Problem: The client reported a critical error on the Swedish translation of their website, preventing it from displaying correctly in the frontend. Solution: We identified that the issue was due to incorrect translation of placeholders in strings. Here are the steps we recommended and implemented to resolve the issue: 1. Navigate to WPML >> String Translation. 2. Search for strings containing the placeholder %s. 3. Correct the translation in the Swedish language. For example, we changed the string:
Använd %1$anpassad CSS%3$ för att styla ditt innehåll eller lägg till %2$prefixet "selector"%3$ för att rikta in dig på specifika element.
To:
Använd %1$s anpassad CSS%3$ för att styla ditt innehåll eller lägg till %2$s prefixet "selector"%3$ för att rikta in dig på specifika element.
After making these corrections, the Swedish pages loaded correctly.
If this solution does not resolve your issue or seems irrelevant due to being outdated or not applicable to your case, we highly recommend checking related known issues at https://wpml.org/known-issues/, verifying the version of the permanent fix, and confirming that you have installed the latest versions of themes and plugins. If the problem persists, please open a new support ticket.
