Known issues and solutions

Problem	Status	Component and version
Toolset Types plugin cannot be downloaded from WordPress repository if you have updated to WPML 4.0 Install and update	Resolved in 4.0.1	WPML Multilingual CMS 4.0.0
Theme My Login redirects to login page in the wrong language Compatibility	Open
It’s not possible to have the translated term slug identical to the original term slug	Open
Changes in the way WPML handles the trailing slashes in URL conversion	Resolved in 4.0.0
Elementor libraries does not synchronise on Translation Editor String Translation	Resolved in 2.8.5	WPML String Translation 2.7.3
Elementor global templates translation are not working String Translation	Resolved in 2.8.5	WPML String Translation 2.7.3
New order email subject shows placeholders instead of Site Title and date since WooCommerce Multilingual	Resolved in WooCommerce Multilingual 4.3.2	WooCommerce Multilingual 4.2.10
Custom fields with the same name can be overwritten with last entered data, if set as “Translate”	Resolved in WPML Media Translation - next release (2.2.4)
WooCommerce product with variations cannot be added to cart when variation is set to “Any” and fallback to default language mode WooCommerce Multilingual	Resolved in 4.2.10	WooCommerce Multilingual 4.2.9
GeneratePress sections	Open
[Limitation] Taxes rate’s name in WooCommerce should not contain umlauts or should be created in English WooCommerce Multilingual	Open
Fatal error: Call to undefined function et_builder_register_layouts() after upgrading to Divi 3.0.99 Compatibility	Resolved in WPML Multilingual CMS 3.9.3
WPML could not load configuration files, which your site needs	Resolved in WPML Multilingual CMS 3.9.3
Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to a member function add_hooks() on array	Resolved in WPML Multilingual CMS 3.9.2	WPML Multilingual CMS 3.9.1
Fatal error: Uncaught exception ‘InvalidArgumentException’ with message ‘Argument ID must be numeric and greater than 0’ Media Translation	Resolved in 2.3.0
Stuck message about importing strings from .mo files	Resolved in 2.8.0	WPML String Translation 2.7.3
Fatal error – cannot redeclare AbsoluteLinks class	Resolved in WPML Multilingual CMS 3.9.2	WPML Multilingual CMS 3.9.1
Custom post type with translated slug or Products may produce error 404 in second language when the second language is English WooCommerce Multilingual	Resolved in 3.9.1	WPML Multilingual CMS 3.9.0
Language switcher for untranslated content points to the wrong URL Language Switcher	Not a bug	WPML Multilingual CMS 3.9.0-rc.2
Bad performance with German Market and WooCommerce Multilingual	Not a bug
Problems with BuddyPress Multilingual and Redis Object Cache	Not a bug
Cornerstone – Shortcodes aren’t rendered in the translated pages	Resolved in WPML 4.2.0	Cornerstone – Shortcodes aren’t rendered in the translated pages Cornerstone – Shortcodes aren’t rendered in the translated pages
hreflang does not use the language tag	Resolved in 3.9.0	WPML Multilingual CMS 3.8.3
Issue with adding a Nextgen Gallery to posts and pages	Resolved
NextGen Gallery pagination not working with WPML	Resolved
Editing translated shortcodes with WordPress native editor removes them from WPML Translation Editor Compatibility, How to translate	Not a bug
Translation Editor strings ignored after editing the translated post in WordPress native editor Compatibility, How to translate	Resolved in 3.9.0
Translations not displaying when using page builders and WooCommerce Multilingual	Resolved in WooCommerce Multilingual 4.2.5
Easy Digital Downloads pages partially translated	Resolved	WPML String Translation 2.6.1
Downgrading from WPML 3.8 to WPML 3.7.1 results in a fatal error Install and update	Resolved in 3.8.0	WPML Multilingual CMS 3.7.1

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