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Last updated by Osama Mersal 11 hours, 47 minutes ago.

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September 26, 2024 at 6:34 am #16223176

vincentW-14

Background of the issue:
Keep YOAST SEO Special Pages into the native language (Dutch);

Symptoms:
YOAST seo special pages in translated language

Questions:
Fix this problem because now my users who have selected dutch. See in the page title French.

October 9, 2024 at 1:40 am #16267763

Long Nguyen
Supporter

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh (GMT+07:00)

Hi Vincent,

My colleague told me that you asked to re-open this ticket. Before this thread gets assigned to my colleague, I would like to share some suggestions or potential solutions for the issues you've reported.

Please edit the Internal and 404 page option > add the text in the Dutch language > save > then translate the text to French in WPML > String Translation.
Refer documentation https://wpml.org/documentation/plugins-compatibility/using-wordpress-seo-with-wpml/#translate-global-seo-texts

Let us know the update. We will be happy to help if you need further assistance in this matter.

Thanks.

October 11, 2024 at 6:22 am #16277549

vincentW-14

Dear,

We did this, but the origin text got translated because of this into French. So it's now showing French on the entire site.

Kr,
Vincent

October 13, 2024 at 10:40 am #16283013

Osama Mersal
Supporter

Languages: English (English ) Arabic (العربية )

Timezone: Africa/Cairo (GMT+02:00)

Hi Vincent,

I'm Osama from WPML forums support. I'll be glad to help you today.

First of all, sorry for the late reply; it was due to a higher workload.

I would need to look closely at your site, so I would need to request temporary access (WP-Admin and FTP)
Preferably to a test site where the problem has been replicated.

Your answer will be private, meaning only you and I can access it.

❌ Please backup your database and website ❌

✙ I need your permission to deactivate and reactivate the plugins and themes and change site configurations. This is also why the backup is critical.

✙ I also need your permission to take a local copy of your site to debug the issue without affecting your live site.

Best regards,
Osama

October 16, 2024 at 6:30 pm #16297487

vincentW-14

Dear,

Let me answer fully tmrw! Currently super busy.

October 17, 2024 at 4:25 am #16298125

vincentW-14

Good morning.

I just tried to change the names back to dutch but after a few seconds they change back to french.

I think it has something to do with the string translations. Where I expect text in Dutch it shows text in French.

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October 17, 2024 at 4:26 am #16298154

vincentW-14

Please request the login credentials again; I'll provide.

October 17, 2024 at 7:00 am #16298328

Osama Mersal
Supporter

Languages: English (English ) Arabic (العربية )

Timezone: Africa/Cairo (GMT+02:00)

Hi,

Thanks for your update. Please share the access details so we can check the issue.

Thanks,
Osama

October 20, 2024 at 8:58 am #16308225

Osama Mersal
Supporter

Languages: English (English ) Arabic (العربية )

Timezone: Africa/Cairo (GMT+02:00)

Hi Vincent,

Thanks for the access details. I kept the French strings in Yoast-> Settings and translated them to Dutch via WPML-> String Translation.

Would you please visit the 404 page and check if the strings appear correctly according to the language?

Best regards,
Osama

October 23, 2024 at 3:51 am #16319766

vincentW-14

Dear,

Can you explain why it needs to be done this way? Since the website is in Dutch, I would expect that the Yoast SEO setting should be in Dutch and then translated to French like the rest of the website.

This worries me that we are forgetting some translations somewhere?

kr,
Vincent

October 23, 2024 at 7:49 am #16320304

Osama Mersal
Supporter

Languages: English (English ) Arabic (العربية )

Timezone: Africa/Cairo (GMT+02:00)

Hi Vincent,

I'm not sure what caused the issue. I created a test sandbox site with only WPML and Yoast plugins installed. Please log in to this hidden link">sandbox site and try to replicate the issue.

If the issue is replicable, please tell me how to reproduce it so I can consult our computability team.

Best regards,
OSama

October 27, 2024 at 10:16 am #16334256

vincentW-14

Dear,

Can I change the Language in the Yoast Settings back to dutch in the Hope that it will remain in Dutch?

Because now it's a mix and match of languages while I would expect some dutch in the dutch yoast seo settings.

Or what would you recommend?

Kr,
Vincent

October 27, 2024 at 10:31 am #16334269

Osama Mersal
Supporter

Languages: English (English ) Arabic (العربية )

Timezone: Africa/Cairo (GMT+02:00)

Hi Vincent,

Please try the following:

1- Go to String Translation
2- Search for the strings and delete them
3- Go to Yoast-> Settings
4- Change the strings to be Dutch
5- Translate the strings

Best regards,
Osama

October 29, 2024 at 11:54 am #16341913

vincentW-14

Dear,

I have:
- Set the French Translations
- Change the Yoast Settings to Dutch
- The translations changed back to Dutch and now I can't seem to add French translations.

See in attachment

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October 29, 2024 at 1:02 pm #16342292

Osama Mersal
Supporter

Languages: English (English ) Arabic (العربية )

Timezone: Africa/Cairo (GMT+02:00)

Hi,

You can change the string source language to match the settings language. Kindly try to translate the hidden link">string now.

Best regards,
Osama