Make slugs for taxonomy terms the same as in the default language

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Last updated by Paola Mendiburu 7 months, 1 week ago.

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September 2, 2025 at 9:38 am #17365082
WP Team	Background of the issue: I am working on a site under development and trying to make slugs for taxonomy terms the same as in the default language. I attempted to change the term slug to remove the language suffix. I used quick edit Symptoms: I am unable to change the term slug to remove the language suffix. Questions: How can I make slugs for taxonomy terms the same as in the default language? How do I remove the language suffix from term slugs?
September 2, 2025 at 11:36 am #17365833
Paola Mendiburu WPML Supporter since 11/2020 Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Italian (Italiano ) Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00)	Please let me know when you have send the video.
September 2, 2025 at 1:21 pm #17366297
WP Team	I have sent a video to your email. Please check
September 2, 2025 at 2:06 pm #17366513
Paola Mendiburu WPML Supporter since 11/2020 Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Italian (Italiano ) Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00)	I see that for some language it is working and for other no. For how many languages doesn´t work. Could you please check if there is a term from another post type that has the same slug on that languge?
September 3, 2025 at 5:40 am #17368083
WP Team	the thing is that where the slug is correct - it was done a long time ago. And then they added new languages and now editing the slug via quick edit doesn't work for them. There are no other taxonomy terms with such a slug. I can't change the slug for languages that didn't have a translation before hidden link
September 3, 2025 at 8:27 am #17368663
Paola Mendiburu WPML Supporter since 11/2020 Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Italian (Italiano ) Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00)	Could you please try to deactivate all the plugins and leave only the WPML ones? Then please let me knoe if you can save the slug. You can do that with the plugin Check conflicts. If the problem disappears please activate 1 by 1 the plugins to see where is the conflict.
September 5, 2025 at 9:46 am #17378667
WP Team	Hello, I deactivated all plugins except WPML. But it didn't help. The error still reproduces. I sent you a video by email.
September 8, 2025 at 7:08 am #17382470
WP Team	Hello, are there any ideas on how to solve the problem?
September 9, 2025 at 9:37 am #17386418
Paola Mendiburu WPML Supporter since 11/2020 Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Italian (Italiano ) Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00)	Please check on the database is there any term of the same language with the same slug.
September 12, 2025 at 1:50 pm #17397890
WP Team	I checked the database. There are no duplicates for the slug. That is, the slug is the same, but it is for different languages.
September 12, 2025 at 4:20 pm #17398425
Paola Mendiburu WPML Supporter since 11/2020 Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Italian (Italiano ) Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00)	Would it be possible to have access to a staging site or a copy of your site? This would allow me to investigate the issue without affecting your live production site. I would like to request temporary access (wp-admin and FTP) to your site to take a better look at the issue. You will find the needed fields for this below the comment area when you log in to leave your next reply. The information you will enter is private which means only you and I can see and have access to it. Privacy and Security Policy We have strict policies regarding privacy and access to your information. Please see: https://wpml.org/purchase/support-policy/privacy-and-security-when-providing-debug-information-for-support/ IMPORTANT - Please make a backup of the site files and database before providing us access. - If you do not see the wp-admin/FTP fields this means your post & website login details will be made PUBLIC. DO NOT post your website details unless you see the required wp-admin/FTP fields. If you do not, please ask me to enable the private box. The private box looks like this: hidden link

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