WPML Multilingual CMS 4.6.14

• Fixed an issue with Visual Composer’s widget where strings were registered twice
• Fixed stripped SVG tags from Enfold’s code blocks in manual translation mode

Features

• Add support for post format archives in the language switcher
• Changed translator notification email format to HTML
• Moved the taxonomy synchronization logic from WCML to WPML
• Added the parent theme’s name to the debug information
• Allow to select the flags for languages from pre-defined list
• Added an “active/inactive” filter in theme and plugins localization screen to simplify selection
• Added auto-generation of Slug when translating Terms using Taxonomy Translation

Fixes

• Fixed issue with auto sign-in and language per domain on old browser versions
• Fixed HTML in the “Auto sign-in and sign-out users from all domains” tooltip
• Fixed a problem saving a layout when Avia Layout Builder Debug is enabled
• Fixed issue in admin user language in Greek
• Fix retrieving of post id by url in secondary language
• Fixed issue with WPML language cookies in cached environments. When user is not logged in, cookies will be stored with JS and optionally
• Fixed issues when WPML’s plugin folder is a symbolic link
• Refactored sunrise.php to match domains starting with “www”
• Fixed possible JS error with hierarchy-sync-message.js
• Fixed fatal error Call to undefined function wp_get_upload_dir()
• Fixed transient issue with custom language switcher templates on multisite
• Fixed canonical redirection issues with languages in directories and root page
• Excluded WooCommerce and Gravity Forms from the enable translation editor notice
• Ignore the “Use directory for default language” setting when the root page doesn’t exist or when HTML isn’t set
• Fixed removal of category’s translations in bulk action
• Fixed multisite link when WPML has languages set up as domain
• Fixed SitePress::_sync_custom_field to handle serialized data.

Fixes

• Fixed some glitches for dropdown language switchers
• Fixed SitePress::get_term_adjust_id to retain the object_id if needed. Fixes missing WC product variations
• Fixed error on front-end when using WPML in Menus but with incomplete setup
• Fixed not saved settings when assigning a language switcher to a menu with a name in an encoded language (Hebrew, Chinese, …)
• Fixed some compatibility issues for language switcher in menus
• Fixed title sanitization when German (deDE) and Danish (daDA) languages are present
• Fixed path returned by get_home_path when in the second language and using languages in domains
• Fixed default locale for some affected languages
• Fixed domain in the content_url function to match the current domain URL
• Applied some changes in WPML cookies: wpml_referer_url will be set on WCML and _icl_current_language will be set only if user is logged in
• Fixed redirection from URL with no language directory to URL with default language directory (applies with root page setup)
• Fixed fatal error during WPML setup (step 2) if not possible to connect to WP translation

API

• Fixed retrieving gallery’s images after changing the default language
• Added page builder requirements message for Divi theme
• Fixed post relationship for Types plugin when saving posts
• Fixed issue where translations can get disconnected when editing a duplicate post
• Fixed issue where an auto-draft draft is being assigned as a translation
• Fixed issues for retrieving object terms in a language different than the request language (related to wp_get_object_terms)
• Fixed issue when updating any WPML user field from other user
• Fixed issue in WPML wizard language not matching site language on fresh install
• Fixed issue in user admin language when trying to set a language which is not an active WPML language

Features

• WPML now scans for language switcher templates in the uploads folder
• Introduced a new generic shortcode for language switcher wpml_language_switcher
• Downloading and using wpml-config.xml for parent theme when available

Compatibility

• Removed Avada page builders integration.
• Resolved compatibility issues with ‘Twenty Seventeen` theme and translation of Theme Options
• Fixed issue with Enfold’s page builder and new string translation workflow
• Fixed issue with single sign-on when Object Cache is enabled using W3TC
• Resolved JS conflict with ACF Pro, affecting WYSIWYG fields

Security

Several security fixes

API

Filters

• [wpmlcore-3913] Added wpml_duplicate_generic_string in some locations to replace deprecated icl_duplicate_generic_string