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Last updated by Lucas Vidal de Andrade 1 year, 6 months ago.

Assisted by: Lucas Vidal de Andrade.

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November 5, 2023 at 9:31 pm #14734067

philipv-13

Does WPML help with the Hreflang and alternate implementation?
And where can I find these options?
Thanks

November 6, 2023 at 4:12 pm #14739911

Lucas Vidal de Andrade
WPML Supporter since 11/2023

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) German (Deutsch ) Portuguese (Brazil) (Português )

Timezone: America/Sao_Paulo (GMT-03:00)

Hello,

Thanks for reaching out to us. I've checked your website and noticed that you use Rank Math SEO, which is compatible with WPML. Please ensure you have our WPML SEO add-on installed and activated, so you can be sure to have that functionality.

See how href lang works on WPML:

https://wpml.org/documentation/support/adding-hreflang-wordpress/#how-wpml-creates-hreflang-tags

I hope this explanation helps! Please tell us if you require any further assistance.

Best regards,

Lucas Vidal.

November 7, 2023 at 10:59 pm #14752075

philipv-13

Hi Lucas,
the WPML SEO add-on, where can I see that this is active?
And from the article I understand that it automatically is added in WPML?
Best regards,
Philip

November 8, 2023 at 11:57 am #14756133

Lucas Vidal de Andrade
WPML Supporter since 11/2023

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) German (Deutsch ) Portuguese (Brazil) (Português )

Timezone: America/Sao_Paulo (GMT-03:00)

Hello,

Yes, that is correct. To see which plugins are active, you can simply access the plugins page and search for WPML SEO. In case it's not installed, you can follow the steps described in “Download WPML manually”, on the following link.

https://wpml.org/account/downloads/

You can also find more information in this documentation:
https://wpml.org/documentation/related-projects/wpml-seo/

This plugin adds compatibility between Rank Math SEO and WPML.

Best regards,

Lucas Vidal

November 12, 2023 at 11:13 am #14783701

philipv-13

Hi Lucas,
Thanks, that plugin is installed.
Im thinking to make the language url format option as:
Different languages in directories.
But the Hreflang and alternate implementation is something different than the option for language URL format?
I thought that putting different languages in directories is also better for SEO.
Kind regards,
Philip

November 13, 2023 at 12:38 pm #14788695

Lucas Vidal de Andrade
WPML Supporter since 11/2023

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) German (Deutsch ) Portuguese (Brazil) (Português )

Timezone: America/Sao_Paulo (GMT-03:00)

Hello,

Yes, that is correct. Hreflang and the alternate implementation are separate from the URL format options. You can use the URL format option that suits you best. All the options offered by WPML take SEO in consideration and suffice to tell Google in which language the given URL is. I suggest you research for the pros and cons of each approach, but as I said, they all suffice in terms of SEO.

Best regards,
Lucas Vidal