posts in bulk, but the documentation I found only explains how to do it one post at a time.
Questions:
Is there a way to change the original language of multiple posts in bulk?
The WPML user interface does not currently support bulk options for changing a post's default language. You will need to make the changes for each post individually.
Hi Andrey, I understand there is no front-end option for this, what I want to know is if I can do this another way, for example, using filters and hooks to select posts in bulk and update that value. Does your team know of other wpml users doing something like that?
Some users reported that they needed custom database changes, but we don't support these changes. When you use the admin option for a single post, the necessary changes are made to the database automatically (because it is designed, coded correctly, and tested). However, if you try to make these changes manually, you may miss some places, therefore breaking the logic.
I don't know of any pre-existing custom solutions for this, and there are no related hooks. If you're interested in exploring the possibility of creating a custom solution, I can direct you to the icl_translations table, which holds the language information.
Another idea to consider is exporting the posts, adjusting the CSV file if necessary, and then importing them back with the desired default language. This is only an idea; I can not guarantee it will work in your case.
Hi Andrey, just to be sure, if I have unchecked in WPML > Settings the synchronization to delete a translation when the original is deleted, I should be able to delete the original and then the remaining translation will behave as the original post? Allowing me to translate its content. If that's correct then currently is being deleted even when that is unchecked, it's not allowing me to change the language of an individual post either.
Quick update, I've solved the last issue about deleting the post, and the other one about disconnecting the translation. Now I've another problem, mainly I wanted to edit by bulk the posts language so I could translate the content, for context those posts were published in Spanish (default language) but all the content, title, seo, etc, was in English.
They were "translated" but as they were already in English there was no change. Now I want to set the post original language to English and translate the content to Spanish. The issue, the "translation" seems to be saved to memory so I have to manually click automatic translation for each text field in the Advanced Translation Editor. What do I need to do so when I open the Advanced Translation Editor I can click the automatic translation and it translated all the texts fields of the post?
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