"Scan now and adjust links" in "Update internal links" section button don't work

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Last updated by Paola Mendiburu 5 days ago.

Assisted by: Paola Mendiburu.

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August 28, 2025 at 1:30 pm #17355371
Pieter	Background of the issue: Symptoms: The 'Scan now and adjust links' button does not works. Questions: Hello, I want to adjust internal links to correct language. For example current English pages have links to original Dutch pages. I want to fix that by pressing the "Scan now and adjust links" button in "Update internal links" settings section, but that doesn't work. It ends with "All posts and strings have been processed. 0 links were changed to point to the translated content." message. - I'm using the newest WP and plugins. - Links are done in ACF Block via "link" field - Translation are set to "Same fields across languages", it don't work also with advanced mode and "translate" setting on field. Thanks!
September 1, 2025 at 8:35 am #17361676
Paola Mendiburu WPML Supporter since 11/2020 Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Italian (Italiano ) Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00)	Hi there! This is Paola and I hope you are well. Please go to the original page, make a small change, and then update the translation. Let me know if the translated link appears afterward. Also try this: https://wpml.org/faq/how-to-translate-links/
September 2, 2025 at 2:26 pm #17366739
Pieter	Nope, still same issue
September 3, 2025 at 8:15 am #17368634
Paola Mendiburu WPML Supporter since 11/2020 Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Italian (Italiano ) Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00)	Please let me know what link is and on what page I can see it. I would like to request temporary access (wp-admin and FTP) to your site to take a better look at the issue. You will find the needed fields for this below the comment area when you log in to leave your next reply. The information you will enter is private which means only you and I can see and have access to it. Privacy and Security Policy We have strict policies regarding privacy and access to your information. Please see: https://wpml.org/purchase/support-policy/privacy-and-security-when-providing-debug-information-for-support/ IMPORTANT - Please make a backup of the site files and database before providing us access. - If you do not see the wp-admin/FTP fields this means your post & website login details will be made PUBLIC. DO NOT post your website details unless you see the required wp-admin/FTP fields. If you do not, please ask me to enable the private box. The private box looks like this: hidden link
September 4, 2025 at 9:39 am #17374264
Paola Mendiburu WPML Supporter since 11/2020 Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Italian (Italiano ) Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00)	Hi there! Could you please create on the following test site the same field that you have? hidden link I can´t see the configuration on your site. Please let me know when it is done.
September 8, 2025 at 1:55 pm #17383928
Pieter	Acf settings should be visible now on our staging
September 10, 2025 at 8:07 am #17389401
Paola Mendiburu WPML Supporter since 11/2020 Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Italian (Italiano ) Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00)	Thank you so much. I see that you have name button to many fields and maybe there is the problem. Could you please change the name of the field to something else like button-test for example and let me know if appears on the translation editor?
September 11, 2025 at 8:16 am #17393134
Pieter	I added unique field (can be seen in home under hero), link url and title appears in translation editor but they don't point to translated pages
September 12, 2025 at 7:42 am #17396362
Paola Mendiburu WPML Supporter since 11/2020 Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Italian (Italiano ) Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00)	Ok, so the problem that didn´t appear was that they don´t have unique field. Could you please now let me know a page where appears on the translation editor but the link doesn´t appear translated? Also please try this: https://wpml.org/faq/how-to-translate-links/
September 15, 2025 at 12:17 pm #17402099
Pieter	Sure, page is English home page - second section / under hero
September 15, 2025 at 2:21 pm #17402844
Paola Mendiburu WPML Supporter since 11/2020 Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Italian (Italiano ) Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00)	You need to add the translated link.
September 18, 2025 at 8:29 am #17412214
Pieter	WPML should do it automatically for internal links, no?
September 18, 2025 at 8:32 am #17412224
Pieter	also when doing automatically translation
September 18, 2025 at 8:34 am #17412233
Pieter	also "Scan now and adjust links" should work, no?
September 18, 2025 at 1:32 pm #17413616
Paola Mendiburu WPML Supporter since 11/2020 Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Italian (Italiano ) Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00)	Yes they should be appears translated on the front end. If they don´t appear please let me know the acf field so I can review the settings.