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Problem:
You are experiencing an issue where variation swatches display as image/button swatches on the original language page, but show as dropdown selects on the translated version.
Solution:
We found that the translated terms don't have the text swatch enabled. To resolve this, please edit the translated terms and enable the text swatch. Afterward, update the product in the default language by making a minor edit and then update it. This should ensure consistency across both languages.

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Last updated by Юрій Воробйов 1 day, 22 hours ago.

Assisted by: Osama Mersal.

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December 12, 2025 at 3:47 pm #17659984

Юрій Воробйов

Can you also check why on the original language page variation swatches display as image/button swatches (see attached screenshot), but on the translated version they show as dropdown selects? This should be consistent across both languages.

December 15, 2025 at 12:06 pm #17663986

Osama Mersal
WPML Supporter since 02/2020

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.

First, apologies for the delayed response; it was due to a higher workload.

I checked the issue and found that the translated terms don't have the text swatch enabled. (Kindly check the attached screenshot)

Please edit the translated terms and enable the text swatch. After that, please update the product in the default language, make a minor edit, and update it.

Please let me know whether the steps above resolved the issue.

Best regards,
Osama

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December 15, 2025 at 1:06 pm #17664213

Юрій Воробйов

Дякую, так, проблема була повʼязана саме з цим. Дякую за оперативність. Усі б проблеми вирішувались так швидко.