Canonical of secundary WooCommerce category shows canonical of primary

This thread is resolved. Here is a description of the problem and solution.

Problem:
If you're experiencing issues with incorrect canonical URLs for secondary WooCommerce categories in a multilingual setup, you might find that the canonical URL does not point to the intended language version of the category.
Solution:
We recommend enabling the option

Adjust IDs for multilingual functionality

found under WPML -> Languages -> Make themes work multilingual. This adjustment has proven effective in ensuring that the canonical URLs correctly reflect the language-specific category pages.

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Last updated by jaapd-2 2 weeks, 5 days ago.

Assisted by: Itamar.

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November 25, 2024 at 10:02 am #16438778
jaapd-2	Background of the issue: I am trying to fix the canonical URL for a secondary WooCommerce category on my site hidden link. The correct canonical is filled in the SEO section of the category. Symptoms: The canonical URL for hidden link is showing incorrectly as . Questions: How can I fix the incorrect canonical URL for the secondary WooCommerce category?
November 25, 2024 at 12:38 pm #16439753
Itamar Supporter Languages: English (English ) Hebrew (עברית ) Timezone: Asia/Jerusalem (GMT+02:00)	Hi, You wrote: "The canonical URL for hidden link is showing incorrectly as ." I think I'm missing something here. Maybe something from your post got removed. What shows incorrectly? When I check this page hidden link, I see the canonical link like this, hidden link. Please see the attached screenshot. This points to the original product in Dutch, your site's default language. So, it looks fine to me. Am I missing something? Regards, Itamar.
November 25, 2024 at 12:47 pm #16439794
jaapd-2	Hi Itamar, See the screenrecording. hidden link The English canonical has been set to hidden link? but when visiting the category page in English it shows the NL canonical. It should be the EN one. Hope this clarifies the issue. Cheers, Jaap
November 26, 2024 at 5:20 pm #16446465
Itamar Supporter Languages: English (English ) Hebrew (עברית ) Timezone: Asia/Jerusalem (GMT+02:00)	Hi Jaap, and thanks a lot for the video! I'm not an SEO expert, but in my mind, the translated English and German category pages should point to the original Dutch category page. In practice, this is what happens, so I think the outcome is the correct one. Can you please explain why you expect to see the English category page points to itself? Did you insert this link in the Yoast settings? Regards, Itamar.
November 28, 2024 at 8:25 am #16453417
jaapd-2	Hi Itamar, I got this issue from the marketing company who does SEO for my customer. They have inserted canonical link in Yoast settings for the English page. Can you verify with your colleagues? Marketing company says the EN version should have the EN canonical. Cheers, Jaap
November 28, 2024 at 6:31 pm #16456666
Itamar Supporter Languages: English (English ) Hebrew (עברית ) Timezone: Asia/Jerusalem (GMT+02:00)	Hi, I've used the access details from the other ticket to check things on your site. I'm consulting our second-tier supporters about this case and will update you here once I have news about it. I appreciate your patience. Itamar.
December 2, 2024 at 9:49 pm #16468611
Itamar Supporter Languages: English (English ) Hebrew (עברית ) Timezone: Asia/Jerusalem (GMT+02:00)	Hi, We enabled the option "Adjust IDs for multilingual functionality" in WPML -> Languages -> Make themes work multilingual, which solved the problem. Now the canonical link is: hidden link Please see the attached screenshots. Please confirm that this issue is solved now. Thanks, Itamar.
December 3, 2024 at 8:34 am #16470037
jaapd-2	Thanks for the solution!