Resolved
Overview of the issue
When translating events created with WP Event Manager and WPML, Organizer and Venue fields do not always display in the default language on the front-end.
Workaround
Please be sure to have a full backup of your site before proceeding.
You will need to make the following changes.
- Go to WPML → Settings → Custom fields translation
- Set the _event_organizer_ids and _event_venue_ids custom fields to Copy.
- Then, open the /wp-content/plugins/wp-event-manager/wp-event-manager-template.php file.
- Look for line 1229.
- Change:
foreach ($post->_event_organizer_ids as $key => $organizer_id) {
To:
foreach ($post->_event_organizer_ids as $key => $organizer_id) { // WPML Workaround for compsupp-6662 if (class_exists('SitePress')) { $organizer_id = apply_filters( 'wpml_object_id', $organizer_id, 'event_organizer', TRUE ); }
- Next, open the /wp-content/plugins/wp-event-manager/wp-event-manager-functions.php file.
- Look for line 1903.
- Change:
function get_event_organizer_ids( $post = null ) { $post = get_post( $post ); if ( $post->post_type !== 'event_listing' ) return; return !empty($post->_event_organizer_ids) ? $post->_event_organizer_ids : ''; }
To:
function get_event_organizer_ids( $post = null ) { $post = get_post( $post ); if ( $post->post_type !== 'event_listing' ) { return; } // WPML Workaround for compsupp-6662 if ( class_exists('SitePress') && !empty($post->_event_organizer_ids) ) { foreach ($post->_event_organizer_ids as $key => $organizer_id ) { $result = $post->_event_organizer_ids; $result[$key] = apply_filters( 'wpml_object_id', $organizer_id, 'event_organizer', TRUE ); } return $result; } return !empty($post->_event_organizer_ids) ? $post->_event_organizer_ids : ''; }
- Finally, in the same file, look for line 1985.
- Change:
function get_event_venue_ids( $post = null ) { $post = get_post( $post ); if ( $post->post_type !== 'event_listing' ) return; return !empty($post->_event_venue_ids) ? $post->_event_venue_ids : ''; }
To:
function get_event_venue_ids( $post = null ) { $post = get_post( $post ); if ( $post->post_type !== 'event_listing' ) return; // WPML Workaround for compsupp-6662 if ( class_exists('SitePress') && !empty($post->_event_venue_ids) ) { $result = apply_filters( 'wpml_object_id', $post->_event_venue_ids , 'event_listing', TRUE ); return $result; } return !empty($post->_event_venue_ids) ? $post->_event_venue_ids : ''; }