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Last updated by Andrey 1 day, 20 hours ago.

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March 18, 2025 at 3:18 am #16827702
ralfK-2	Background of the issue: I followed your documentation and set up 3 sites locally, one for English, one for Spanish, and one for Japanese. Each of them is a separate site in WP Network with a subdomain. I set up WPML on the English site. Symptoms: WPML stopped working, and I suspect it's because it's trying to submit to /es/, which is already reserved for a network subsite. Questions: Is your plugin WP multisite compatible in the way described in the documentation where each site can have a different language? Am I missing something in the setup process?
March 19, 2025 at 2:04 pm #16835738
Andrey Supporter Languages: English (English ) Russian (Русский ) Timezone: Europe/Kyiv (GMT+02:00)	Thank you for contacting WPML support. Yes, WPML is compatible with multisite installations. I assume you have followed the documentation at https://wpml.org/documentation/support/multisite-support/. One subsite in the network is a separate WPML installation. Therefore, you need to follow these formats: 1) domain.com/subsite-1/ja/ domain.com/subsite-1/es/ 2) domain.com/subsite-1/ja/ domain.com/subsite-1/es/ domain.com/subsite-2/ja/ domain.com/subsite-2/es/ domain.com/subsite-3/ja/ domain.com/subsite-3/es/ It is not possible to combine and treat three subsites as one single WPML installation.
March 19, 2025 at 7:28 pm #16837002
ralfK-2	Right then your docs is misleading. This part: domain.com/subsite-1/fr/ domain.com/subsite-1/es/ domain.com/subsite-2/de/ Suggests you can have 3rd language on another subsite. It should probably be super clear in docs that it's not possible.
March 20, 2025 at 1:29 pm #16840176
Andrey Supporter Languages: English (English ) Russian (Русский ) Timezone: Europe/Kyiv (GMT+02:00)	I appreciate your observation. I will clarify this with our team. Thank you for bringing this issue to my attention.