Background of the issue:
I have a main site in Spanish and a secondary site in English created with Elementor. I installed the WPML plugin, and everything seems to be working fine. We created the site in Spanish first and duplicated the content to translate it manually into English.
Symptoms:
When I edit a page in Spanish using Elementor, the English page is automatically updated to this language. It seems like they are not independent pages; every time I make an adjustment on the Spanish page, the English page updates and shows the content in the primary language. This happens when I edit any page using Elementor or when we edit any Elementor template.
Questions:
How can I make the Spanish and English pages independent when editing with Elementor?
Is there a setting in WPML to prevent the English page from updating automatically when the Spanish page is edited?
I understand the issue you're having. The issue typically occurs when the default and translated pages are synchronized, moreover, the translated page has not been translated independently.
Could you please open the translated template again in the WordPress editor and confirm if you see the "Translated Independently" button in the Language Meta section or not? You can refer to this screenshot for a better understanding: hidden link.
If the button is still visible, it means the page is synchronized with the default language and Changes made in the default language will overwrite the translated content. To break this synchronization, please click the "Translate Independently" button.
If the "Translate Independently" button is not showing and you're still experiencing the issue, please try the following steps:
1. Take a backup of your site.
2. Go to WPML > Support > Troubleshooting.
3. Scroll down and click the following buttons:
- Synchronize posts taxonomies (Select the post type where you're having the issue and then click the button.)
- Clear the cache in WPML
- Remove ghost entries from the translation tables
- Fix element_type collation
- Fix WPML tables collation
- Assign translation status to duplicated content
- Set language information
- Fix post type assignment for translations
4. Clear the caches from your site and browser.
5. Open the default page and make a small change. Then check if the translated content is still being overwritten by the default content.
Please let me know the update. I will be happy to help if you need further assistance in this matter.
Best regards,
Prosenjit
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