Have languages that are duplicates from others

This thread is resolved. Here is a description of the problem and solution.

Problem:
The client needs to automatically create a duplicate of each Spanish (Spain) page/post for Spanish (Mexico) on their multilingual site, but only for certain pages.
Solution:
We recommend using the WPML hook for duplicating posts automatically. First, ensure you back up your site and database. You can implement the following code in your theme's functions.php file or a custom plugin:

add_action( 'wp_insert_post', 'my_duplicate_on_publish' );
function my_duplicate_on_publish( $post_id ) {
    global $post;
    if (is_null($post) || (defined( 'DOING_AUTOSAVE' ) && DOING_AUTOSAVE) || (isset( $post->post_type ) && $post->post_type == 'revision')) {
        return $post_id;
    }
    remove_action( 'wp_insert_post', 'my_duplicate_on_publish' );
    $is_translated_in_es_mx = apply_filters( 'wpml_element_has_translation', '', $post_id, 'es-mx' );
    if ( !$is_translated_in_es_mx ) {
        do_action( 'wpml_admin_make_post_duplicates', $post_id );
        do_action( 'wpml_set_element_language_details', [
            'element_id' => $post_id,
            'element_type' => 'post_' . $post->post_type,
            'trid' => wpml_get_content_trid( 'post_' . $post->post_type, $post_id ),            
            'language_code' => 'es-mx',            
            'source_language_code' => 'es'
        ] );
    }
    add_action( 'wp_insert_post', 'my_duplicate_on_publish' );
    return $post_id;
}

This script checks if a post is a new or updated Spanish post and duplicates it for Spanish (Mexico) if no translation exists. Modify the condition inside the function if you want to limit this behavior to specific post types.
For more details on the hook used, visit WPML admin make post duplicates.

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Last updated by Andreas W. 2 weeks, 1 day ago.

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November 11, 2024 at 11:17 am #16388108
alfredoR	Background of the issue: For this project, I am implementing multilanguage support in several languages like EN voipstudio.com/, ES voipstudio.com/es, PT voipstudio.com/pt. Additionally, I want some localizations, like for example for Mexico (/es-mx). In this case, whenever a user navigates the es-mx site, I want to serve them the /es content, except for some pages where we are localizing the content with some texts specific for Mexico. Symptoms: I want to know if there is a way to tell WPML to automatically create an /es-mx page/post for each /es page/post that is a duplicate, except for some pages. Questions: Is there a way to tell WPML to automatically create an /es-mx page/post for each /es page/post that is a duplicate, except for some pages?
November 11, 2024 at 8:20 pm #16390131
Andreas W. Supporter Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) German (Deutsch ) Timezone: America/Lima (GMT-05:00)	Hello, As admin you can use this hook to create a es_MX post as duplicate anytime a es_ES post is created or saved. https://wpml.org/wpml-hook/wpml_admin_make_post_duplicates/ Example: IMPORTANT: I did not test this code, please take a backup of your site and database first. Suppose your Spanish language uses the language code "es" and the custom language uses "es-mx", then this example should work: add_action( 'wp_insert_post', 'my_duplicate_on_publish' ); function my_duplicate_on_publish( $post_id ) { global $post; // Don't save for autosave or null post if (is_null($post)) { return $post_id; } if ( defined( 'DOING_AUTOSAVE' ) && DOING_AUTOSAVE ) { return $post_id; } // Don't save for revisions if ( isset( $post->post_type ) && $post->post_type == 'revision' ) { return $post_id; } // Remove this action to avoid recursion remove_action( 'wp_insert_post', 'my_duplicate_on_publish' ); // Check if the post already has a translation in 'es-mx' $is_translated_in_es_mx = apply_filters( 'wpml_element_has_translation', '', $post_id, 'es-mx' ); if ( !$is_translated_in_es_mx ) { // Create duplicate in 'es-mx' do_action( 'wpml_admin_make_post_duplicates', $post_id ); // Set the language for the duplicate do_action( 'wpml_set_element_language_details', [ 'element_id' => $post_id, 'element_type' => 'post_' . $post->post_type, 'trid' => wpml_get_content_trid( 'post_' . $post->post_type, $post_id ), 'language_code' => 'es-mx', 'source_language_code' => 'es' ] ); } // Re-hook this action add_action( 'wp_insert_post', 'my_duplicate_on_publish' ); return $post_id; } Now create or update a post, page or custom post in Spanish and you should see it gets duplicated to Spanish (Mexico). If you would like to have such feature only for posts, you would need to include a conditional into the logic, like: if ( $post->post_type !== 'post' && $post->post_type !== 'page' ) { return $post_id; } Best regards Andreas