Do I need WPML SEO if WPML already added hreflang to my pages?

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Last updated by chongweiC 1 year, 10 months ago.

Assisted by: Andreas W..

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April 23, 2023 at 3:06 am #13522241
chongweiC	It seems that WPML will add hreflang tags automatically. Why there is another plugin called WPML SEO and why do I need it?
April 23, 2023 at 3:16 am #13522247
Andreas W. Supporter Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) German (Deutsch ) Timezone: America/Lima (GMT-05:00)	Hello, You will need the addon WPML SEO for example if you want to translate the SEO meta fields of your content with the WPML Translation Editor so that your Google Index Listings will appear in different languages. This addon is designed as an additional glue plugin for sites that use the plugins Yoast SEO or Rankmath SEO I see you use Yoast SEO, which for I would suggest you read this documentation and let me know if you do have further questions: https://wpml.org/documentation/related-projects/wpml-seo/ Best regards Andreas
April 23, 2023 at 3:28 am #13522257
chongweiC	Hi, Andreas Thank you for your answer. So if I do not use WPML Translation Editor to input Meta Title & Desc(I translate and paste contents into the edit box directly), then I do not need the plugin? It seems if I manually input the translation in Chinese, the Google listing will also be show that Chinese translation properly.
April 23, 2023 at 3:56 am #13522343
Andreas W. Supporter Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) German (Deutsch ) Timezone: America/Lima (GMT-05:00)	Hello, It depends, as there might be other things that you will need the plugin for, like global SEO values that will be translatable with WPML > String Translation. When it comes to content that is created with the WordPress Editor there should not be any issue with using manual edits on each content in each language but you should disable WPML SEO in this case, as the SEO translations from the WPML Translation Editor will overwrite your manual edits. Please check out our Yoast SEO documentation on this matter: https://wpml.org/documentation/related-projects/using-wordpress-seo-with-wpml/ I would say you test this without WPML SEO and let me know if you run into any unexpected issues. Best regards Andreas