What is the hreflang HTML attribute?

The hreflang HTML attribute, which goes inside link elements included in the HEAD section of the page, helps search engines understand that certain pages are targeted for a specified language or country. By implementing this attribute you can send your users to the targeted pages and greatly increase the SEO performance of your website.

Why a plugin?

The implementation of the hreflang attribute in a website powered by WordPress can be a very cumbersome process without a specific plugin, for this reason we developed Hreflang Manager.

How does it work?

With the “Connections” menu or with the “Hreflang Manager” sidebar you can connect the pages of your website with the related versions targeted for different languages or different countries. The plugin will handle your connections by adding the proper html markup in the HEAD section of the selected pages.

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Tutorials Included

In the documentation that comes attached with this plugin we have included various examples with related images and three video tutorials, if this is not enough for you feel free to contact us after purchasing.

References

If you need more info about the hreflang attribute, to understand exactly what this plugin is about, please check out the following resources:

Lite Version

The Lite version of Hreflang Manager allows you to use part of the plugin’s functionalities. Get it now from the WordPress.org plugin repository.

Yearly Plans

You can alternatively purchase yearly plans for 1, 5, or 25 websites. For more information, please see the Hreflang Manager Pricing Section on our portal.

Credits

This plugin makes use of the following resources:

Chosen licensed under the MIT License

Updates

07.11.2025 - v1.47
  - The plugin now loads its own functions.php file using a fully qualified path to ensure correct file inclusion regardless of theme or server setup
03.11.2025 - v1.46
  - Corrected a comparison bug in the “Incorrect Language/Script/Region Codes” hreflang check that caused false positives
15.10.2025 - v1.45
  - A locale selector can now be automatically displayed on the front end based on the existing hreflang implementation
  - The Log feature has been renamed to Tag Inspector, featuring an improved interface.
  - A new "Reset Plugin Options" task has been introduced to simplify plugin maintenance
  - Code refactoring
04.07.2025 - v.1.44
  - Fixed incorrect default options version that prevented database tables from being properly created in subsites of WordPress Multisite installations.
18.04.2025 - v.1.43
  - Bug fix applied to PluginUpdateChecker class, updated to version 1.0.11.
16.04.2025 - v.1.42
  - Fixed PHP notice caused by early use of translation functions
  - Fixed a bug where region codes were mistakenly interpreted as script codes by the hreflang checker
  - Added a unique suffix to the Composer autoloader to prevent conflicts with other plugins
19.03.2025 - v1.41
  - Fixed a bug causing the Sync Mode option value to change when saving other option sections
  - Optimized code for better efficiency in sync operations
04.03.2025 - v1.40
  - The database and options versions are now correctly set to ensure proper updates to database tables and options
04.03.2025 - v1.39
  - Added the Hreflang Checker audit tool to analyze and validate the hreflang implementation
  - Fixed JavaScript deprecation notices affecting back-end functionality
16.12.2024 - v1.38
  - URL input fields in the "Connections" menu now have a 2083 maximum length
  - Minor improvements
29.11.2024 - v1.37
  - The functionalities used to apply seamless updates have been refactored
  - Resolved CSS style issue
  - The load_plugin_textdomain() function now runs with the correct hook
10.10.2024 - v1.36
  - Added support for seamless updates delivered directly from our server
06.09.2024 - v1.35
  - Improved back-end CSS
19.07.2024 - v1.34
  - Fixed back-end pagination bug
21.05.2024 - v1.33
  - Major back-end UI update
01.02.2024 - v1.32
  - Fixed PHP notices
06.05.2023 - v1.31
  - The plugin can now optionally distinguish between manually created and inherited connections
03.04.2023 - v1.30
  - The "Auto Alternate Pages" option has been added.
  - Minor backend improvements.
31.03.2023 - v1.27
  - Fixed a CSS overwrite caused by a non-specific CSS rule
13.12.2022 - v1.26
  - Bug fix
  - Plugin documentation URL updated
07.11.2022 - v1.25
  - Fixed CSS issues in the "Hreflang Manager" editor sidebar
12.02.2022 - v1.24
  - The correct ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code is now used for Lebanon
31.01.2022 - v1.23
  - Performance improvements
  - The "Help" menu has been added
31.01.2022 - v1.22
  - Added the ability to sync the hreflang data between different websites
  - Minor back-end improvements
16.01.2022 - v1.16
  - The data of the connections are now saved in serialized format
  - Minor back-end improvements
  - Refactoring
05.05.2021 - v1.14
  - Improved back-end menus
24.02.2021 - v1.12
  - Language script variations (ISO 15924) are now supported
14.10.2020 - v1.11
  - The "Wizard" and "Maintenance" menus have been added
20.06.2020 - v1.10
  - The Marshallese language is now properly associated with the "mh" ISO 639-1 code
  - A .pot file has been added to simplify the translation of the plugin
  - Minor back-end improvements
16.12.2019 - v1.09
  - Fixed CSS issues caused by the changes applied in WordPress 5.3
04.08.2019 - v1.08
  - The "Sample Future Permalink" option has been added
20.02.2019 - v1.07
  - The "Hreflang Manager" sidebar has been added
26.11.2017 - v1.06
  - Documentation updated (the plugin codebase isn't changed)
04.07.2017 - v1.06
  - Added Import and Export menus
  - Added several new options
  - Improved back-end menus
  - Improved meta box
  - The WordPress default font-family stack is now used in the back-end
  - Added video tutorials in the plugin documentation
17.04.2016 - v1.05
  - Added clone button in Connections menu
  - Corrected Norwegian ISO_639-1 code
06.04.2016 - v1.04
  - The plugin has been completely rewritten with an OOP approach and a new back-end menu framework
  - The maximum number of connections per page has been increased to 100
28.06.2015 - v1.03
  - Minor improvements on the structure of the plugin files
22.04.2015 - v1.02
  - The maximum number of connections per page has been increased to 60
  - Added new options
  - Fixed bugs
28.02.2015 - v1.01
  - Improved support for WordPress Multisite
  - Minor back-end improvements
11.01.2014 - v1.00
  - Initial release

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