- Status
- Resolved
- Reported for
- WPML SEO 2.2.4
- Resolved in
- WPML SEO 2.2.5
- Related plugin/theme
- Rank Math SEO
- Topic tags
- Compatibility
Overview of the issue
When using RankMath SEO with WPML, you might experience an issue where the homepage URLs in the sitemaps’ source code <xhtml:link rel="alternate" hreflang="..."> are incorrect for secondary languages. Instead of showing the language-specific homepage (e.g., domain.com/?lang=es), the sitemap outputs a full page URL (e.g., domain.com/page-slug/?lang=es).
Workaround
Please, make sure of having a full site backup of your site before proceeding.
- Open the …/wp-content/plugins/wp-seo-multilingual/classes/Shared/Sitemap/BaseAlternateLangHooks.php file.
- Look for line 88.
- Replace:
$mapPermalink = function ( $id, $language ) use ( $getPermalink ) { return apply_filters( 'wpml_permalink', $getPermalink( $id ), $language ); };
- With:
$mapPermalink = function ( $id, $language ) use ( $getPermalink ) { // WPML Workaround for wpmlsupp-13368 $front_id = (int) get_option( 'page_on_front' ); if ( $front_id ) { $default_lang = apply_filters( 'wpml_default_language', null ); $id_in_default = (int) apply_filters( 'wpml_object_id', (int) $id, 'page', false, $default_lang ); if ( $id_in_default && $id_in_default === $front_id ) { return apply_filters( 'wpml_permalink', trailingslashit( home_url() ), $language ); } } return apply_filters( 'wpml_permalink', $getPermalink( $id ), $language ); };
- Rebuild the sitemaps: Go to “Rank Math > Sitemap Settings”, change the “Links per sitemap” value, and save.