ACF Options fields not being translated in footer

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Last updated by Noman 21 hours, 29 minutes ago.

Assisted by: Noman.

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May 19, 2025 at 6:36 pm #17050234
laneS	Background of the issue: I am trying to translate 4 fields set as option fields in ACF and 2 menu items set as custom links in the main navigation on my site hidden link. These elements are not being translated on the Spanish and French sides. Symptoms: ACF option fields and custom link menu items are not being translated in the footer and main navigation. Questions: Why aren't the ACF option fields being translated on the Spanish and French sides? Why are the custom link menu items in the main navigation not being translated?
May 20, 2025 at 9:08 am #17051595
Dražen Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Europe/Zagreb (GMT+02:00)	Hello, Thanks for contacting us. While you wait for my colleague to take over the ticket, let me try to help you with the issue quickly. Did you check and try to follow next guide, you need to resave options page in 2nd language - https://wpml.org/documentation/related-projects/translate-sites-built-with-acf/translating-the-acf-options-page-custom-fields-with-wpml/ Regards, Drazen
May 20, 2025 at 1:56 pm #17053154
laneS	I was able to manually change the language for the options pages and save those out. This is working now. I'm still having problems with the main nav under appearance > menus where i'm using a custom link. The custom link isn't being translated.
May 20, 2025 at 2:09 pm #17053207
laneS	I have followed this without any luck: https://wpml.org/documentation/getting-started-guide/translating-menus/#easy-customizable-wp-menus-sync
May 20, 2025 at 3:25 pm #17053555
Noman WPML Supporter since 06/2016 Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Asia/Karachi (GMT+05:00)	Hi Thanks for the update, and great to hear the footer translation is working now. I checked your site, and the custom link in the main menu appears to show the correct translation (screenshot attached). Could you please try clearing your browser cache and check again? If I’ve missed anything or you’re seeing something different, feel free to let me know. Thanks for your cooperation