1. I'm getting an error on Google console that we have many pages that are redirected because WPML allows the translated language URL even if there is no language and then it is redirected to the original URL, so Google marks it as redirection, how can we prevent it? we used the custom language switcher and it is displayed on all pages and posts, maybe it is the reason that Google thinks we have such a translated version for each language and for each page/post?
2. How can I prevent the Hreflang tags on pages/posts that are not translated? cause it appears on any page/post even if there is no translation and I guess it also affects Google indexing cause it tells Google that we have alternative languages for all pages/posts even if we didn't translate the page/post.
Sorry but seems like you didn't understand what I'm talking about, I'm talking about this: hidden link
WPML added this hreflang tag on all pages and posts on our website even if there is no translation for the page/post, for example, if there is no translation in Spanish, so why it adding this tag for it?
<link rel="alternate" hreflang="es" href="hidden link" />
Yes, that's correct. If a page is not translated to a language, the hreflang tag will not show up. Referring to the screenshot, it looks like to me the Spanish page is indeed translated.
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It's the option in WPML > Settings > Post Type Translation > "Translation - use translation if available or fallback to default language" . Selecting "Translation - only show translated items" will prevent the hreflangs from showing in untranslated languages.
