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Cross-Site Hreflang Switcher

A plugin to connect through hreflang and menu switcher two separate WordPress websites on two separate domains.

by Gemini · github.com/akamust/cross-site-hreflang-switcher

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Install

Download source zip No release zip yet

This is the repository archive. It installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow.

Install straight from GitHub with WP-CLI:

wp plugin install https://github.com/akamust/cross-site-hreflang-switcher/archive/refs/heads/main.zip
No built-in updater. New versions won't appear under Dashboard → Updates. Install new releases yourself, or let Git Updater track the repository.
Readme github.com/akamust/cross-site-hreflang-switcher ↗

Cross-site Hreflang Switcher WordPress Plugin

Description

The Cross-site Hreflang Switcher is a WordPress plugin designed to solve a unique challenge in SEO for international websites: implementing hreflang tags between two separate WordPress installations on different domains that share the same URL structure.

There are many plugins that handle hreflang tags for multisite installations or for a single WordPress site with multiple languages. However, there was no solution available for two entirely separate WordPress sites. This plugin fills that gap.

If you have, for example:

  • www.example.co.uk
  • www.example.com.au

And both sites have the same page/post structure (e.g., .../my-awesome-post/), this plugin will automatically add the correct hreflang meta tags to the <head> section of your pages to tell search engines about the relationship between them. This helps prevent duplicate content issues and ensures the correct version of a page is shown in search results for a specific country.

Installation

  1. Download the plugin as a ZIP file.
  2. In your WordPress admin panel, go to Plugins > Add New.
  3. Click Upload Plugin and select the ZIP file you downloaded.
  4. Activate the plugin.
  5. Go to Settings > Cross-site Hreflang to configure the plugin.

How it works

The plugin adds a simple settings page where you can define the language and URL for each of your sites. Once configured, it will automatically generate the appropriate <link rel="alternate" hreflang="..." href="..."> tags on every page.

License

This plugin is licensed under the GPLv2 or later. See the LICENSE file for more details.