Background of the issue:
I recently updated all the categories of my WooCommerce products. However, when I go to Category Translations, only a small portion of them are translated automatically. I need a way to refresh/update the translations of all categories without removing or overwriting the existing product translations. I only want to update the category names themselves. Link to a page where the issue can be seen: hidden link
Symptoms:
The only way I can trigger the translation is by manually updating each product that is assigned to these categories. I have more than 8,000 products, so this method is impossible to do one by one. If I trigger a full product re-translation, it will consume a very large amount of translation credits, which I want to avoid.
Questions:
How can I update all category translations in bulk without affecting the product translations?
To ensure the quickest and most accurate support, please provide your debug information so I can look at some of your configurations. We have an excellent article on how to locate it here: https://wpml.org/faq/provide-debug-information-faster-support/.
I understand that you already did this:
1. Go to **WPML → Taxonomy Translation**.
2. In the dropdown menu at the top of the page, select **Product categories (product_cat)**.
3. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click the button that says **Synchronize Product Categories Assignment in Content**.
Can you please do it again, but before do the following:
1.
Go to WPML → Settings.
In Posts and pages synchronization, enable “Copy taxonomy to translations” (at least for Products / product post type).
2.
Go to WPML → Support → Troubleshooting.
In the Cleanup dropdown, select Products and click Synchronize post taxonomies.
Wait for the process to finish.
3.
Please follow the instructions mentioned on this page: https://wpml.org/documentation/support/debugging-wpml/
Then, try to reproduce the issue and check your installation's **wp-content** folder to see if a file named **"debug.log"** was created (it will only be generated if a server error occurs).
If the file was created after doing my first suggestion, please upload it to a platform like **Google Drive** or **Dropbox** (whichever you usually use) and share the link with me (make sure it is publicly accessible) so I can analyze it.
