Need to disable Tribe Events WPML Translations

[wbrbuffalo]

I am currently using a combination of Tribe Events and WPML on my site. I need to disconnect WPML from Tribe events. Right now, by default Tribe events is set to translate and I’m not able to turn this feature off in WPML -> Translation options [see screenshot]. Additionally, the place I’d make these updates in the WPML sitepress-multilingual-cms/wpml-config.xml is disabled [see screenshot]. Please let me know if there are any fixes, as this is a critical issue.

[Geoff B.]

Good evening Colin and welcome back!

Thank you for reaching out to us.
I would love to help you with this topic.

Before we begin, just to set expectations, as you might know, the scope of our support is mostly to get our customers started on the right track and to help them in case of issues.

We unfortunately do not provide complete support for customization.

The reason I am bringing this up is because veering away from the built-in settings also means we will not be able to support compatibility between WPML and our plugins if you choose to go that way.

It also worth noting that is not a bug per se, but rather an implementation decision to ensure compatibility with WPML.

Furthermore, I would highly advise against modifying files that are included in a plugin directly  (e.g.:sitepress-multilingual-cms/wpml-config.xml) as this can also break other functionalities. It also means you will have to perform these changes every time you upgrade the plugins.

With that in mind, here are a couple of things to get you started:

1. The file that currently sets this up is located at /wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/src/Tribe/Integrations/WPML/Defaults.php
2. Typically the wpml-config.xml is set in each plugin’s root folder as opposed to making the changes in sitepress-multilingual-cms/wpml-config.xml directly

As for your second question, our plugin does not deactivate this file. I would recommend contacting WPML’s support and reviewing your WPML settings.

I would also try:

1. Deactivating Events Manager and WPML Compatibility (which might interfere)
2. Making sure you have all the required plugins to run WPML with the Events Calendar:
   1. https://theeventscalendar.com/knowledgebase/setting-up-the-events-calendar-with-wpml/
   2. https://theeventscalendar.com/knowledgebase/creating-translations-for-events-using-wpml/

Let me know how that goes.

Best regards,
Geoff B.

[Support Droid]

Hey there! This thread has been pretty quiet for the last three weeks, so we’re going to go ahead and close it to avoid confusion with other topics. If you’re still looking for help with this, please do open a new thread, reference this one and we’d be more than happy to continue the conversation over there.

Thanks so much!
The Events Calendar Support Team

[Author]

Posts