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Last updated by Bigul 2 days, 5 hours ago.

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February 17, 2025 at 1:25 pm #16714478

Sandra Beelaert

Background of the issue:
I am trying to translate all my Elementor pages using the Translation manager. When I visit the /en/ or /fr/ version of a translated page, the content is still in the original 'nl' language. The issue can be seen on this page: hidden link

Symptoms:
The French translations are not showing; instead, I see the original Dutch content.

Questions:
Why are the translations not showing on the frontend?
How can I ensure the translated content appears correctly?

February 17, 2025 at 4:20 pm #16715607

Bigul
Supporter

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Europe/Vienna (GMT+01:00)

Hello,

Welcome to the WPML support forum. I will do my best to help you to resolve the issue.

We hope you can translate the contents as expected from the WPML Translation Editor. Please try the following steps after a site backup and check if is there any difference in the results.

1) Increase *WP Memory Limit* to *256*(the minimum required memory limit for WPML is *128*). Please check the following links for more details

https://wpml.org/home/minimum-requirements/

https://wordpress.org/support/article/editing-wp-config-php/#increasing-memory-allocated-to-php

2) Open the page for editing in the original language (the one having the issue)
3) Make a minor change in the contents to refresh the translation settings and save the changes
4) Update the translation and mark the translation as complete
5) Clear all types of caches

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Thanks!

Bigul

February 18, 2025 at 3:37 pm #16719865

Sandra Beelaert

Our hosting max PHP memory limit only allows 128MB.
I followed all other steps, without success.
Varnish is bypassed and all caching plugins are also disabled at the moment.

February 18, 2025 at 4:22 pm #16720193

Bigul
Supporter

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Europe/Vienna (GMT+01:00)

Hello,

Thank you for the updates. Which hosting service you are using? Please share more details about it.

Please fill in the private details fields after a full site backup. I would like to access the admin area of your site for further checking. Refer to the following links for more details about our private information sharing policies.

https://wpml.org/purchase/support-policy/privacy-and-security-when-providing-debug-information-for-support/

hidden link

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Thanks!

Bigul

February 19, 2025 at 11:51 am #16724091

Bigul
Supporter

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Europe/Vienna (GMT+01:00)

Hello,

Thank you for the updates and credentials. But I am getting the following warning while logging. Please check.

Fout: Ongeldige gebruikersnaam/e-mail of onjuist wachtwoord.

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Thanks!

Bigul

February 19, 2025 at 5:09 pm #16726151

Bigul
Supporter

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Europe/Vienna (GMT+01:00)

Hello,

Thank you for the updates. I can log in to the site now. Most of the active plugins (including Elementor and its add-ons like Elementor Pro, JetEngine, etc.. are in the older versions).

So please upgrade to the latest version after a full site backup {mandatory}. This may be a compatibility issue. Therefore we would like to make sure the bug exists with the latest version or not.

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Thanks!

Bigul

February 20, 2025 at 10:23 am #16728826

Sandra Beelaert

Everything is updated, problem stiill exists

February 20, 2025 at 4:26 pm #16730674

Bigul
Supporter

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Europe/Vienna (GMT+01:00)

Hello,

Thank you for the updates. We are getting the expected results after the following steps. Refer to the attached images for more details.

1) Open the page for editing in the original language - hidden link
2) Make a minor change in the contents to refresh the translation settings (from Elementor Editor) and save the changes
3) Update the translations one by one from WPML Translation Editor and mark the translation as complete

Please check the following links and make sure it is showing the translation contents as expected or not.

hidden link

hidden link

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Thanks!

Bigul

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February 20, 2025 at 9:43 pm #16731558

Sandra Beelaert

Ok this works now, thank you!
I tried it for the homepage. Did you change anything?

Do you really need me to edit 38 pages and open 76 translation editors to save again one by one?
There must be a better way? I don't have time for that...

Kind regards,

February 21, 2025 at 7:53 am #16732452

Bigul
Supporter

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Europe/Vienna (GMT+01:00)

Hello,

Thank you for the updates. This may be happening because the String Translation plugin was not installed on the site. Which is mandatory for translation page builders like Elementor.

Please try the Quick Editing for Pages in the original language (after a full site backup) and translate them automatically from WPML>>Translation Management Dashboard. Refer to the following documentation for more details.

https://wpml.org/documentation/translating-your-contents/#using-wpmls-translation-management

https://wpml.org/documentation/automatic-translation/#how-to-use-wpmls-automatic-translation

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Thanks!

Bigul