Is there a workaround to index translated pages of noindexed pages

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Is there a workaround to index translated pages of noindexed pages

bigvibes

9:23 am on Jul 25, 2024 (gmt 0)

I'm in a bit of a dilemma. I use the TranslatePress plugin for WordPress to translate pages. The plugin does not create separate "pages" for each translated version of the main page. It only creates entries in the database.

I need to noindex the main pages (which are in English). However, if I do that the translated pages will also be noindexed and I need to have the translated pages indexed.

Is there a way to index the main pages in English so that it then indexes the translated pages but then get search engines to somehow avoid indexing the main pages afterwards... some kind of workaround? thanks

not2easy

12:07 pm on Jul 25, 2024 (gmt 0)

Because WP pages don't physically exist and are generated from the database, they would all have the same indexing settings. You could copy the output of the translated pages to a create a new page. When you have a translated page for each language you want to have indexed then you could delete the original source page that you do not want to have indexed.

The important point to ensure that you only offer pages for various languages is that each page would need a different title - the permalink. Ideally the title might include its language to help bots sort it out. It would help a lot if you were to have each language page checked by a native speaker for that language to be sure no misunderstanding was involved.