[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #1631: x-default hreflang tag is wrong

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#1631: x-default hreflang tag is wrong
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 Reporter:  joostdevalk  |       Owner:
     Type:  defect       |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:
Component:  General      |  Resolution:  fixed
 Keywords:               |
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Changes (by ocean90):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => fixed


Old description:

> The `hreflang="x-default"` line of the hreflang lines on, for instance,
> plugin pages, now links to the current page. So:
>
> * if you're on `https://af.wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/`;
> * the `x-default` is `https://af.wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/`.
> * It should at least be `https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/`.
>
> Even better would be to leave it out completely. `x-default` is for
> language redirectors, which we currently don't have.
>
> > “The x-default hreflang value signals to our algorithms that such a
> page doesn’t target a specific language or locale.”
> [https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2013/04/x-default-hreflang-for-
> international-pages.html Source]

New description:

 Related: #990

 The `hreflang="x-default"` line of the hreflang lines on, for instance,
 plugin pages, now links to the current page. So:

 * if you're on `https://af.wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/`;
 * the `x-default` is `https://af.wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/`.
 * It should at least be `https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/`.

 Even better would be to leave it out completely. `x-default` is for
 language redirectors, which we currently don't have.

 > “The x-default hreflang value signals to our algorithms that such a page
 doesn’t target a specific language or locale.”
 [https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2013/04/x-default-hreflang-for-
 international-pages.html Source]

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Comment:

 Fixed in [dotorg11720] (replace x-default with en) and [dotorg11721 (don't
 cache the en_US entry because it uses`$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']`).

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