Free Hreflang Tag Generator

Generate correct hreflang tags for your multilingual or multi-regional website. Add your URLs and language/region codes to instantly get both HTML <link> tags for your <head> and an XML sitemap block — ready to copy and deploy.

Language / Region URLs

Page URL

Language / Region

HTML Tags

Place inside the <head> section of each page

<!-- Enter URLs above to generate tags -->

XML Sitemap Block

Add xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" to your <urlset> and include this inside each <url>

<!-- Enter URLs above to generate XML block -->

What Are Hreflang Tags?

Hreflang tags are HTML attributes that tell Google (and other search engines) about the language and regional targeting of a specific page. When your website has multiple versions of the same content — for example, an English version for the US and a French version for France — hreflang tags signal to search engines which page to show to which users based on their location and browser language settings.

<link rel="alternate" hreflang="en-US" href="https://example.com/en/" />
<link rel="alternate" hreflang="fr-FR" href="https://example.com/fr/" />
<link rel="alternate" hreflang="x-default" href="https://example.com/" />

Without hreflang tags, Google has to guess which version to show users in different regions. This often results in the wrong language version ranking in the wrong country, costing you valuable organic traffic.

Hreflang Implementation: HTML vs XML Sitemap

There are three ways to implement hreflang annotations. This tool generates two of them:

HTML tags in <head> — Place <link rel="alternate"> tags inside the <head> of each page. Every language variant must include all hreflang annotations for the full set. This is the most common implementation for smaller sites.
XML sitemap — Add xhtml:link elements inside each <url> block in your sitemap.xml. This is preferred for large sites with many pages since you only need to update one file rather than every page's HTML.
HTTP headers — For non-HTML files like PDFs, you can set hreflang via HTTP response headers. This is uncommon and not generated by this tool.

Hreflang Best Practices

Always include x-default — The x-default tag specifies the fallback page for users who don't match any specific locale. It's typically your homepage or a language selector page.
All pages must be reciprocal — Every page in your hreflang set must link to all other pages in the set, including itself. If page A links to page B, page B must also link back to page A.
Use absolute URLs — Always include the full URL with protocol and domain in hreflang tags.
Use correct language codes — Language codes follow ISO 639-1 (e.g. en, fr). Region codes follow ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2 (e.g. US, GB). Combine them as en-US or en-GB.
Don't mix methods — Pick either HTML tags or XML sitemap for a given set of pages; mixing both can cause confusion.

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Free Hreflang Tag Generator

Language / Region URLs

Page URL

Language / Region

HTML Tags

Place inside the <head> section of each page

<!-- Enter URLs above to generate tags -->

XML Sitemap Block

Add xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" to your <urlset> and include this inside each <url>

<!-- Enter URLs above to generate XML block -->

What Are Hreflang Tags?

<link rel="alternate" hreflang="en-US" href="https://example.com/en/" />
<link rel="alternate" hreflang="fr-FR" href="https://example.com/fr/" />
<link rel="alternate" hreflang="x-default" href="https://example.com/" />

Hreflang Implementation: HTML vs XML Sitemap

There are three ways to implement hreflang annotations. This tool generates two of them:

HTML tags in <head> — Place <link rel="alternate"> tags inside the <head> of each page. Every language variant must include all hreflang annotations for the full set. This is the most common implementation for smaller sites.

XML sitemap — Add xhtml:link elements inside each <url> block in your sitemap.xml. This is preferred for large sites with many pages since you only need to update one file rather than every page's HTML.

HTTP headers — For non-HTML files like PDFs, you can set hreflang via HTTP response headers. This is uncommon and not generated by this tool.

Hreflang Best Practices

Always include x-default — The x-default tag specifies the fallback page for users who don't match any specific locale. It's typically your homepage or a language selector page.

All pages must be reciprocal — Every page in your hreflang set must link to all other pages in the set, including itself. If page A links to page B, page B must also link back to page A.

Use absolute URLs — Always include the full URL with protocol and domain in hreflang tags.

Use correct language codes — Language codes follow ISO 639-1 (e.g. en, fr). Region codes follow ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2 (e.g. US, GB). Combine them as en-US or en-GB.

Don't mix methods — Pick either HTML tags or XML sitemap for a given set of pages; mixing both can cause confusion.

Track Your Brand Across Google & AI

QuickSEO connects your Google Search Console data with AI visibility tracking across ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini — all in one dashboard.

Try QuickSEO Free →