Outgoing Hreflang to no index URL's

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Problem:
You are experiencing technical errors on your site due to outgoing Hreflang annotations to no index URLs, specifically on /tag/ pages, and you wish to remove these annotations.
Solution:
In WPML, you can disable hreflang tags for all pages and languages by navigating to WPML → Languages → SEO Options. Unfortunately, it is not currently possible to remove hreflang tags for specific pages only; disabling them will affect all pages. Additionally, you can mark specific pages as no-index using plugins like Yoast SEO.

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Last updated by Andrey 7 months, 2 weeks ago.

Assisted by: Andrey.

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September 18, 2024 at 4:22 pm #16194726
patriciaW-10	Background of the issue: I am trying to resolve technical errors on my site hidden link caused by outgoing Hreflang annotations to no index URLs. Almost all of these are /tag/ pages. I see there is no way to remove hreflang from these pages. I do not want to index the pages. Symptoms: The site is showing technical errors due to outgoing Hreflang annotations to no index URLs. Questions: How can I resolve the issue of outgoing Hreflang annotations to no index URLs? Is there a way to remove hreflang from specific pages using WPML?
September 18, 2024 at 4:44 pm #16194830
Andrey WPML Supporter since 06/2013 Languages: English (English ) Russian (Русский ) Timezone: Europe/Kyiv (GMT+03:00)	Thank you for contacting WPML support. In WPML, you can disable hreflang tags for all pages and languages in WPML → Languages → SEO Options. Currently, it is not possible to remove hreflang tags for specific pages only. If you want to remove them, it will apply to all pages using the option found within WPML → Languages. You can try to mark specific pages as no-index using Yoast SEO, for example.
September 18, 2024 at 6:06 pm #16194981
patriciaW-10	These pages are already marked as no index. However the hreflang annotation conflicts with that. I want to remove hreflang from these pages as they are only category pages and not actual pages. If your plugin does not have the functionality to do so and therefore is causing critical SEO issues I will have to find an alternative.
September 18, 2024 at 6:50 pm #16195163
Andrey WPML Supporter since 06/2013 Languages: English (English ) Russian (Русский ) Timezone: Europe/Kyiv (GMT+03:00)	Could you please provide some examples, as well as explain how you marked them as "no index"? As I mentioned, there are no specific pages to set up.