[Resolved] hreflang on HOMEPAGE only is adding trailing slash

Hi,

Thank you for contacting WPML Support. You should be able to remove the trailing slash using the “wpml_alternate_hreflang” filter. So, here will be the steps:

1. Please make sure to take a backup of your site first for safety reasons.

2. Please add the below code in the functions.php file:

add_filter('wpml_alternate_hreflang', 'custom_wpml_alternate_hreflang_func', 10, 2);
function custom_wpml_alternate_hreflang_func($url, $lang_code) {
   
    if ( is_front_page() || is_home() ){
		$url = rtrim($url, '/'); 
	}
    return $url;
}

Here are docs for more details:
https://wpml.org/wpml-hook/wpml_alternate_hreflang/
https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/is_front_page/

Please understand that I'm helping you here with an issue that is out of the scope of our support forum and we will not be able to support this particular fix in the future. Because the theme or our code might have changed, so please always be aware of this. Right now it's working without any issues.

Thank you

Thanks for getting back to me. In this case, you can apply the code based on the default language code that is a second parameter of our function and it will look like this:

add_filter('wpml_alternate_hreflang', 'custom_wpml_alternate_hreflang_func', 10, 2);
function custom_wpml_alternate_hreflang_func($url, $lang_code) {
   
    if ( ( is_front_page() || is_home() ) && $lang_code == 'en' ){
		$url = rtrim($url, '/'); 
	}
    return $url;
}

Could you please try and let me know how it goes?

Thank you

Glad to hear your trailing slash on the home page issue is solved.

Regarding the SEO issue on paginated pages, it's a different issue and will be handled separately as per our support policy. I have created a new ticket for this:
https://wpml.org/forums/topic/seo-issue-on-paginated-pages/

If your current ticket issue is resolved, you may mark this ticket as resolved and we will continue to work on the new ticket.

Thank you for your cooperation and patience.