Hreflang Tag Generator

Generate hreflang tags free online for multilingual and multi-region websites. Add language and country codes, get validated output ready to paste into your head section.

How to Use This Tool

Add each language versionList the URL and language code for every translated version

Include the page itselfEvery page needs a self-referencing entry in the set

Copy into your head sectionPaste the generated tags into each page in the group

Serving the Right Language Without Guessing From IP Address

Geolocation by IP address is unreliable — a traveler, a VPN user, or someone using a browser set to a different language than their location suggests will get the wrong version if you rely on IP alone. Hreflang tags give search engines explicit instructions about which page version matches which language and region, so the right page surfaces in search results regardless of how the visitor is actually browsing.

This generator builds the link tags for an arbitrary number of language versions, including the easily-forgotten requirement that every page in the set references itself.

The Self-Reference Rule Trips Up Most Implementations

It feels redundant to tell a page about its own language, but Google's hreflang implementation specifically requires this. Skipping it on even one page in an otherwise correct set can cause validation issues across the entire group, since hreflang relationships are expected to be reciprocal and complete.

Region Codes Matter More Than They Seem

en-GB and en-US are both valid English, but they represent different audiences with potentially different spelling conventions, currency, and cultural references. If your content genuinely differs between these audiences — different pricing, different examples — region-specific hreflang values let you serve the right variant. If your English content is identical regardless of region, a plain "en" without a country code is the simpler, correct choice.

Frequently Asked Questions

When you have the same content in multiple languages or for different countries, search engines need to know which version to show a searcher based on their language and location. Without hreflang, Google might show an English searcher your French page, or vice versa.

Language code in lowercase, optionally followed by a hyphen and country code in uppercase — en for English generally, en-US for US English specifically, en-GB for British English. Using the wrong case is a common source of validation errors.

Yes, every page in the set including the page you're currently on should have a self-referencing hreflang tag. This is one of the most commonly missed requirements and causes hreflang implementations to fail silently.

It specifies a fallback page for visitors whose language or region doesn't match any of your explicitly tagged versions. It's optional but recommended if you have a generic version of the page that should serve as a catch-all.

Yes, both methods are valid per Google's guidelines. Large multilingual sites often prefer sitemap-based hreflang since it keeps the markup out of every individual page's HTML, though this tool generates the head-tag version since it's simpler for smaller sites to implement.