Hello,
We apologize for the issue you are facing with the category base not working in other languages. Thank you for providing detailed information about your setup and the steps you’ve already taken.
It seems that the issue may be related to how WPML interacts with the permalink settings in Rank Math. Here are a few suggestions you can try:
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Check WPML Settings: Ensure that the WPML settings for URL format are correctly configured. Sometimes, the language-specific settings can affect how permalinks are generated.
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Re-save Rank Math Settings: After making changes in WPML, go back to Rank Math and re-save the settings for removing the category base. This can sometimes trigger the necessary updates.
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Check for Conflicts: Temporarily disable other plugins (except Rank Math and WPML) to see if there is a conflict affecting the permalink structure.
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Custom Permalinks: If the above steps do not resolve the issue, consider using custom permalinks for your translated categories. You can manually set the desired URL structure in WPML for each category.
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Contact WPML Support: Since this issue involves multilingual settings, reaching out to WPML support might provide additional insights or solutions specific to their plugin.
If you continue to experience issues, please reply to this ticket with your site URL, and a human agent from our support team will assist you further.
Thank you for your patience, and we hope this helps resolve your issue!
Hello,
Thank you for contacting us and sorry for any inconvenience that this issue might have caused.
Please note that when you enable the Strip Category Base option in Rank Math → General Settings and translate the taxonomy slug in WPML → Taxonomy Translation, the translated archive page displays a 404 error.
As a workaround do not translate the category, product, or product-category slugs. The untranslated terms won’t be visible in the URL anyway when you use any of those options.
See: https://wpml.org/errata/rank-math-seo-turning-on-strip-category-base-causes-issues-with-secondary-languages/
Let us know how this goes. Also, let us know if you have further questions or concerns.
Thank you.
Hello,
Since we did not hear back from you for 15 days, we are assuming that you found the solution. We are closing this support ticket.
If you still need assistance or any other help, please feel free to open a new support ticket, and we will be more than happy to assist.
Thank you.
