Redirect of subpages to default language folder not working

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Last updated by Long Nguyen 1 year, 10 months ago.

Assisted by: Long Nguyen.

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August 9, 2023 at 4:06 pm #14177315
jonasM-28	Hi, we have set our page to use subdirectories for languages (for now just /de/) and redirected the homepage hidden link with the root page redirect template to hidden link. This is working fine. Now here's the problem: All other existing pages of our website, like hidden link are not automatically redirected to the /de/ subdirectory. So now we have two pages with the same content: hidden link -> which should be redirected and hidden link I'm quite sure that this was working a few weeks ago. Any ideas on how to fix this without setting manual redirects for every page? Thank you very much.
August 11, 2023 at 6:47 am #14185993
Long Nguyen WPML Supporter since 02/2022 Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh (GMT+07:00)	Hi Jonas, Thank you for contacting WPML support, I'd be happy to help you with this issue. Now I see the page is redirected to hidden link correctly. Please check this screen record hidden link According to the Debug info, I see the default language on your site is German and the option "Use directory for default language" is enabled in WPML > Languages > Language URL format. So no need to set up a direct for pages and posts on your site. The permalink of them should be hidden link You can test this feature on a clean installation of WordPress. With this link, you will be logged in directly to a sandbox site hidden link Look forward to your reply. Thanks
August 11, 2023 at 7:29 am #14186237
jonasM-28	Hi Long, thanks for your reply and the sandbox page. On our website I created the redirects manually in the meantime. That's why it is working there. But the problem still exists. I did the same setup on the sandbox site and I get the same issue: I created a test page: hidden link -> Permalink is fine But hidden link is not redirected to hidden link Can you have a look at that? Thanks in advance.
August 11, 2023 at 7:50 am #14186415
Long Nguyen WPML Supporter since 02/2022 Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh (GMT+07:00)	Hi, I see that behavior and I think it is normal. Posts without language information are accessible from anywhere. Actually, WPML does not generate a link without language on your site, you are typing the page without language directly in the browser. The canonical and hreflang tags also point to the URL hidden link please check this screenshot hidden link That means the search engine or other plugins can see the URL hidden link only. I hope that makes sense.

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