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February 17, 2026 at 9:33 am #17828440

danielH-127

Hi,

Thanks. A different query on the same website. When trying to add an admin user (jessica@samuraipromotions.co.uk) as a translator they don't come up as an option?

Why would that be?

Thanks.

February 17, 2026 at 9:38 am #17828465

Christopher Amirian
WPML Supporter since 07/2020

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Asia/Yerevan (GMT+04:00)

Hello,

Would you please log in with that user and go to the WordPress Dashboard > Users > Profile and make sure you add email name and other information there for the user?

After that, check if you can add the user as a translator.

https://wpml.org/documentation/support/wpml-admin-capabilities/

Thanks.

February 17, 2026 at 10:52 am #17828789

danielH-127

Hi,

Sorry. I can't login with this user, because it's another users account. Additionally i've confirmed that neither me or they are able to add themselves as a translator.

What is the next step?

February 17, 2026 at 12:30 pm #17829082

Christopher Amirian
WPML Supporter since 07/2020

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Asia/Yerevan (GMT+04:00)

Thanks, may I have access to the website with your user?

I suggest that you change the password, after that, share it by setting the next reply as private, and after my troubleshooting, change the password.

Just to make sure we are on the same page, if your user is an admin user, you can not add it as a translation manager as all admin users are translation managers by default.

But you will still need to add the user as a translator to have access to the languages.

Thanks.

February 17, 2026 at 1:56 pm #17829409

danielH-127

Hi,

Except we've been able to add lots of other users who have @ in their username as translators. (Listed below). So why is this only now having an affect with Jessica? Is there another route to adding a translator?

daniel@kehorne.co.uk
krishna@kehorne.co.uk
support@wpml.org

Thanks.

February 17, 2026 at 2:29 pm #17829528

Christopher Amirian
WPML Supporter since 07/2020

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Asia/Yerevan (GMT+04:00)

Thank you. That is correct. May I ask you to update WPML Multilingual CMS and WPML String Translation plugins to the latest version?

- IMPORTANT STEP! Create a backup of your website. Or better approach will be to test this on a copy/staging version of the website to avoid any disruption of a live website.
- Go to "WordPress Dashboard > Plugins > Add new > Commercial (tab)".
- Click the "Check for Updates" button.
- Update WPML and its addons there.

For more information:
https://wpml.org/faq/install-wpml/#automated-updates

After that please check and see if the issue is fixed. If not, I'd appreciate it if you could follow the steps mentioned here:

https://wpml.org/errata/translators-with-the-wordpress-editor-role-are-able-to-duplicate-posts-into-languages-that-are-not-within-their-assigned-language-pairs/

Thanks.