Languages: English (English )German (Deutsch )French (Français )
Timezone: Europe/Zagreb (GMT+02:00)
When checking the source code of the page `hidden link`, I noticed several issues with the hreflang implementation that could be causing the “Broken hreflang URL” and “No self-referencing hreflang” errors:
1. Missing self-referencing hreflang tag
Although there is an hreflang tag for French:
it doesn’t match the current page URL exactly. The live URL is:
<em><u>hidden link</u></em>
`
with an uppercase "V". I believe that Google treats URLs with different casing as separate pages, so this mismatch prevents it from recognizing the tag as self-referencing. The href should match the actual page URL exactly:
2. Duplicate hreflang blocks
There appear to be two sets of hreflang tags in the source code. This can confuse search engines and lead to parsing errors. It's likely that hreflang is being injected by two different sources — possibly your theme and a plugin.
Check your CMS or plugin settings (WPML or SEO plugins) to see if hreflang is being added in more than one place. If so, disable one of them so that only one set of hreflang tags remains in the source.
3. Recommendation: Unify and fix URLs
For consistency and SEO clarity, it’s best to use all-lowercase slugs. Consider changing the page slug to:
<em><u>hidden link</u></em>
Summary of actions:
* Ensure each page has a self-referencing hreflang tag that exactly matches the URL (including case).
* Remove any duplicate hreflang blocks.
* Standardize the URL to lowercase if possible.
* Check plugin/theme settings to prevent multiple hreflang injections.
Let us know if you have any questions!
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