Translation Links Tool: Connect Posts Across Polylang and WPML Languages

Step 1: Turn the tool on

Open Baza Helper > Dashboard and make sure the card Translation links is switched on. It is on by default when the site has at least two languages.

Step 2: Read the Languages column

Open any list of a translated type (Posts, Pages, Docs, Products). The last column is Languages. It has one flag for every language of the site, with a short bar under it:

• Dark bar: this post.
• Green bar: a translation exists and is linked.
• Amber bar: the translation is linked, but it is a draft.
• Faded grey flag, no bar: there is no translation in that language.
• Amber warning: this post has no language yet.

Hover a flag to see the language, the title and the status of that translation.

Step 3: Open the manager

Click the small sliders button at the end of the Languages cell. A panel opens with a row for every language: the title, the status and the ID of each translation. In the block editor the same panel is in the document sidebar under Translations.

Step 4: Link a missing translation

On a row marked Not created, choose one of two buttons:

• Link existing searches the posts of that language and type by title. Press Link next to the right post. If a post is already linked to others, the result says with which languages, and linking takes it out of that group.
• Create opens the plugin’s own add-translation screen (Polylang or WPML) with the language already chosen.

Step 5: Replace a wrong translation

On a row with a translation, press the link icon (Replace with another post). Search, then press Replace. The chosen post takes the place, and the old one is unlinked for you. You do not need to unlink first.

Step 6: Unlink

Press the × button on a row, then Yes, unlink. Only that post leaves the group, and the others stay linked. To take the current post out of the group, press Unlink this post from the others at the bottom of the panel.

Step 7: Find posts that are not linked to the main language

On any list, above the table, open Not linked to EN (N). EN is the default language of your site. It lists posts of other languages that have no translation in the default language. Posts without a language are there too.

For a full overview open Baza Helper > Translation links. Pick a post type and use the filters Need attention, Not linked, Some languages missing, Not linked to EN and All languages linked. Each filter shows a count, and the search box finds a post by title. The tab checks the latest 2000 posts of a type.

Step 8: Set the language of a post that has none

If a post shows the amber warning, open the manager, choose the language in the yellow box and press Set the language. A linked post cannot change language: unlink it first.

Step 9: Repair broken groups

Open Baza Helper > Translation links. If the site runs Polylang or WPML, the button Repair broken groups is at the top of the tab.

• Polylang. Use it when unlinking one translation ever unlinked the others too (a bug of an older version). Baza Helper rebuilds every group from the posts Polylang still holds and tells you how many groups were repaired. Then unlink again, one post at a time.
• WPML. An unlink never breaks the other translations here. The button clears what WPML leaves behind: links of posts that were deleted and links with a wrong post type. It tells you how many were repaired.