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August 22, 2019 at 7:02 pm #4442337 | |
mariannaP-3 |
We have turned off the French website and don't want any of the French pages to show in the sitemap, therefore we say "no" in the following 2 settings under Advanced: |
August 22, 2019 at 7:57 pm #4442553 | |
Bobby Supporter
Languages: English (English ) Timezone: America/Los_Angeles (GMT-08:00) |
Hello, Did you go to WPML->Languages-> Add/Remove languages and remove the French language from the language list ? simply removing the language does not remove its content unless you delete it as it stays within the database if you do not wish to delete the content for French then the quickest solution here would be to go to WPML->languages->Hide languages -> hide French i have test this with the latest version of WPML and Yoast and Greek is removed from my sitemap by simply hiding it |
August 22, 2019 at 8:48 pm #4442847 | |
mariannaP-3 |
Thanks, your answer is a big time saver. |
August 22, 2019 at 10:23 pm #4443087 | |
Bobby Supporter
Languages: English (English ) Timezone: America/Los_Angeles (GMT-08:00) |
1. By removing the language from WPML->Lanugages Add/Remove the content is not removed as it is saved in the database. if you go to WPML->Languages->Hide "desired language" then there is no need to remove it nor delete its content After hiding the language there wont be any links that link to it and they will all redirect back to default language if you have hardcoded links if that is what you are asking 2. If you want to target only one German page then you would need to delete the page. If you want to target all German pages simply "hide" the language 3. You would have to go to your pages/posts and bulk select then delete your French content under the French tab |
August 23, 2019 at 5:58 pm #4449271 | |
mariannaP-3 |
For #2 above, let us confirm... there is no way to unindex a page off the sitemap without unindexing all its counterpart pages in other languages, correct? |
August 23, 2019 at 8:01 pm #4449661 | |
Bobby Supporter
Languages: English (English ) Timezone: America/Los_Angeles (GMT-08:00) |
For #2 : You would need to either delete the specific page or correct unindex its counterpart pages in other languages as well and you an unindex a whole specific language by "hiding" the language through WPML-->Languages |
August 23, 2019 at 8:18 pm #4449737 | |
mariannaP-3 |
We are only discussing about page-level settings now, it's confusing. you answered this earlier "2. If you want to target only one German page then you would need to delete the page", you didn't mention there is an option to go under each language (for the same page) and index them differently, this is something I tried but it failed, back to the original question on top of this thread: We have turned off the French website and don't want any of the French pages to show in the sitemap, therefore we say "no" in the following 2 settings under Advanced: |
August 24, 2019 at 7:58 am #4451041 | |
Bobby Supporter
Languages: English (English ) Timezone: America/Los_Angeles (GMT-08:00) |
This "Advanced" are is not a part of WPML but rather Yoast. and Yoast does not allow this option to be different per language the best way for you to achieve this with French is to leave this setting to "Yes" and go to WPML->Languages->Hide French, this will remove All the French pages/posts/etc. from your sitemap |
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