Disable The Translation Of ACF Field Choices

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Last updated by Carlos Rojas 5 days, 12 hours ago.

Assisted by: Carlos Rojas.

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March 24, 2025 at 6:10 pm #16853632
janK-52	<b>Background of the issue: </b> I am using ACF and want to disable the translation of field choices. I have set the Multilingual Setup to 'Expert' and the Translation preferences to 'Don't translate' or 'Copy'. <b>Symptoms: </b> Regardless of whether I choose 'Don't translate' or 'Copy', WPML requires me to translate all field choices. See: hidden link <b>Questions: </b> How can I disable the translation of ACF field choices?
March 26, 2025 at 2:18 am #16860342
Osama Mersal Supporter Languages: English (English ) Arabic (العربية ) Timezone: Africa/Cairo (GMT+02:00)	Hi, Thanks for contacting WPML forums support. I'll be glad to help you today. 1) Please add the following code to the wp-config file. define( 'ACFML_EXCLUDE_FIELD_GROUP_STRINGS_IN_POST_JOBS', false ); Kindly check this guide to know more about AFCML core reference. After that, please make a minor edit to the page/post in the default language and send it to translation. 2) Could you please share your Debug information with me? You can read a detailed explanation about it here. (http://wpml.org/faq/provide-debug-information-faster-support) The debug info will give me much information about how your site is configured. Best regards, Osama
March 28, 2025 at 7:10 pm #16874429
janK-52	Hi Osama, thanks for your reply. I added the code to the wp-config file and made a minor edit to the page in the default language and send it to translation. It did not work, I still have to translate all ACF options. Please note that I do not want a global solution, there might be some fields that I want to translate in the future. Why do I have to add a code, if WPML offers the option to select "dont translate"? In the debug information I see this: "videodatei_mp4": 0, "_videodatei_mp4": 1, "videodatei_webm": 0, "_videodatei_webm": 1, Those are the fields I set to "dont translate". Is 0 1 0 1 correct? Shouldnt it be 0 0 0 0? Just an idea. 🙂 Looking forward to your reply. Thanks, Jan
March 29, 2025 at 12:32 am #16874768
Osama Mersal Supporter Languages: English (English ) Arabic (العربية ) Timezone: Africa/Cairo (GMT+02:00)	Hi Jan, This code is to remove the ACF labels strings from the translation editor, but you can still translate them via WPML-> String Translation. Best regards, Osama
March 29, 2025 at 1:48 pm #16875377
janK-52	Hi Osama, okay, they can stay. How to remove the field choices? Thanks, Jan
March 31, 2025 at 11:39 am #16878997
Carlos Rojas Supporter Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00)	Hello Jan, My name is Carlos, and I will continue working on this ticket because my colleague Osama is on vacation. I kindly ask you to re-create the page that contains the ACFs, translate it, and double-check if the issue disappears. Note: Sometimes the translated ACFs are not affected by the changes in the configuration, so the content (posts/pages) must be re-created so the changes can take effect. Looking forward to your feedback. Regards, Carlos