- Status
- Open
- Reported for
- WPML Media Translation 2.7.0
Overview of the issue
Even after disabling all the media options under How to handle media for new content at WPML → Settings → Media Translation, your site’s media will still be duplicated when you add a new language.
Workaround
Please make a full backup of your site before proceeding:
- Open the wp-content/plugins/sitepress-multilingual-cms/classes/media/Loader.php file.
Change from:
public static function getData() {
return [
'name' => 'media_setup',
'data' => [
'endpoints' => [
'prepareForTranslation' => PrepareForTranslation::class,
'translateExistingMedia' => TranslateExistingMedia::class,
'duplicateFeaturedImages' => DuplicateFeaturedImages::class,
'finishMediaTranslation' => FinishMediaTranslation::class,
'prepareForSetup' => PrepareSetup::class,
'performSetup' => PerformSetup::class,
]
]
];
}
}
To:
public static function getData() {
$media_handling = get_transient( 'media_handling' );
if ( ! $media_handling ) {
$check = get_option( '_wpml_media' );
if ( $check["new_content_settings"]["duplicate_media"] ) {
return [
'name' => 'media_setup',
'data' => [
'endpoints' => [
'prepareForTranslation' => PrepareForTranslation::class,
'translateExistingMedia' => TranslateExistingMedia::class,
'duplicateFeaturedImages' => DuplicateFeaturedImages::class,
'finishMediaTranslation' => FinishMediaTranslation::class,
'prepareForSetup' => PrepareSetup::class,
'performSetup' => PerformSetup::class,
]
]
];
}
set_transient('media_handling', true, DAY_IN_SECONDS);
} else {
return [
'name' => 'media_setup',
'data' => [
'endpoints' => [
'prepareForTranslation' => PrepareForTranslation::class,
'duplicateFeaturedImages' => DuplicateFeaturedImages::class,
'finishMediaTranslation' => FinishMediaTranslation::class,
'prepareForSetup' => PrepareSetup::class,
'performSetup' => PerformSetup::class,
]
]
];
}
}
}
Please Note:
This code will not delete the duplicated images, it will just prevent the duplication process when creating a new language.