{"id":872648,"date":"2016-05-01T08:47:51","date_gmt":"2016-05-01T08:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/?p=872648"},"modified":"2016-05-02T07:49:56","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T07:49:56","slug":"hreflang-tags-multilingual-wordpress-sites-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/ko\/tutorials\/2016\/05\/hreflang-tags-multilingual-wordpress-sites-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"hreflang tags for multilingual WordPress sites, explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>There&#8217;s a lot of interest in reaching the best position possible in search results in different languages. Improving your search positioning is a long-term effort. It&#8217;s a combination of good content, good site structure and correct technical implementation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For the big picture, you can find a detailed tutorial on <a href=\"\/?page_id=140237\">multilingual SEO<\/a>. Today we published a guide about <a href=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/documentation\/support\/adding-hreflang-wordpress\/\">adding hreflang tags<\/a>. If this is new to you, hreflang tags tell Google what&#8217;s translation of what. It&#8217;s a fairly new tool, which Google asked webmasters to add to multilingual sites, so that Google can better understand the relationship between translation.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/hreflang-links-between-languages.jpg\" alt=\"hreflang links between languages\" width=\"400\" height=\"343\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-872638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/hreflang-links-between-languages.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/hreflang-links-between-languages-150x129.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/hreflang-links-between-languages-300x257.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>WPML creates the hreflang tags for you automatically. You should read the new guide to understand how it works and also to verify that the language codes that you&#8217;re displaying match your intention. 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