WPML plugin issue - Documented fix

[TonyKnibb-MakaraHealth]

I think these docs are incorrect: https://docs.pantheon.io/plugins-known-issues#wpml---the-wordpress-multilingual-plugin

Expected behavior

.mo files are created in the languages/wpml directory

Actual behavior

.mo files are created in a languages/wpml/wpml directory

Steps to reproduce the problem

Following the docs results in the creation of a wpml directoryinside the wpml directory, and an unhappy website.
define( 'WP_LANG_DIR','/files/languages/wpml' );

Suggested Resolution

Looking at the existing directorystructure that the plugin has created, suggests that the correct setting would be:
define( 'WP_LANG_DIR','/files/languages' );

Additional information

Is it also worth noting in the docs that, when connecting using SFTP via the Windows 11 Terminal, you can use ln -s uploads/languages languages to create the necessary symlink, assuming you're in the /code/wp-content directory?

[github-actions]

👋 @TonyKnibb-MakaraHealth
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[rachelwhitton]

That makes sense, thank you for reporting. We will update the path to avoid languages/wpml/wpm

Setting WP_LANG_DIR to this path instead: $_SERVER['HOME'] .'/files/languages'

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Related: Our solution for issue 3 calls for a symlink AND switching the WP_LANG_DIR constant to a writeable path, but I think only one is needed to solve the issue - not both. See also: WPML recommendations

I think we should delete symlink suggestion and just recommend updating WP_LANG_DIR to a writeable path - @jazzsequence can you weight in?

@stevector do either of you have a WPML license we can use to validate the above?

@TonyKnibb-MakaraHealth if you have interest and time to help us validate the above, please do and let us know your results. We'll work on this issue either way 🙂 Thanks for reporting

[stevector]

I do not