[Resolved] Duplicating products and translating them.
This thread is resolved. Here is a description of the problem and solution.
Problem: You are experiencing issues with product translations being automatically duplicated and published when you duplicate the original product using the WooCommerce duplication option. Solution: We recommend using a different plugin that handles the duplication process without affecting other languages. Specifically, you can try using the Duplicate Page or Duplicate Post plugins. These plugins provide more control over the duplication process and should prevent automatic duplication across different languages.
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Background of the issue:
I have webstore in SI (original) HR and ES language. I have a lot of specifications and ACf's for a product, so when adding a new one it's easier for me to duplicate a product instead of creating a new one, then translate it. So what I do is dupolicate for exapmle "product01" in SI language. I rename it to "product30" and save it as draft so I have days to get everything ok. Problem is, product gets duplicated in HR and ES languages as well, and published with name "product01 (copy)". So when I do that for multiuple products I get this published in HR and ES versions:
product01 (copy)
product01 (copy)(copy)
product01 (copy)(copy)(copy)
product01 (copy)(copy)(copy)(copy)
....
how can I avoid this?
Symptoms:
up above
Questions:
How can I avoid products being automatically duplicated and published in HR and ES languages when I duplicate them in SI language?
While you wait for my colleague to take over the ticket, let me try to help you with the issue quickly.
How are you duplicating the product? If you are doing so with the WPML duplicate option from the language box, it will duplicate only in that language:
Languages: English (English )Spanish (Español )German (Deutsch )
Timezone: America/Lima (GMT-05:00)
My apologies for the misunderstanding, but this is not exactly what I said.
What I said was, that you could try to use a different plugin to create the duplicates of your original product, as each plugin handles this duplication in regards to the translations differently.
This is not something that is controlled by WPML, it depends on the plugin that is creating the duplicates.
