- Released
- September 29, 2026
- Channel
- Stable
- Tested with WordPress
- 7.1
- Product
- WPML Troubleshooting
Changelog
WPML Troubleshooting 5.1.0
WPML Troubleshooting holds the repair tools that change your site’s data, so a site that does not need them does not carry them; this release covers everything since the plugin was introduced with WPML 5.0.
The repair tools as a plugin of their own
- The WPML tools that reset, fix, remove or re-sync data now come in this separate plugin, while WPML keeps the Support page and its read-only diagnostics.
- The tools appear on WPML → Support once the plugin is active, and a user with the WPML support capability can use them, not only an administrator.
- The Support pages show only the repair sections that apply to your site.
Repairs that report what happened
- “Fix WPML tables collation” and “Fix post type assignment” read the server’s answer before saying “Done”, and the post type repair reports the changes the database refused.
- “Synchronize translators and managers” says why it could not run instead of failing silently.
- “Assign translation status to duplicates” finishes the whole site instead of stopping after the first twenty posts.
Repairs that keep your data
- “Assign translation status to duplicates” and “Remove ghost entries” no longer mark a genuine translation as a duplicate or delete the original its translations depend on.
- Removing strings by domain and “Cleanup and optimize string tables” keep the strings that are waiting for a translation unless you ask to remove them too.
- “Fix element type collation” widens the column to its full width instead of narrowing it.
- “Update domain” rewrites a language switcher template’s links onto the site’s current address, including the path of a site installed in a subfolder.
Security
- This release includes security hardening.
Update or download
The update is available to all WPML clients with an active subscription — it appears on the Plugins page in your WordPress admin within 24 hours of release. You can also check for it right away under Plugins → Add New Plugin → Commercial. To download and install manually, go to Downloads in your wpml.org account (see the installation instructions) and remember to update all components together without mixing versions.
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