Background of the issue:
I am trying to save translations for an ACF options page. I expected to see translations on both the backend and frontend after saving.
Symptoms:
Translation appears on the frontend, but the backend options page still shows untranslated content. If the options page is saved a second time, the frontend also reverts to untranslated content.
Questions:
Why does the backend options page still show untranslated content after saving?
Why does the frontend revert to untranslated content after saving the options page a second time?
"Set the parent and nested repeater fields to Copy Once. In this way, the whole structure will be copied the first time that you translate the options page. However after that, you should be able to adjust the custom fields in both languages."
It does not say where this should be done. There are a ton of different configuration pages related to Field Groups, Option Pages, translation jobs, translation queue, etc. Could you specify exactly where this "Copy Once" setting should be made and perhaps update the linked issue to be more descriptive for people?
Can you please tell me what translation option you selected for your options page?
The translation options are:
- Same fields across languages
- Different fields across languages
- Expert
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The solution for me was to go to the settings page of my Field Group via ACF -> Field Groups.
Then, set the Multilingual Setup to "Expert"
Then, go through every field in the list of fields below, including any fields inside tabs, repeaters and groups, and set each one's "Translation preferences" to "Copy Once". Most of them were set to "Copy" which is why the original language content was continuously replacing the translated text.
