- Released
- November 27, 2020
- Channel
- Beta
- Tested with WordPress
- 5.5.3
- Product
- WPML Multilingual CMS
Changelog
Features
- Fixed the Classic Translation Editor’s input styling, which was broken in WordPress 5.6.
- Fixed Sticky post translations in Gutenberg Editor.
- Fixed broken Quick Edit option when using Translation Management.
Fixes
- Allow saving of cookies for SSO without SameSite param when the site doesn’t use SSL.
- Added jquery-ui-dialog dependency for js/scripts.js.
- Fixed the notice error in Sitepress::cpt_url_to_id_url.
- Fixed disappearing WPML links when editing the menu.
- Fixed issues with required parameters following optional ones.
- Fixed variable type in PHPDOC.
- Removed usage of wp_plugin_dir constant.
- Fixed warnings for private methods marked as final and overridden.
- Set the default locale to pa_IN for Punjabi on new installs of WPML.
- Fixed translation of string on troubleshoot page.
- Made WPML_Absolute_Url_Persisted::__wakeup() public with throwing error.
- Fixed warnings about final private methods to follow PHP 8 standards.
- Fixed backward compatibility with PHP 8 related to deprecated ReflectionParameter::getClass() method.
- Removed optional values from arguments that were previously required.
- Added missing SameSite parameter for cookies when using different domain per language with automatic sign-in.
Compatibility
- Fixed PHP warning when adding nav_menu element to the template.
- Fixed a compatibility issue with Google Site Kit when switching the admin language to all.
- Added fallback logic to use the widget instance settings instead of the global sidebar settings for the language switcher.
Usability
- Fixed broken styling of WPML → Taxonomy translation in WordPress 5.6.
API
- Fixed problem getting translated post ID when a custom post type has the same name as a custom taxonomy.
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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