[Escalated to Compatibility team] Yoast sitemap error synchronizing slug with WPML

Hello!

Welcome to WPML Support. I'll do my best to help you solve this issue.

To be fair with you, it is hard to tell without further debugging or if the issue happens randomly.

I suggest creating a staging site and trying to see if any specific steps or actions cause the slug to be changed. Then check if the issue happens when using WP default theme and only WPML and Yoast plugins, that way we know for sure it is not caused by 3rd party plugin/code.

Otherwise, if the issue still happens in this minimal environment, it is up to us and Yoast together, since we are officially compatible. We will then check and debug your issue further in the search for a solution.

Please check, and try to see if you can get more info on the issue following my suggestion.

Kind regards,
Drazen

Hello Giulio,

thanks for getting back and providing more info.

I have checked the Yoast support forum and your website sitemap, it was helpful to understand the issue. The conclusion is it only happens with shop slug and in Yoast Sitemap, translations and frontend show up fine.

I have managed to find a similar if not the same report by another user, and it is already in our developer's queue for a fix in the future versions.

Please try the following workaround:

- Go to wp-content/plugins/wp-seo-multilingual/classes/class-wpml-wpseo-xml-sitemaps-filter.php

Add the following code just above line 151 (the default case):

case 'product':
					if ( class_exists( 'woocommerce') ) {
						$this->sitepress->switch_lang( $lang_code );
						$current_lang_shop_id = apply_filters('wpml_object_id', wc_get_page_id( 'shop' ), 'page', true, $lang_code);
						$url = get_permalink( $current_lang_shop_id );
						$lastmod = get_the_modified_time( 'c', $current_lang_shop_id );
						$this->sitepress->switch_lang();
						break;
					}

NOTE: Always have a recent and working backup before making any changes recommended by our team or a 3rd party

Let me know how it goes.

Kind regards,
Drazen

Hello,

sure, let us know how it goes.

Kind regards,
Drazen

Hello,

great, thanks for confirming.

I can not share any ETA, since it is still under development. But I will keep this ticket open with the status "Escalated to Compatibility team" and update you when the version with the fix is released. 🙂

Kind regards,
Drazen