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Last updated by Marcel 3 days, 3 hours ago.

Assisted by: Marcel.

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September 15, 2025 at 1:35 am #17400497

ehaitech-marketing-consultant-

Background of the issue:
I am working on a site under development and trying to ensure that when users select the German language on the homepage, they remain on the German version of the site without it switching to English.

Symptoms:
When a user selects the German language on the homepage, the site switches to the English version, and users have to manually select German again.

Questions:
Why can't users stay on the German web pages after selecting the German language initially?
Can you provide a screenshot to show where the settings are to fix this issue?
September 15, 2025 at 6:47 am #17400773

Marcel
Supporter

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) German (Deutsch )

Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00)

Hi,

it looks like you may have a redirect configured. Could you please check if you have any active redirects set up in Yoast SEO Premium?

Best regards,
Marcel
September 15, 2025 at 8:21 am #17400997

ehaitech-marketing-consultant-

yes
September 15, 2025 at 8:35 am #17401037

Marcel
Supporter

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) German (Deutsch )

Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00)

So, if you deactivate Yoast Premium, does it work?
If yes, please check whether there’s a specific redirect set for German that might be causing the issue.

Best regards,
Marcel
September 15, 2025 at 9:13 am #17401212

ehaitech-marketing-consultant-

I can‘t find the settings, could you help me find out and set it well. and give me screenshot to let me learn about that
September 15, 2025 at 9:15 am #17401213

Marcel
Supporter

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) German (Deutsch )

Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00)

Hi,

I’m unable to provide a screenshot since I don’t have access to Yoast Premium.

Please try the following:

Go to Yoast → Premium and check if there’s an active redirect for the affected page.

Alternatively, go to Plugins and temporarily deactivate Yoast Premium to test if the issue persists.

This behavior is not related to WPML settings, but might come from Yoast as a third-party plugin.

Best regards,
Marcel
September 16, 2025 at 1:54 am #17404076

ehaitech-marketing-consultant-

I close Yoast，but it still happen. I don’t want my German users to filter by language again when turning pages or opening other pages in the navigation bar, from English to German.
September 16, 2025 at 8:18 am #17404795

Marcel
Supporter

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) German (Deutsch )

Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00)

Could you let me know if there are any other server-side redirects (301 or 302) configured? If possible, please provide a publicly accessible URL endpoint I can use to verify the exact redirect path on your server. Otherwise, I don’t have anything I can test to confirm the issue and its origin.

Best regards,
Marcel
September 18, 2025 at 9:17 am #17412467

ehaitech-marketing-consultant-

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September 18, 2025 at 10:31 am #17412773

Marcel
Supporter

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) German (Deutsch )

Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00)

Hi,

that doesn’t help, as there is currently no redirect on the homepage over the language switcher to reproduce the issue:

>>> <em><u>hidden link</u></em>  
--------------------------------------------  
200 OK  
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Status: 200 OK

Could you please provide access to an environment where the issue is still reproducible?

Best regards,
Marcel