Tables wp_posts: posts wp_terms: post category, menu wp_term_taxonomy: term type (taxonomy), language (description), hierarchy, number of posts associated to it wp_term_relationships: relationship between post-taxonomy,category-taxonomy when polylang activated wp_terms: add language rows: zh - post language, pll_zh-category language wp_term_relationships all posts and categories would add rows to this table in order to identify the relationships. INSERT INTO `wp_terms` (`term_id`, `name`, `slug`, `term_group`) VALUES (3, 'Socials Top Menu', 'socials-top-menu', 0), (33, '报道', 'report', 0), (38, 'English', 'enca', 2), (39, 'English', 'pll_enca', 0), (40, 'pll_5b343bccc90ae', 'pll_5b343bccc90ae', 0), (41, '中文 (中国)', 'zh', 0), --zh post language (42, '中文 (中国)', 'pll_zh', 0), --pll_zh term language (99, 'Report', 'report-calendar-enca', 0); INSERT INTO `wp_term_taxonomy` (`term_taxonomy_id`, `term_id`, `taxonomy`, `description`, `parent`, `count`) VALUES (3, 3, 'nav_menu', '', 0, 7), (33, 33, 'category', '', 13, 56), (38, 38, 'language', 'a:3:{s:6:\"locale\";s:5:\"en_CA\";s:3:\"rtl\";i:0;s:9:\"flag_code\";s:2:\"ca\";}', 0, 2), (39, 39, 'term_language', '', 0, 16), (40, 40, 'term_translations', 'a:2:{s:4:\"enca\";i:99;s:2:\"zh\";i:33;}', 0, 2), (41, 41, 'language', 'a:3:{s:6:\"locale\";s:5:\"zh_CN\";s:3:\"rtl\";i:0;s:9:\"flag_code\";s:2:\"cn\";}', 0, 9), (42, 42, 'term_language', '', 0, 17), (99, 99, 'category', '', 73, 0); INSERT INTO `wp_term_relationships` (`object_id`, `term_taxonomy_id`, `term_order`) VALUES (33, 3, 0), --nav_menu (33, 40, 0), --term_translations (33, 42, 0), --term_language (43, 33, 0), --category (54, 33, 0), --term_translations a:2:{s:4:"enca";i:53;s:2:"zh";i:20;} (99, 39, 0), --category:Report (379, 41, 0); --post Add language row for posts after activating polylang INSERT INTO wp_term_relationships (object_id,term_taxonomy_id) SELECT id,41 FROM `wp_posts` --41: zh where id not in (select object_id from wp_term_relationships where term_taxonomy_id=41) and post_type='post' 2,542 total views