Advanced Custom Fields Multilingual 2.0.0-rc.1

Features

• Introduced the field group multilingual mode to automatically preset field preferences.
• Added a new prompt for the admin to set the translation mode for their existing field groups on plugin activation.
• Added support for field group translation modes in local JSON files.
• Disable WPML’s Advanced Translation Editor for posts with groups that have different fields per language.
• Enable/disable the repeater field sync feature based on the field group mode.
• Added the possibility to translate field group labels and field choices using the WPML String Translation.
• Untranslated field group strings are now included in the first post translation job.
• Field preferences in WPML > Settings are now locked if it’s controlled by the field group mode.
• The “acf-field-group” custom post type is now locked when its translation setting is set to “not translatable” (recommended) and not unlocked.
• Added a recommendation to make the “acf-field-group” custom post type not translatable when it’s already translatable and not all groups are translated.
• Fields set to “copy” are now pre-filled when creating a new translation using the native WordPress editor.
• Fields set to “copy” are now read-only when editing a post translation using the native WordPress editor.
• The repeater synchronization checkbox is now displayed in its own section.

Fixes

• Once a custom field translation preference is changed, WPML will recalculate the translation status for all posts using this field.
• Fixed a bug synchronizing repeaters on options pages when using checkboxes inside repeaters.
• Fixed a bug synchronizing repeaters on options pages.
• Fixed an issue with options pages when language code has more than two characters like “pt-br”.
• Fixed a bug when saving options and having several admin tabs open in different languages.
• Fixed a bug where a single value in a gallery causes data to be corrupted in the translated languages where the value is copied.
• Fixed a bug where fields do not render on the front-end for the translated post when the original post does not have any fields.
• Fixed an offset warning and error on the ACF options page when there is only one language.

Misc

• Handled PHP 8.1 deprecation notices.
• Added translations for strings in German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch, Polish, Swedish, Japanese, Hebrew, Greek, Chinese, and Portuguese.
• Changed the icon and tooltip text on the Field Group edit screen.
• Removed the tip to set the repeater field as “copy-once”.
• Improved the description of the auto-scanning feature for ACF JSON field groups.
• [Legacy Mode] When a field’s custom preference is not set, it will be set to “do not translate” by default.
• Fixed an issue with displaying ACFML activation notice if ACF is inactive.