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WPML importer shows false install and language errors

WPML importer checks falsely report that Polylang or WPML is missing or that no language exists, blocking the migration.

Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.

7 public reports · first reported 5 May 2017 · last reported 22 August 2026

Idea report · $19 · No contacts · All sales final

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What's going wrong

Site owners moving from WPML to Polylang run the built-in importer checks, and several of them report failure even when Polylang is active and languages already exist.

AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.

In the idea report

  • The full summary.
  • The products the 7 reports are about, and how many came each month.
  • Related problems.

No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.