Hreflang Generator for international and multilingual sites
Free generator · without registration
Create a clean hreflang tags for language and country versions of your website – including x-defaultclean output for the <head> and faster adoption in CMS, templates or QA.
Enter the language or country versions for which hreflang tags should be generated.
The generated hreflang tags for the HTML head.
Enter the language and URL versions and click on “generate reflang”.
What is hreflang?
hreflang is an HTML link attribute that allows search engines to identify which language or country version of a page is intended for which users. This is especially important for international, multilingual or regionalized websites.
For example, assign German, English or French clean.
For example, de-DE, de-AT or en-GB delimit each other.
So that the appropriate versions can be arranged better.
When does a hreflang generator make sense?
The tool is particularly useful if several language or country versions are available and hreflang tags are to be generated technically clean. This is especially true for international websites, shops, CMS projects, relaunches and QA processes.
For multilingual websites
If the same content is offered in several languages.
For country versions
If there are regional variants for markets such as Germany, Austria or Switzerland.
For CMS and templates
If hreflang tags are to be generated cleanly and transferred to templates.
For technical QA
Before live or after template changes, the tags can be checked quickly.
Typical errors in hreflang tags
hreflang problems often arise due to incorrect language codes, missing references, incomplete sets or inconsistent assignment between language and country versions.
Wrong codes
Language or region codes are often spelled inconsistently or technically misspelled.
Referrals are missing
hreflang sets should be complete and mutually consistent.
Wrong URL assignment
If language or country versions point to the wrong URLs, the signal becomes unclear.
x-default unclearly used
The standard version should be chosen consciously and not randomly set.
Best Practices for hreflang
Only use technically appropriate codes such as de, de-DE or en-US.
hreflang works best as a complete, clean set.
After deployment or template updates, the output should be controlled.
What you should pay particular attention to
- Use only valid language and region codes
- Referencing all variants completely and consistently
- always consider hreflang together with canonical and URL structure
- After live play, check whether the tags are really output correctly in the head
FAQ: Hreflang Generator
Frequent questions about hreflang tags, language and country versions as well as the technical award of international sites.
What is a hreflang generator?
A hreflang generator creates the appropriate <link rel="alternate" hreflang=...">Tags for language and country versions of a page.
What does hreflang do?
hreflang signals which language or country version of a URL is intended for which users.
When do I need hreflang?
hreflang is particularly relevant if content is available in several languages or for several country versions.
What is x-default?
x-default is a default landing page for users if no specific language or region version fits.
Where are hreflang tags installed?
hreflang tags are typically used in <head> built-in an HTML page.
Can I combine language and country codes?
Yes. Typical combinations are, for example, de-DE, de-AT or en-US.
When is a hreflang generator particularly useful?
The tool is particularly useful for international websites, shops, CMS projects, relaunches and QA processes.
When is a hreflang generator no longer sufficient?
If additional canonicals, indexing, URL structure, internal linking or technical internationalization problems have to be checked, a generator alone is no longer sufficient.
Appropriate Next Checks
hreflang tags should not be considered in isolation. Depending on the case, it is usually worth looking at canonicals, indexability, status codes or international URL structures.
Connecting three regional versions
Practical example · for illustration
Starting position
Use de-DE → https://example.org/de/, de-AT → https://example.org/at/ and en-GB → https://example.org/uk/.
Classify the findings
The set assigns an absolute URL to each language/region identifier. A common language alone does not mean that the content is interchangeable.
Specific amendment
Install the complete set including self-reference on each associated page; connect only content corresponding variants.
Control and border
With the Hreflang Checker, check back references, accessibility and canonicals. The generator cannot confirm the published reciprocity.