Background of the issue:
I am trying to ensure that the translated tags on my website are indexed correctly. I checked the HTML code on this page: hidden link and found a tag. I suspect there might be a compatibility issue between WPML and Yoast SEO, as in Yoast everything is set to INDEX TAGS, and the English version of the tag is indexed correctly.
Symptoms:
The translated tag page contains a tag instead of the expected .
Questions:
Why is the translated tag page not being indexed correctly?
Is there a compatibility issue between WPML and Yoast SEO affecting the indexing of translated tags?
Welcome to the WPML support forum. Before passing this thread to my colleague, I would like to share some suggestions and possible solutions for the issues you mentioned.
As of now, we don't have a known issue with Yoast SEO related to *The translated tag page contains a tag instead of the expected*. Please visit this URL for more details - https://wpml.org/plugin/yoast-seo/
We are not able to reproduce the issue exactly on this tag page - hidden link
So please share the exact steps to replicate the bug or a couple of screenshots for a better understanding.
I don't know what you mean by not being able to reproduce the problem. It is still there. Just go to those English and French tag pages and check the HTML code. In French the tag page is NOINDEX. So the problem is very easily visible.
Alright, I moved everything to a staging environment. Deactivated plugins and well...
1. If I disable Yoast, the line with index or noindex disappears. Nothing is there because Yoast is not affecting it.
2. But, I was checking the tags because some tags DO have correct index tags. But some don't.
3. When I check the tags under French page of tags, they are all correct and visible.
4. When I go to your wpml settings to the taxonomy translations, hundreds of tags are missing. It's still not there and not able to be found. Why. See the images attached.
I think you do not "see" the tags, cannot work with it and cannot use the information from yoast to show it on the tag pages.
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// Yoast tag indexing
// add noindex, follow to tag pages with less than 5 posts
add_filter('wpseo_robots', 'custom_noindex_follow_tag_pages');
function custom_noindex_follow_tag_pages($robots) {
if (is_tag()) {
$tag = get_queried_object();
$args = array(
'tag' => $tag->slug,
'posts_per_page' => -1 // Retrieves all posts associated with the tag.
);
$query = new WP_Query($args);
if ($query->found_posts < 5) {
return 'noindex,follow';
}
}
return $robots; // Return original robots value if conditions are not met.
}
