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Problem:
You want to disable certain taxonomies for translating.
Solution:
We recommend you navigate to WPML -> Settings -> Taxonomy translation. Here, you can adjust the configuration of the desired taxonomies and then save the changes.

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Last updated by Carlos Rojas 4 months, 2 weeks ago.

Assisted by: Carlos Rojas.

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June 27, 2024 at 8:59 am #15842036

marcelV-19

Background of the issue:
I want to disable certain taxonomies for translating. Here is the link to a page where the issue can be seen: hidden link

Symptoms:
No specific issues, errors, or unexpected behavior reported.

Questions:
How can I disable certain taxonomies for translating?

June 27, 2024 at 9:26 am #15842388

Carlos Rojas
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Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español )

Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+01:00)

Hello,
Thank you for contacting us

To decide which taxonomies can be translated and which won't, you must go to WPML -> Settings -> Taxonomy translation -> Adjust the configuration of the desired taxonomies -> Save the changes.

Regards,
Carlos

June 27, 2024 at 9:34 am #15842417

marcelV-19

Hey,

There are some issues:

I changed the taxonomies to 'Niet vertaalbaar' which is non translateable. See the image attached (1)

Then all one by one (like 400 taxonomies) I toggled them to non translateable and when I saved them, it saved all the changes until here. See image attached (2)

All of them didn't toggle to non translateable except for 1 (see image attached 3)

Why is this?

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June 27, 2024 at 9:39 am #15842469

Carlos Rojas
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Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español )

Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+01:00)

Hi there,

I recommend you try again, however, it is not recommended to set all taxonomies to non-translatable, especially the Woocommerce taxonomies, because this can affect the behavior of the site and cause issues.

Another alternative to set the configuration of the taxonomies is by following the steps described in this guide: https://wpml.org/documentation/support/language-configuration-files/register-custom-terms-types-taxonomies-as-translatable/#custom-taxonomies

June 27, 2024 at 11:12 am #15843366

marcelV-19

Hi,

I tried it even 20 times. I have to set them all to non translatable because I am running tests. There are too many queries running and I want to see if this lowers the queries.

June 27, 2024 at 1:10 pm #15844179

Carlos Rojas
Supporter

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español )

Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+01:00)

Thank you for your message.

I understand your point. Have you tried creating the Language Configuration File as described in the guide I shared on my previous message?