Title: Relation fields don't support WPML
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Relation fields don't support WPML

 *  [mrupal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrupal/)
 * (@mrupal)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/relation-fields-dont-support-wpml/)
 * Hi,
 * when I choose a relation field, the shown related post types contain also such
   in other languages.
 * It would be ok to have only the related posts in the current language.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-content-type-manager/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-content-type-manager/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [fireproofsocks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fireproofsocks/)
 * (@fireproofsocks)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/relation-fields-dont-support-wpml/#post-3933641)
 * I’m not sure I follow what you’re asking.
 *  Thread Starter [mrupal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrupal/)
 * (@mrupal)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/relation-fields-dont-support-wpml/#post-3933649)
 * I mean this:
 * the site has 2+ languages: if I am to choose a related post through a related
   field I should get only posts in the current language.
 * Exactly that is not the case. I get the posts in all languages.
 * To be more precise: Let’s say the site is currently in English: For some reason
   I want to relate to the “About” page. If that About page exists in several languages
   I get all its versions (the English but also the German one and so on.) as options
   to choose. I definitely should be getting only the version in the current language.
 *  Plugin Contributor [fireproofsocks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fireproofsocks/)
 * (@fireproofsocks)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/relation-fields-dont-support-wpml/#post-3933650)
 * I think this is a limitation of how WP is performing the translations: if there
   is no field to filter on, then you can’t do a database query to zero in on one
   language or another. I’m not sure if that’s the case with WPML, but I’ve seen
   some translation plugins that rely on event hooks to perform the translations
   instead of having separate rows in the database to distinguish between translations.
   In that case, the problem is with the translation plugin: there’s nothing anyone
   can do to filter that because all the translations exist in one place.
 * If the plugin is setting a custom field to identify the language of a page, then
   you can set your search criteria for it like any other field in a relation: the
   search criteria are very flexible. Look at the wiki for examples.

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