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Newspaper Theme – Multiple widgets cannot be translated

Published 2025-01-08 · Updated 2025-05-14
Status
Resolved
Related plugin/theme
Newspaper
Topic tags
Compatibility

Overview of the issue

When using the using the tagDiv builder with Newspaper Theme, there is an issue with translating multiple widgets, namely, titles, descriptions, Buttons, etc…

Workaround

Add the following XML in WPML > Setting > Custom XML Configuration:

<wpml-config>
  <shortcodes>
    <shortcode>
      <tag>td_block_title</tag>
      <attributes>
        <attribute>custom_title</attribute>
      </attributes>
    </shortcode>
    <shortcode>
      <tag>td_flex_block_3</tag>
      <attributes>
        <attribute>custom_title</attribute>
      </attributes>
    </shortcode>
    <shortcode>
      <tag>td_block_text_with_title</tag>
    </shortcode>
    <shortcode>
      <tag>tdm_block_button</tag>
      <attributes>
        <attribute>button_text</attribute>
      </attributes>
    </shortcode>
    <shortcode>
      <tag>vc_single_image</tag>
      <attributes>
        <attribute>image</attribute>
      </attributes>
    </shortcode>
    <shortcode>
      <tag>tdm_block_icon_box</tag>
      <attributes>
        <attribute>button_text</attribute>
        <attribute encoding="base64">title_text</attribute>
        <attribute encoding="base64">description</attribute>
      </attributes>
    </shortcode>
    <shortcode>
      <tag>tdm_block_image_info_box</tag>
      <attributes>
        <attribute>button_text</attribute>
      </attributes>
    </shortcode>
    <shortcode>
      <tag>td_flex_block_1</tag>
      <attributes>
        <attribute>custom_title</attribute>
      </attributes>
    </shortcode>
        <shortcode>
      <tag>tdm_block_image_info_box</tag>
      <attributes>
        <attribute>box_title</attribute>
        <attribute>button_text</attribute>
        <attribute encoding="base64">box_description</attribute>
      </attributes>
    </shortcode>
  </shortcodes>
</wpml-config>

Then apply a small edit to the post for these new fields to load in the translation editor.

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