Manual translations of home page keep getting removed after homepage update

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

Problem:

When I do go back to edit the translations it says that they're duplicates maintained by WPML. When I click the 'Translate Indepently' button and redo the translation it then appears to be separately maintained until I update the English translation again where it reverts to duplicated content.

Solution:

Edit the database and remove the entry for your POST (POST ID) in the wp_postmeta table with the key “_icl_lang_duplicate_of”.

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Relevant Documentation:

- https://wpml.org/forums/topic/to-force-all-products-to-be-edit-independent-to-avoid-replace-content/#post-1231072

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Last updated by Matthew Allen 1 year, 7 months ago.

Assisted by: Dražen.

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May 13, 2023 at 9:59 am #13640267
Matthew Allen	I am trying to maintain manual translations for the main homepage on the site however every time I update the english homepage it automatically updates the translations. I can look at the revisions for the translated pages and see that the translations have been overwritten by the English even though they are meant to be maintained separately. When I do go back to edit the translations it says that they're duplicates maintained by WPML. When I click the 'Translate Indepently' button and redo the translation it then appears to be separately maintained until I update the English translation again where it reverts to duplicated content. Please could you help, it's driving me nuts!!!
May 15, 2023 at 6:38 am #13644651
Dražen Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Europe/Zagreb (GMT+01:00)	Hello, make sure you have disabled WPML editor as shown in the image attached. Sometimes, a post can be displayed as a duplicate, even if we set it as “translate independently”. It happens because something is wrong in the database when a third-party post has the “_icl_lang_duplicate_of” key with the wrong ID. Please make a backup before proceeding. FIX To fix this, we just need to edit the database and remove the entry for your POST (POST ID) in the wp_postmeta table with the key “_icl_lang_duplicate_of”. Source: https://wpml.org/forums/topic/to-force-all-products-to-be-edit-independent-to-avoid-replace-content/#post-1231072 Please let me know how it goes and if you need my help. Thanks, Drazen
May 16, 2023 at 10:42 am #13655207
Matthew Allen	Thanks for the pointer in the right direction. I had to remove those meta on the posts. My issue is resolved now. Thank you!