Known issues and solutions

Problem	Status	Component and version
ACFML – Incompatibility with ACF 5.8.5 and newer \| Updating field group translation is not possible Advanced Custom Fields Multilingual	Resolved
Hosting with read-only folder /wp-content/languages/ issues with WPML String Translation	Resolved
String translations are not displayed when a language locale is changed String Translation	Resolved
Wrong Notice: “REST API is disabled, blocking some features of WPML” Admin Notifications issues	Resolved in 4.3.6
Warnings when visiting Plugins -> Add new -> Commercial Screen with WordPress 5.3 Install and update	Resolved
In some cases some strings are not translating properly String Translation	Resolved in 3.0.7
Missing ALT tag for flag image in a language switcher Language Switcher	Resolved
Translating Layout with WPML	Resolved in WPML 4.3.5 and ST 3.0.5
“Use directory for default language” does not work with REST API	Resolved in 4.3.4
Default locale for a language should always use underscore and not a dash/hyphen How to translate, Install and update	Resolved in 4.3.16
Having unrecognised locale can lead to a fatal error	Resolved in 3.0.3
WooCommerce products shortcode does not work on the translated page when category attribute is used WooCommerce Multilingual	Resolved in 4.7.2
Infinite loop inside load_textdomain function String Translation	Resolved in 3.0.2
Yoast SEO Multilingual causes 404 on secondary languages	Resolved
Using the constant “ICL_DONT_LOAD_LANGUAGES_JS” can lead to issues in WPML 4.3 with initial scan of .mo files String Translation	Resolved in 4.3.2
Visiting product page or a page where currency switcher is present, could produce an error with WooCommerce Multilingual v 4.7.0 WooCommerce Multilingual	Resolved in 4.7.3
Updating to latest WooCommerce Multilingual can cause issues if Translation Management is not updated first Translation Management, WooCommerce Multilingual	Resolved in 4.7.1
PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function WPML\ST\MO\Scan\UI\wp_set_script_translations() String Translation	Resolved in 3.0.1
JavaScript conflict with RaidBoxes hosting	Resolved
Updating WPML in a secure way from a very old version Install and update	Resolved
Browser language redirect issue with similar language codes	Resolved in 4.4.0
WooSidebars – Translated widgets are not dispalyed in the secondary language widget area	Resolved
Using older versions of the Collect library may cause a fatal error with WPML 4.2.x Admin Notifications issues, Install and update	Resolved in 4.3.0
Sale prices for variations are not copied to their translations	Resolved in 4.6.7
WooCommerce with multiple currencies triggers a call to get_cart too early Compatibility, WooCommerce Multilingual	Resolved in WooCommerce Multilingual 4.7.5
Elementor – page layout is not duplicated to the secondary language page Compatibility	Resolved in 4.3.3
Media files are not deleted when the option “When deleting a post, delete translations as well” is active Media Translation	Resolved in WPML 4.3.12
Shipping costs are not calculated in secondary languages WooCommerce Multilingual	Resolved in 4.7.0
Some translation disappears on sites when the default language is not English String Translation	Resolved in 3.0.0
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_CLASS and other errors when using PHP versions older than 5.6 Install and update	Resolved in 5.2.8

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