Hreflang checker: show each country the right language version

Each language version should have a self-referencing canonical and list all versions in its hreflang set. Never point the canonical of the German page at the English one: Google then treats the German page as a duplicate and ignores its hreflang. Canonicals choose between copies of the same content; hreflang links translations. This checker also confirms that the page declares a canonical.

Enter the page address above. The checker reads every hreflang link in the HTML, validates the language and region codes, and fetches up to 50 alternates to confirm each answers and links back to this page. The table shows each version's status, its lang attribute and whether the return link exists. By hand, search the page source for hreflang.

Yes. Every alternate is fetched, and any that redirects or does not answer 200 is listed with its status, because Google drops it from the set and may ignore the rest. The usual cause is an old URL left in the tags after a move to HTTPS, a new slug or a trailing-slash change. Point each hreflang link at the final URL that answers 200 directly, the page's own canonical.

Add an hreflang tag for the page itself to its own set. If the English page lists the German and French versions, it must also list its own URL with hreflang="en". Google expects every version to carry the same full set, including itself. Generating the tags from one list in your CMS, plugin or sitemap keeps the sets identical, and this checker flags a missing self-reference.

Not in one run. The checker validates one page and up to 50 alternates, which covers that page's whole language set. Hreflang is usually generated by templates, so the same mistake repeats on every page of a type: check one home page, category, product and article in each language to cover most of the site.

An ISO 639-1 language code such as en, de or hr, optionally followed by an ISO 3166-1 region such as en-GB or de-AT. A region alone (uk, gb) is invalid, and so are words like english. The code for the United Kingdom is GB, so en-UK is a common mistake that Google ignores. This checker flags every invalid code in the set.

Yes, with xhtml:link entries for every URL in the XML sitemap, which suits large sites where editing each page head is impractical. Pick one method per set rather than mixing them. This checker reads hreflang in the HTML of the page only; sets declared in a sitemap or in HTTP headers are not checked.

Yes, with no sign-up. getReport is funded by donations, not plans, and the complete report with all seven modules is one click away, also free. It stays at its shareable link for 12 months, is not listed publicly and carries a noindex tag, and nothing about your visitors is collected.