Sitemap + Yoast SEO

  • Do you recommend Yoast SEO to generate multi lingual sitemap?

    I noticed that it jumbles all pages together, instead of outputting a sitemap folder per language. Any other plugin recommendations?

    Also I noticed that per page Yoast SEO options work fine (setting title / description), but Yoast Settings > Titles & Meta > Post Types / Taxonomies does not work with MultiLang, the pages do not update with the pre-filled info.

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  • Thread Starter James Hunt

    (@bonkerz)

    This is an easy looking fix compatible with Yoast + WPML, so maybe something you can adapt?

    https://cambodesign.com/yoast-wordpress-seo-sitemap-for-each-language/

    WP Multilang make multilingual sitemap by google recommendation. https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/2620865?hl=en

    The template for taxonomy title is working https://goo.gl/Z9qZQ9

    Thread Starter James Hunt

    (@bonkerz)

    Your sitemap answer makes no sense to me. How do I access the Multilang sitemap then?

    If using Yoast, I would typically go to domain.com/sitemap_index.xml, but this shows me a jumbled map with all languages together.

    I have tested domain.com/id/sitemap_index.xml and this also shows a jumbled sitemap. If Multilang is generating another sitemap, I cannot find it. I have turned off Yoast, and then get 404 errors as the files are no longer being generated.

    Jumbled sitemap is like this – https://take.ms/buDu7y – and this is definitely not want Google wants from a sitemap.

    How do I get separate sitemaps or structured sitemaps where the languages are separated Do you recommend any plugin?

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    Re: Taxonomy – in your screenshot, the faded text showing default title and description does not translate across languages. Whatever I set in Yoast settings for ID/CN shows on EN version and vice versa. Wanted to highlight this, as I use default text across many sites to make META descriptions standardised.

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    Thread Starter James Hunt

    (@bonkerz)

    I have also noticed that the sitemap is including translated versions of all pages, regardless of whether I have translated them or not. Surely this is bad for SEO?

    @bonkerz WP Multilang do not creating another sitemap. It is changing YOAST sitemap. Converting it to multilingual. The map is correct. You can check it for validity. https://technicalseo.com/seo-tools/hreflang/
    I do not use other plugins to generate a sitemap. Since the map created with YOAST SEO and WP Multilang me completely satisfied.

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