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Forced Language Redirect on WordPress

Site forces visitors to a specific language version based on IP or browser settings without allowing them to switch. This also blocks search engines from indexing all versions.

Issue ID: INTL-FORCED-REDIRECT-001Severity: moderateEffort: M

Why this matters

Site forces visitors to a specific language version based on IP or browser settings without allowing them to switch. This also blocks search engines from indexing all versions. This affects how clearly search engines understand the page and how persuasive it looks in search results.

WordPress fix path

How to fix this on WordPress

Use the page editor, theme, or SEO tooling depending on where this issue lives.

  1. 1Inspect the page and theme output.
  2. 2Apply the fix in the most direct place.
  3. 3Publish and validate with a re-audit.

After you fix it

  • Accessing any language version directly does not redirect based on location

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