Issue: App only shows posts in default language (multilingual site)

[bruvellu]

Hello! I have a self-hosted multilingual site using Polylang. My posts are in two languages, Portuguese and English with the former set as the default language in the plugin. But the WP app only shows posts in the default language (Portuguese); it doesn't show posts in the other language (English). Therefore, I cannot open/edit many of my posts using the app.

Expected behavior

Show all posts without filtering by language.

Actual behavior

As a test, I created two posts, one in Portuguese and one in English as seen in the web regular admin:

When I open the app and Menu > Posts > Drafts, I can only see the post in Portuguese (default language):

If I change the default language in the plugin to English, then only posts in English are shown:

Curiously, the Drafts card in the app Home shows posts in both languages:

Clicking on the card, however, leads to the default-language-only list of draft posts.

I guess the app is filtering out posts in languages other than the default, but it doesn't do it for listing the posts in the Drafts card.

Steps to reproduce the behavior

1. Self-hosted WP with Polylang.
2. Posts in multiple languages.
3. Connect to site to WP app.
4. Open Menu > Posts or Pages.

Polylang needs to be installed. If deactivated, then all posts show up in the app. I don't know whether the same happens with other similar multilingual plugins. It could simply be a Polylang-specific issue or perhaps a more general issue on how the app handles posts in different languages.

Any help figuring this out is greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Cheers,
Bruno

Tested on Samsung SM-G930F, Android 8.0.0, WPAndroid 21.4-rc-2

[thehenrybyrd]

Thanks for the detailed report @bruvellu!
We'll need to investigate how posts and langauge data are stored by Polylang, to understand where the issue is and whether it's possible to accommodate in-app. The detail that the Drafts card does display posts for both languages is very helpful!

[bruvellu]

Thank you, @thehenrybyrd! Yes, perhaps the query of the regular post list is locale-aware, while the one of the Drafts card is not, so all posts are shown.

I don't know the Polylang details, except that it follows a “one language per post” model according to WordPress Support. Tagging the Polylang developers @Chouby and @manooweb who may have ideas about the issue.

In case it's useful, here's one example post in PT and EN for testing or checking the source.

[rxbracho]

@thehenrybyrd @bruvellu I am new to the app but would like to raise the priority of this bug, I also use Polylang with two languages.

The issue is particularly important because the browser interface for editing with the block editor has various deficiencies, although supports footnotes. The most important is that the block toolbar is kept at the top of the entire post, so it is constant scrolling to italicize, create links, change heading levels, you name it. The app puts the block toolbar just above the mobile keyboard so it is a much better experience. Alas, only for the default language (sigh).

Please assign someone so it can be fixed. Raise its priority, perhaps?

[GitHeob]

Hey, I'm facing the same problem: quite annoying for people who writes a lot with wordpress in transports.