WPML plugin uses staging url on live site

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Last updated by Bigul 1 year, 11 months ago.

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July 11, 2023 at 11:42 am #14014035
arthurL-6	I am trying to: pushing staging website to live. when I open a page that wpm uses, it load a login screen of the staging environment. Link to a page where the issue can be seen: awarego.org/stories I expected to see:not a login screen Instead, I got: login screen which is active on staging page
July 11, 2023 at 11:56 am #14014229
Alejandro WPML Supporter since 02/2018 Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Italian (Italiano ) Timezone: Europe/Rome (GMT+02:00)	I'm not sure why you believe this is happening because of WPML but WPML doesn't store url's and it doesn't even handle authorization windows, all that comes from your server and/or WordPress installation. Most of the time the best solution is to use plugins like this one: https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-search-replace/ and try to find the old domains and replace them with the correct one because these issues almost always happen because the migration procedure missed some database tables. Regards.
July 12, 2023 at 9:02 am #14021105
arthurL-6	Hello Alejandro. I'm working with staging website where I have password protection set up: hidden link . After I've done with my changes I'm pushing staging to live (where I don't have password protection) and sometimes I see that on my live website there is a website protection. I've contacted hosting and they told me that problem with WPML hidden link , legacy switcher. It makes request for styles on the staging website. This problem is really annoying me so I would love to know how can I setup WPML (on staging or on the live or both) to prevent this issue hidden link - staging hidden link - live Thanks for your assistance, waiting for the answers. Have a good day 🙂
July 12, 2023 at 10:18 am #14022295
Bigul WPML Supporter since 01/2013 Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Europe/Vienna (GMT+02:00)	Hello, Thank you for the updates. We would like to know if this ticket is the same as the following one. If so, please close this ticket. So we can avoid duplicate tickets and it will help us to serve you better. https://wpml.org/forums/topic/push-from-staging-to-live-with-wpml-makes-password-protection-appear/ -- Thanks! Bigul