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Problem:
You were translating content from Spanish to English using WPML and made edits to elements such as shortcodes and images. After a few hours, all changes reverted, and you encountered a critical error, causing the English main page to break and all shortcodes in the Spanish version to disappear.
Solution:
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Last updated by Andrey 2 weeks, 4 days ago.

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July 9, 2025 at 2:38 pm #17219812

ivanI-30

Background of the issue:
I was finishing the translation this morning (automatic) from Spanish to English using WPML. Then I went to one page and started changing (editing) some elements - shortcodes, images, some places in the text. After 3 hours I went and saw that everything was back as it was (as if I hadn't changed anything). I started changing again. And I got some kind of critical error. The English main page broke completely. And it turns out that all the shortcodes on the Spanish version also disappeared.

Symptoms:
The English main page broke completely, and all the shortcodes on the Spanish version disappeared. I also encountered a critical error.

Questions:
Is this translation final?
Can I change the information selectively myself, not through your advanced translation?

July 9, 2025 at 2:39 pm #17219901

ivanI-30

hello

July 9, 2025 at 2:53 pm #17219953

ivanI-30

Now on the Spanish version of the site - the English page is shown. What should I do? Shortcodes do not work on the main page

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July 9, 2025 at 4:37 pm #17220338

Andrey
WPML Supporter since 06/2013

Languages: English (English ) Russian (Русский )

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Thank you for contacting WPML support.

I’ll continue assisting you through the support ticket you already opened here:
https://wpml.org/forums/topic/site-broken-4/