Please remove the previous code and try adding the code below in your theme functions.php file. This might work.
// add x-default to default language instead of default lang hreflang
add_filter( 'wpml_hreflangs', 'replace_default_with_xdefault', 10 );
function replace_default_with_xdefault( $hreflang_items ) {
$default_lang = apply_filters( 'wpml_default_language', null );
if ( array_key_exists( $default_lang, $hreflang_items ) ) {
$hreflang_items['x-default'] = $hreflang_items[ $default_lang ];
unset( $hreflang_items[ $default_lang ] );
}
return $hreflang_items;
}
This code will remove the en hreflang and add x-default for the URL without language parameter, I hope this would help resolve the issue. I have not tested this with SEMrush, please run a test and let me know the results.
Can you please check with SEMRush what exactly is needed to fix the issue. As far as i can see the pages has self referencing tags and also with the fix form the code now it has x-default tag, If you can help us with more insights it would be much helpful.
SEMrush is showing a slash('/') end of each URL but in website don't have slash end of URLs. It may create this issue. I tried to set slash at the end of URL placing code in .htdocs file but couldn't set slash end of URLs.
Can you help me to place a slash end of URL? Then we could see this issue can be solved or not.
You can add a trailing slash to all the url from your wordpress admin.
Go to your WordPress Dashboard -> Settings -> Permalinks.
If you choose a “Custom Structure” for your permalinks, then you can either include or remove the trailing slash at the end. Please refer to the screenshot. Changing the premalink will change the hreflang as well.
That was great to hear, Could you please confirm whether the issue still persists in SEMRush, Would you mind sharing the plugin details which was preventing the slash that would help other customers looking for a similar solution.
