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Last updated by Christopher Amirian 22 hours, 45 minutes ago.

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February 13, 2025 at 8:35 am #16700508

maarten

Background of the issue:
I am trying to translate the taxonomies on my website, hidden link, using WPML.

Symptoms:
The taxonomies of the website don't get translated and remain in the default language.

Questions:
Is there a way we can let the translations run again so that the taxonomies get translated correctly?

February 13, 2025 at 2:08 pm #16702964

Christopher Amirian
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Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Asia/Yerevan (GMT+04:00)

Hi,

Welcome to WPML support. Would you please add a dummy post and use the taxonomy terms for that post?

Then translate that dummy page which will list the terms in the Advanced Translation Editor. For more information:

https://wpml.org/faq/how-to-translate-all-taxonomy-terms-at-once/

If the taxonomy terms do not show in the Advanced Translation Editor, it might be the fact that the taxonomy is not set translatable.

For that you go to WPML > Settings > Taxonomy Translation and set the taxonomy as translatable.

For more information:

https://wpml.org/documentation/getting-started-guide/translating-post-categories-and-custom-taxonomies/

February 24, 2025 at 10:41 am #16740232

maarten

can you give me some more info please?

February 24, 2025 at 2:23 pm #16741545

Christopher Amirian
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Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Asia/Yerevan (GMT+04:00)

Hi,

Sure thing, as your original question was if there is a way to tr-translate the taxonomies I mentioned the steps in the previous reply.

Add a page, add the taxonomies to that page, translate the page which will cause the taxonomies to be translated.

If you still have an issue, I'd appreciate it if you could give me the URL/User/Pass of your WordPress dashboard after you make sure that you have a backup of your website.
It is absolutely important that you give us a guarantee that you have a backup so if something happens you will have a point of restore.

Make sure you set the next reply as private.

Please give me the link to the page where the taxonomy is not translated and the name of the taxonomy to follow up.

March 3, 2025 at 7:33 am #16767017

maarten

so i need to create like a dummy page, add all the categories and hit translation?

March 3, 2025 at 9:33 am #16767627

Christopher Amirian
Supporter

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Asia/Yerevan (GMT+04:00)

Hi,

Yes that is correct. Like the way mentioned in the documentation;

https://wpml.org/faq/how-to-translate-all-taxonomy-terms-at-once/