hreflang noindex issue

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Last updated by Bruno Kos 1 year, 9 months ago.

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March 13, 2023 at 8:54 am #13229253
Gil Rotem	I am trying to: fix duplicate robots meta tag issue [php] Link to a page where the issue can be seen: hidden link hidden link hidden link hidden link hidden link hidden link hidden link hidden link hidden link hidden link hidden link hidden link hidden link hidden link hidden link hidden link hidden link hidden link hidden link hidden link hidden link hidden link hidden link hidden link hidden link hidden link hidden link hidden link hidden link hidden link hidden link hidden link hidden link hidden link hidden link hidden link hidden link hidden link [php] I expected to see: one index tag on each category page Instead, I got: 2 tags no index, index
March 14, 2023 at 6:17 am #13238989
Bruno Kos Supporter Languages: English (English ) German (Deutsch ) French (Français ) Timezone: Europe/Zagreb (GMT+01:00)	Hi, Thank you for contacting WPML support! Is the problem that every page has: <meta name="robots" content="follow, noindex" /> Is hidden link original site language and does it show like this even if you disable WPML? I do see according to this though hidden link that this combination is valid. Regards, Bruno Kos
March 14, 2023 at 7:16 am #13239321
Gil Rotem	hi sorry about the the bulk links list i provided... hidden link hidden link this links are not the issue! the problem is the category pages, since i use rank math on the site i noticed many error in gsc & screaming frog. after the event i investigate it and i discover that there are unsolved issue with rank math strip category base option & wpml. now i need to understand what shell i do.
March 14, 2023 at 7:42 am #13239445
Bruno Kos Supporter Languages: English (English ) German (Deutsch ) French (Français ) Timezone: Europe/Zagreb (GMT+01:00)	Hi, Do you mean this? https://wpml.org/errata/rank-math-seo-turning-on-strip-category-base-causes-issues-with-secondary-languages/ Regards, Bruno Kos
March 14, 2023 at 2:16 pm #13243565
Gil Rotem	i think so. i can jsut delete it but i what to see if there is way to fix does issue's . as a matter fact, since i install this plugin there are alot of indexing problems. if it will continue the situation continue like this i will just delete it and seek for another method.
March 14, 2023 at 2:40 pm #13244127
Bruno Kos Supporter Languages: English (English ) German (Deutsch ) French (Français ) Timezone: Europe/Zagreb (GMT+01:00)	Hi, Yes, according to that errata, "do not translate the category, product or product-category slugs." is the only solution as of now. Regards, Bruno Kos
March 14, 2023 at 3:02 pm #13244357
Gil Rotem	OK SO shell i delete the category pages that ive create ?
March 15, 2023 at 6:26 am #13248193
Bruno Kos Supporter Languages: English (English ) German (Deutsch ) French (Français ) Timezone: Europe/Zagreb (GMT+01:00)	Hi, Yes, delete translations of these slugs in string translation and check then and the category translations and try then. Regards, Bruno Kos
March 15, 2023 at 6:40 am #13248283
Gil Rotem	or i can just rename the translated categories slug?
March 15, 2023 at 6:44 am #13248291
Bruno Kos Supporter Languages: English (English ) German (Deutsch ) French (Français ) Timezone: Europe/Zagreb (GMT+01:00)	Hi, That is a possibility also, to make sure the slugs are the same as in the original and check then. Regards, Bruno Kos
March 16, 2023 at 6:19 pm #13263611
Gil Rotem	the issue still not bean resolve, even after changing the slugs
March 17, 2023 at 7:37 am #13266767
Bruno Kos Supporter Languages: English (English ) German (Deutsch ) French (Français ) Timezone: Europe/Zagreb (GMT+01:00)	Hi, So the issue is this, can you confirm? Regards, Bruno Kos
March 18, 2023 at 10:44 am #13274851
Gil Rotem	The issue is that i have no control on the index tags . The result is multiple tags on one page.
March 20, 2023 at 6:53 am #13280755
Bruno Kos Supporter Languages: English (English ) German (Deutsch ) French (Français ) Timezone: Europe/Zagreb (GMT+01:00)	Hi, If I open e.g. hidden link and inspect the site code I see this: <link rel="alternate" hreflang="he" href="hidden link" /><link rel="alternate" hreflang="x-default" href="hidden link" /> There are no other hreflangs on the page. In the meta I see: <meta name="robots" content="follow, noindex" /> Which of the above causes problems here? Note one thing - hidden link is default language on this site, is meta the same even if you disable WPML? Regards, Bruno Kos
March 23, 2023 at 7:13 am #13311527
Gil Rotem	I think that we are not ont the same page. They mentioned in the beginning of this thread.⏬ https://wpml.org/forums/topic/hreflang-noindex-issue/#post-13239321 The issues are not about this links: hidden link. I'm concerned about the category pages! I said the up to the strip category base using grain connect meta tags setting. wpml ignore my setting and keep adding this extra tags.