{"id":286265,"date":"2026-07-15T15:03:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T15:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/acf-to-polylang-xliff-bridge\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T15:02:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T15:02:59","slug":"specialcase-xliff-bridge-for-acf-and-polylang","status":"publish","type":"plugin","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/specialcase-xliff-bridge-for-acf-and-polylang\/","author":23450803,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"version":"1.1.0","stable_tag":"1.1.0","tested":"7.0.1","requires":"5.8","requires_php":"7.4.33","requires_plugins":null,"header_name":"SpecialCase XLIFF Bridge for ACF and Polylang","header_author":"Special Case Team","header_description":"Bridge between ACF and Polylang via XLIFF. 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