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Last updated by Itamar 1 year, 2 months ago.

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September 15, 2023 at 12:38 pm #14403231

coinQ

Hello,

The English feed is validated and the other language feed is not validating especially Russian, and Spanish.

Please see the feed URLs of the mentioned languages.

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Why it is not working or validating?
PFA screenshots I will also attach the feed that is valid(hidden link).

Please check and let us know your feedback.

Thank you

Feed-Validator-Results-https-coinedition-com-fr-news-fr-feed-.png
Feed-Validator-Results-https-coinedition-com-ru-D0-BD-D0-BE-D0-B2-D0-BE-D1-81-D1-82-D0-B8-feed-.png
Feed-Validator-Results-https-coinedition-com-es-news-es-feed-.png
September 18, 2023 at 3:02 pm #14413617

Itamar
Supporter

Languages: English (English ) Hebrew (עברית )

Timezone: Asia/Jerusalem (GMT+02:00)

Hi,

I've checked the feed links in Spanish and Russian you sent us on hidden link, and I confirm I see the same problem.

I'm consulting my team about this issue.

Meanwhile, could you please share your site's Debug information with me?

You can read about it here.

http://wpml.org/faq/provide-debug-information-faster-support/

Thanks,
Itamar.

September 19, 2023 at 6:35 am #14416241

coinQ

Please find the debug information attached

September 19, 2023 at 11:56 am #14419211

Itamar
Supporter

Languages: English (English ) Hebrew (עברית )

Timezone: Asia/Jerusalem (GMT+02:00)

Hi, and thanks for attaching the debug information.

I've researched this issue and am unsure if it relates to WPML. I'll explain what I have found. Please see the following link to W3C's explanation about this error.

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The main takeaway from the above link is that the error means that the feed contains an invalid character. They further explain and give the following solution.

Solution
A common cause of this error is having a high-bit character (such as a curly quote or curly apostrophe) in your RSS feed. This can happen if you copy-and-paste a quote from another page that contains curly quotes. For maximum compatibility with readers, you should remove the invalid character or use a numeric entity equivalent.

You can check if this is a WPML issue by temporarily deactivating WPML Multilingual CMS (core plugin). Then, you should have the Russian and Spanish feeds at the following URLs.

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If the feed still gets the feed validation error when WPML is deactivated, then it is not a WPML issue, and you should look for the problem in your feed. The feed validator gives the line in which the error occurs. You should then fix the problematic characters in those lines.

Please let me know what you have found.

Thanks,
Itamar.

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