WPML languages Folder Writable Issues

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Supporter timezone: Asia/Karachi (GMT+05:00)

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Last updated by Noman 2 weeks, 6 days ago.

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December 3, 2025 at 2:18 am #17628939
zekkeiL	WPML String Translation is attempting to write .mo files with translations to folder: Languages folder already set the permission 755 and files set to 664 but still issue permission related how can i fix this
December 3, 2025 at 10:57 am #17630235
Noman WPML Supporter since 06/2016 Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Asia/Karachi (GMT+05:00)	Hi, Thank you for contacting WPML Support. To take a closer look at this issue, please provide temporary access (WP-Admin and FTP Login info) to your site (preferably staging site), so that I can look into your setup and debug the issue. Your next answer will be private, meaning only you and I can access it. === Please backup your database and website === ✙ I would need your permission to deactivate and reactivate Plugins and the Theme and to change configurations on the site. This is also a reason the backup is essential. Thank you
December 4, 2025 at 9:36 am #17633199
Noman WPML Supporter since 06/2016 Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Asia/Karachi (GMT+05:00)	Thanks for sharing the login details. I’m unable to access the wp-admin page as it’s showing a Bad Gateway error, as you can see in the screenshot. Could you please check this on your side? Thank you
December 5, 2025 at 4:28 pm #17639341
Noman WPML Supporter since 06/2016 Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Asia/Karachi (GMT+05:00)	Sorry for the delay, I am off for my weekend (Friday-Saturday). Thanks for the update, I will continue to work on this issue the first thing on Sunday and get back to you with an update. Thank you for your cooperation and patience.
December 7, 2025 at 7:42 am #17641043
zekkeiL	Hello Please let us know when you checked and fixed ? please don't waste our time
December 7, 2025 at 10:19 am #17641653
Noman WPML Supporter since 06/2016 Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Asia/Karachi (GMT+05:00)	I’m debugging the issue on your site and will get back to you with an update soon. Thank you for your cooperation and patience
December 7, 2025 at 6:57 pm #17642294
Noman WPML Supporter since 06/2016 Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Asia/Karachi (GMT+05:00)	I checked the issue, and the “WPML Languages Folder Writable Issues” message disappears as soon as the “Use directory for default language” option is turned off. This means the problem is linked to how the site handles the default language directory. To isolate the cause of this issue, I have set up a fresh WP site on a test server(cloudways). Please migrate your site there using the details I shared in my earlier private reply, and let me know once the migration is complete. Thank you for your cooperation
December 9, 2025 at 3:34 am #17645735
zekkeiL	Hello Now migration is completed hidden link Screenshot : hidden link Please look into this and let us know what we do next
December 9, 2025 at 10:34 am #17646875
Noman WPML Supporter since 06/2016 Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Asia/Karachi (GMT+05:00)	Thanks for confirming the migration. I’ll start checking the issue on the test site now and will update you as soon as I have the findings. Thank you for your cooperation and patience
December 9, 2025 at 5:26 pm #17648929
Noman WPML Supporter since 06/2016 Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Asia/Karachi (GMT+05:00)	I enabled “Use directory for default language” on the migrated site on our Cloudways test server, and it works without any issues, even without deactivating any theme/plugin or changing any configuration. On your live server, the AJAX requests get the language code added, which breaks page creation. Since this doesn’t happen on Cloudways, it’s very likely caused by a server-side rewrite, proxy, caching, or security rule on your hosting. Could you please ask your hosting support to review anything that might be rewriting or blocking AJAX URLs, such as: 1. Redirect or rewrite rules (Nginx configuration) 2. Reverse proxy or load-balancer rules 3. Server caching layers 4. Security modules (mod_security, WAF, Cloudflare rules) 5. Any custom URL-rewrite logic on the server Here is the example of the affected request: Correct: hidden link Live (incorrect): hidden link Thank you

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