- Released
- March 13, 2023
- Channel
- Stable
- Tested with WordPress
- 6.1.1
Changelog
Features
- Introduced a new field group multilingual mode to automatically preset field preferences.
- Added a notice to ask the admin to set the translation mode for his existing field groups on plugin activation.
- Added support for the new field group translation modes in local JSON files.
- Added the option for disabling WPML’s Advanced Translation Editor for posts with groups that have different fields per language.
- Added an automatic switch that enables or disables the repeater field sync feature based on the selected field group mode.
- Added the possibility to translate field group labels and field choices using WPML String Translation.
- Added a feature that includes untranslated field group strings in the first post translation job.
- Added a feature that locks field preferences on the WPML Settings page if they’re controlled by the field group mode.
- Added a check that locks ACF’s “acf-field-group” custom post type when it’s “not translatable” (recommended) and is not unlocked.
- Added a recommendation to make the “acf-field-group” custom post type not translatable if it already is set as translatable and not all groups are translated.
- Added a feature that makes sure that fields set to “Copy” are now pre-filled when creating a new translation with the native WordPress editor.
- Fields set to “Copy” are now read-only when editing a post translation using the native WordPress editor.
- Added a new section for the repeater synchronisation checkbox in the field group settings.
Fixes
- Once a custom field translation preference is changed, WPML will recalculate the translation status for all posts using this field.
- Fixed a bug related to synchronizing repeaters on the Options page when using checkboxes inside repeaters.
- Fixed a bug related to synchronizing repeaters on options pages.
- Fixed an issue with the Options pages when language code has more than two characters like “pt-br”, for example.
- Fixed a bug that occurred when saving options and having several admin tabs open in different languages.
- Fixed a bug that occurred when single value in a gallery caused data to be corrupted in the translated languages for which the value should be copied.
- Fixed a bug where fields would not render on the front-end for translated post if the original post does not have any fields.
- Fixed an offset warning and an error on the ACF options page when there was only one language.
Misc
- Handled PHP 8.1 deprecation notices.
- Added interface translations for strings in German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch, Polish, Swedish, Japanese, Hebrew, Greek, Chinese, Portuguese.
- Changed the icon and tooltip text on the Field Group edit screen.
- Removed the tip to set the repeater field as “copy-once”.
- Improved the description of the auto-scanning feature for ACF JSON field groups.
- [Expert Mode] When a field’s custom preference is not set, it will be set as “Do not translate” by default.
- Fixed the ACF Multilingual activation to make sure it is not displayed if ACF is inactive.
Update or download
The update is available to all WPML clients with an active subscription — it appears on the Plugins page in your WordPress admin within 24 hours of release. You can also check for it right away under Plugins → Add New Plugin → Commercial. To download and install manually, go to Downloads in your wpml.org account (see the installation instructions) and remember to update all components together without mixing versions.
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