Access to “translate options” file

  • Sublanguage is in my view the perfect tool for websites with several languages. I have used it for some time with great result. I implemented some translations that was not handled by the normal procedures by editing a special file that could be accessed through “Translate Options” on the “Sublanguage Settings” page. For some reason, I suddenly get the following message “Sorry, you are not allowed to access this page.” when trying to access the file. I have not noticed any other file access problems in my setup. How do I overcome this problem?

    /Larry

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  • Plugin Author maximeschoeni

    (@maximeschoeni)

    Sorry for this trouble. A few time ago, a security exploit was reported and caused the plugin to be removed from plugins directory. As I had no time to fix the vulnerability, I just decided to quickly remove the parts of the plugin that were concerned by it, in order for Sublanguage to be available again. The “translate options” tool was part of it (along with a tinymce button and an upgrader from version 1.x). I was also not sure if these features were even used by anyone, as I almost never use them myself.

    But as you reported it, I’ll take a second try to fix it. In the meantime, you need to revert the previous version (2.9, https://downloads.www.ads-software.com/plugin/sublanguage.2.9.zip) to have it work again. Also note the translated options will still work in the front-end, just the back-end edit tool is concerned.

    About the exploit, it was reported that a logged-in user without the necessary capabilities was able to trick and to modify the plugin options. So if you can trust all your users (subscribers, authors, editors), there is no risk at putting back version 2.9.

    Thread Starter Larry

    (@lbgalleri)

    Thanks for the quick response! Then I know that there is a work-around. I am changing theme on my website to become more “block” compatible and so far, I have just stumbled over one issue that I hoped to find a solution for in the “Translation Options”.

    /Larry

    “I was also not sure if these features were even used by anyone, as I almost never use them myself.”

    Of course, here I am, there is a use-case for using “Translate Options”. It was my last resort to be able to translate my site completely. Especially in combination with the Avada Theme and their “Layouts and Libraries”. Only there (on the “Translate Options”. page) I can set translation pairs of PostIDs manually. Thanks for the workaround, if I can figure out where in the database to set these translations pairs I can get by without the “Translate Options” page.

    Awesome! Also for me it’s an important tool, otherwise I can’t translate all options of custom plugins. Thank you @maximeschoeni

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