Title: GPTranslate issues when using cloudflare Last modified: March 18, 2026 --- # GPTranslate issues when using cloudflare * Resolved [fetchjudofrayed](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fetchjudofrayed/) * (@fetchjudofrayed) * [2 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gptranslate-issues-when-using-cloudflare/) * Hi everyone, * I want to share a problem that I ecountered when I installed GPTranslate. On the test website without cloudflare it worked like a charm. On the main website with cloudflare there were several problems: - language button disappeared - switching to another language didn’t work - translation loading bar stayed, although it should disappear * Even when removing the “rewrite URL” option in the settings (like to add /en / fr /it etc.) the problems stayed. * Did anyone have similar experiences with cloudflare and GPTranslate and knows how to solve them? * Best regards Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) * Plugin Support [johndagelmorejextensions](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johndagelmorejextensions/) * (@johndagelmorejextensions) * [2 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gptranslate-issues-when-using-cloudflare/#post-18855251) * Hi, * this could be caused by Cloudflare optimizations. * Try disabling: - Auto Minify (JS/CSS) - Rocket Loader * Then clear the cache. These features can break GPTranslate scripts and cause exactly the issues you described. * Also check if any plugin are installed doing this. * Best regards * Thread Starter [fetchjudofrayed](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fetchjudofrayed/) * (@fetchjudofrayed) * [2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gptranslate-issues-when-using-cloudflare/#post-18873725) * Hi John, * thanks a lot for your answer! I checked the “Rocket Loader” and it was already disabled and I found out that Auto Minify is deprecated since 2024: [https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/reference/deprecations/#2024-08-05](https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/reference/deprecations/#2024-08-05) and I couldn’t find any setting where one can do some fine tunings… * So I’m not sure what else to try. * Best regards * Plugin Support [johndagelmorejextensions](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johndagelmorejextensions/) * (@johndagelmorejextensions) * [2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gptranslate-issues-when-using-cloudflare/#post-18873735) * Hi, * if you can share website link details i will have a look at any error or conflict. * Best regards * John * Thread Starter [fetchjudofrayed](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fetchjudofrayed/) * (@fetchjudofrayed) * [2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gptranslate-issues-when-using-cloudflare/#post-18875244) * Hi John, * is there a way how I can contact you personally via e-mail, Matrix or Signal? That would be good. * Or you can simply send me a mail to: [email redacted by moderators] * Kind regards - This reply was modified 2 months ago by [fetchjudofrayed](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fetchjudofrayed/). Reason: added email address - This reply was modified 2 months ago by [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/). * Plugin Support [johndagelmorejextensions](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johndagelmorejextensions/) * (@johndagelmorejextensions) * [2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gptranslate-issues-when-using-cloudflare/#post-18875249) * Hi, * yes i will directly email you. * Kind regards * Thread Starter [fetchjudofrayed](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fetchjudofrayed/) * (@fetchjudofrayed) * [1 month, 4 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gptranslate-issues-when-using-cloudflare/#post-18879928) * Well, what can I say? * Thank you very very much John for helping to solve the issue. That is highly appreciated and with the integration of Deepl, the translations look very well on the website! * For others who come across this, you can do can do following to solve this: 1. Login to your Cloudflare-Dashboard 2. Go to your Domain -> Security -> Safety Rules 3. Create a new rule and give it a name 4. Set “If incoming requests match…” in “Field” to “URI path” Set “operator” to“ contains”Set “Value” to “/wp-json/gptranslate/” 5. Print review should look like this: (http.request.uri.path contains “/wp-json/ gptranslate/”) 6. Set in “Then proceed as follows…” in “action” as “Skip” 7. Enable “Document matching requirements” and select in “WAF components to be skipped” two options: 1. All managed rules and2. All the rules of the “Super Bot Fight” mode 8. Set in “Place at” “First” * Then delete all translations and regenerate those. * Cheers Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) You must be [logged in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fgptranslate-issues-when-using-cloudflare%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to reply to this topic. * ![](https://ps.w.org/gptranslate/assets/icon-128x128.gif?rev=3462052) * [GPTranslate – Multilingual AI Translation for WordPress: Automatically Translate Websites](https://wordpress.org/plugins/gptranslate/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/gptranslate/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/gptranslate/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/gptranslate/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/gptranslate/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/gptranslate/reviews/) * 6 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [fetchjudofrayed](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fetchjudofrayed/) * Last activity: [1 month, 4 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gptranslate-issues-when-using-cloudflare/#post-18879928) * Status: resolved