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Problem: I have a problem where custom fields don't always appear in the translation editor screen for my CPT. Also if I try to change the translation settings for a single custom field in WPML Settings, the settings are changed for the entire field group instead of just the field I edited.
Solution: Update to WPML 4.2 to receive the fix for this bug, then adjust the field translation settings as needed.
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Last updated by Christian Cox 5 years, 2 months ago.
Assisted by: Christian Cox.
The field group editor seems to be working as expected on my local, so I ran the same tests on the live site.
I just changed the post type "Types Groups (wp-types-group)" setting to be "Not translated" in WPML > Settings > Post Types Translation, and purged the caches. Now I see the field group "Facilities-custom-fields" appear in Toolset > Custom Fields > Post Fields tab with Chinese language selected in the top menu bar, as expected. I'm attaching screenshots here (not-translatable.png, field-group-zh.png).
Then I edited this English Facilities post:
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I scroll down to the list of Facilities custom fields and check these fields:
Full address: G53A, *****, Heng Fa Chuen (obscured for privacy here)
Directions "MTR: Heng Fa Chuen Station"
Food Type (Cuisine): "Italian" is checked
Email address: "enjoy@*********ise.com.hk" (obscured for privacy here)
Nearest MTR station: Heng Fa Chuen
I scroll down to Multlingual Content Setup and check these fields. The following settings are applied:
Full address: Translate
Directions: Copy Once
Food Type (Cuisine): Copy
Email address: Copy
Nearest MTR station: Translate
In the right column Language panel, I click the icon to edit the Chinese translation. In the translation editor, I see Full address and Nearest MTR station fields there for translation, as expected.
I click "cancel" the translation editor screen and return to the English post. I use the top bar to switch to Chinese.
Now I see the custom fields appear in the Chinese post editor. I'm testing the same 5 fields as before.
Full Address: "柴灣盛泰道100號杏花新城G53A" (editable)
Directions: "港鐵站: 杏花邨站" (editable)
Food Type (Cuisine): 意大利 is checked
Email address: "enjoy@*********ise.com.hk" (read-only)
Nearest MTR station: "杏花邨站" (editable)
Is this what you see as well?
