Title: [Plugin: Polylang] tags – same looking tags in diff. languages issue Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # [Plugin: Polylang] tags – same looking tags in diff. languages issue * Resolved [TheElear](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peterpap/) * (@peterpap) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-polylang-tags-same-looking-tags-in-diff-languages-issue/) * Hi Chouby, * This is about tags again. I have been testing it for a while and believe there are some issues still. * I have a couple of tags which in different languages are spelled exactly the same. The only difference is in their slug. I have all tags assigned to relevant posts in Language1. When I add a translated post in Language2 and start typing a tag in tag metabox I can see the tag name automatically appear. After your latest release I can see only one name and not two names appear, so I assume that the tag list is filtered by language. * Example 1 – for tags already in the system: Language1 – atesttag – tag slug = atesttagslug-L1 Language2 – atesttag – tag slug = atesttagslug-L2 * Before in the tag metabox autofill I could see the two tags appear. Now only one. So I assume it is filtered by language. I obviously at this stage do not know if the correct language tag appears as I can see only its name which is the same in two langs: atesttag. * So far so good. I carry on to check if it works. * In the WP dashboard tags screen I click on the number (of posts) next to the atesttag name * > for L2 * in order to display only L2 posts. Instead I * > get both L1 and L2 * language posts. That means that tag appearing in the tag metabox when I added the translated post was the L1 not the L2 tag. That would mean that it was not filtered by language. * What happens is the following: The L1 tag name appears in the tag metabox in L2 post. And is now added to both L1 and L2 posts. THis results in both L1 and L2 posts displaying when I click on a tag name to bring the list of posts. * Example 2: I tried to add new test tags to check the issue: Language1 – atesttag– tag slug = atesttagslug-L1 Language2 – atesttag – tag slug = atesttagslug-L2 * No problem with adding atesttag (atesttagslug-L1). I then wanted to add a translation for this tag: atesttag (atesttagslug-L2) in the tag admin screen.I cannot do it and get the following error message on top of the screen: ‘A term with the name provided already exists’ * Conclusion: Chouby it looks that the latest upgrade addressed the ‘undefined’ tag issue, however might have not fully sort out the tag filtering? * Please let me know what you think and also if you need any more tests done. * best regards, * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/polylang/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/polylang/) Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total) * Plugin Author [Chouby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chouby/) * (@chouby) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-polylang-tags-same-looking-tags-in-diff-languages-issue/#post-2567823) * I discovered this same bug yesterday (I am using tags with same spelling in two languages too). I am not ready for 0.7.2 yet (still some bugs to correct). But You can download the [current dev version](http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/polylang.zip) which should correct this bug. * If you prefer waiting for the final 0.7.2, I found a workaround for my production site on which I don’t use the dev version but still 0.7.1. Once you have created both posts. If the tags are already existing in both languages and linked, come back to the post in L1 and save it. Due to the synchronisation process, the tags of the post in L2 will be saved in the correct language (but don’t save the post in L2 after that as it would probably save the wrong tag again). * Thread Starter [TheElear](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peterpap/) * (@peterpap) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-polylang-tags-same-looking-tags-in-diff-languages-issue/#post-2567826) * I can wait for the 0.7.2 so will use the workaround for the time being. * thanks, * Thread Starter [TheElear](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peterpap/) * (@peterpap) * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-polylang-tags-same-looking-tags-in-diff-languages-issue/#post-2568087) * Hello Again, * Same spelled tags seem to be sorted correctly by language in edit mode now once v 0.7.2 is installed. * However in Quick Edit mode filtering does not work and 2 tags are displayed ( Perhaps sth for another version). So basically one can see 2 same spelled tags each for a different language. * regards, Peter * Plugin Author [Chouby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chouby/) * (@chouby) * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-polylang-tags-same-looking-tags-in-diff-languages-issue/#post-2568088) * Quick edit is not supported yet. Categories are not filtered too. It may come in a future version. I did already look at it and it is quite complex to do, so it’s not my priority. * Thread Starter [TheElear](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peterpap/) * (@peterpap) * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-polylang-tags-same-looking-tags-in-diff-languages-issue/#post-2568095) * Thanks Chouby, * regards, Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total) The topic ‘[Plugin: Polylang] tags – same looking tags in diff. languages issue’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/polylang/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3433336) * [Polylang](https://wordpress.org/plugins/polylang/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/polylang/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/polylang/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/polylang/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/polylang/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/polylang/reviews/) * 5 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [TheElear](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peterpap/) * Last activity: [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-polylang-tags-same-looking-tags-in-diff-languages-issue/#post-2568095) * Status: resolved