Title: Synchronization problem (impossible to disable)
Last modified: November 29, 2017

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# Synchronization problem (impossible to disable)

 *  Resolved [jiwjiw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jiwjiw/)
 * (@jiwjiw)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/synchronization-problem-impossible-to-disable/)
 * Hi,
 * I have two (actually many instances of two) pages linked with polylang as french
   and german versions. Those pages have a custom field I must set to different 
   values (it selects a menu that will be displayed on the page, so it has to point
   to two menus, one in french, the other in german… but I do not think this is 
   relevant to the issue)
 * Unfortunately this field seems to be synchronized by Polylang beteween the two
   versions : as soon as I unlink the pages I can set different values for that 
   field, but when linked a change in one page is reflected on the other.
 * At some point I activated the synchronization options of Polylang to test them,
   so they should not have any influence anymore. However to be sure something wasn’t
   improperly disactivated I uninstalled Polylang and suppressed all its data through
   the corresponding option in the Polylang config. Then I reinstalled it, but the
   issue was still present.
 * Has anyone an idea what is happening and how to fix it?
    Thanks Jean
 * Website infos :
    – Website address : [https://orchestrevalaisanamateur.ch](https://orchestrevalaisanamateur.ch)–
   One page showing the problem : [https://orchestrevalaisanamateur.ch/portfolio/centre-scolaire-crans-montana-2017/](https://orchestrevalaisanamateur.ch/portfolio/centre-scolaire-crans-montana-2017/)–
   Permalinks settings : Day and name – Using a static front page : yes – Polylang
   settings : – Url modification : language is set from the directory name in pretty
   permalinks – Detect browser language : enabled – Media : disabled – Custom post
   types and Taxonomies : two custom post types enabled (for an unrelated event 
   management plugin) – Synchronization : disabled – WPML compatibility : enabled
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 *  Plugin Author [Chouby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chouby/)
 * (@chouby)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/synchronization-problem-impossible-to-disable/#post-9732723)
 * Hi,
 * If this is a custom field created and used by a 3rd party theme or plugin, it
   is possible that the author decided to synchronize it. This is generally done
   in the file wpml-config.xml. You can override what’s done in a wpml-config.xml
   file by creating your own in your child theme (set the custom field to ‘ignore’).
   See: [https://polylang.pro/doc/the-wpml-config-xml-file/](https://polylang.pro/doc/the-wpml-config-xml-file/)
 *  Thread Starter [jiwjiw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jiwjiw/)
 * (@jiwjiw)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/synchronization-problem-impossible-to-disable/#post-9732792)
 * That was it, thanks a billion!
 * I still do not understand why the theme’s author would do such a thing (except
   if there is a way I am not aware of to link menus together so the translation
   happens automatically), I’ll definitely ask him…
 * Thanks again, have a lovely day!
    Jean

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 * Last reply from: [jiwjiw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jiwjiw/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/synchronization-problem-impossible-to-disable/#post-9732792)
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