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Hreflang and Canonical Conflict on Wix

Page has hreflang annotations but the canonical URL points to a different page, creating a conflict that may cause search engines to ignore the hreflang.

Issue ID: TECH-HREFLANG-CANONICAL-001Severity: moderateEffort: S

Why this matters

Page has hreflang annotations but the canonical URL points to a different page, creating a conflict that may cause search engines to ignore the hreflang. This affects crawlability, rendering, and whether the site can be interpreted correctly by search engines.

Wix fix path

How to fix this on Wix

Set the canonical in advanced SEO settings.

  1. 1Open page SEO settings.
  2. 2Add or correct the canonical URL.
  3. 3Publish and inspect page source.

After you fix it

  • Confirm canonical URL matches the self-referencing hreflang URL

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