[Closed] Missing region-independent link for that language

Hi there,

Thank you for contacting WPML support, I'd be happy to help you with this issue.

"Missing region-independent link for that language (fr, nl)" means that you have not determined general French/Dutch but directly a specific region (fr-be, nl-nl) and it isn't related to x-default hreflang.

1) You can simply change "fr-be" to "fr" and make this version the "general" version for French. In this case, you can do this directly in WPML > Languages > Edit languages > Hreflang.

2) Or you can create different versions:
fr (General French)
fr-BE
Please follow the documentation https://wpml.org/documentation/support/adding-hreflang-wordpress/#how-wpml-creates-hreflang-tags

I'm not an SEO expert and I don't know which of these two solutions will suit you better, but I think the region is only necessary if there are significant differences and I'm not sure if this is a serious error to correct or just a warning.

I leave you a guide we have in our documentation but unfortunately, it doesn't mention your error hidden link

"Not matching self-hreflang" might related to solution 1 when you have different hreflang and language code. You can set them to "fr" and recheck two issues.

Look forward to your reply.
Thanks