If you update Elementor to version 3.26 before updating WPML to 4.6.15, your site will encounter a fatal PHP error and experience severe issues:

• Elementor editor crashes – making it impossible to edit pages
• Frontend errors on pages with a language switcher, showing “Critical error on this website.”

This issue occurs for both the free and premium versions of Elementor and is caused by a deprecated class that Elementor is removing from its code.

In addition to the key compatibility updates, WPML 4.6.14 also includes several fixes and enhancements to ensure an even better multilingual experience:

WPML Core

• We removed the WPML Languages section from the Patterns editing screen.
• You can now translate Patterns via WPML → Translation Management.

Compatibility Fixes

• Fixed an interface issue for WPML Languages section in Divi builder.
• Fixed issue with caching in Elementor.

Additional Fixes

• WPML now hides unnecessary warning messages on the front and back-end.
• Fixed a bug causing untranslated strings to appear in secondary languages.
• Fixed an issue with automatically syncing taxonomies from original to secondary language when translating with the native WordPress editor.

WPML 4.4.11 adds support for new features in WordPress 5.8, allows enabling Content Security Policy (which Google now recommends), and