Title: Redirection problem, broken links Last modified: August 30, 2016 --- # Redirection problem, broken links * [weigertj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/weigertj/) * (@weigertj) * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirection-problem-broken-links/) * Hello, * unfortunately I have this (or a similar) problem mentioned here: * [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirection-problem-20?replies=3](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirection-problem-20?replies=3) * I have a few broken links reported by broken link checkers. If I tick _language client cookie “qtrans\_front\_language”_, the broken links are not reported anymore, however I cannot switch to the (default) english homepage again. * So when I untick _language client cookie “qtrans\_front\_language”_, I have redirection problem for a few links but there is a variation regarding the languages – probably because of the reason outlined by gurumance. * For example (on my [http://www.weigertimages.com](http://www.weigertimages.com) site): * there is a problem with this link: * _/photo/portrait-fashion-photography/_ * I copy this link from Firefox where I use WordPress to IE * and I get a redirect, which is broken: * _/de/photo/portrait-fashion-photography/_ * First of all, I don’t need a redirect, but the correct link would be this: * _/de/foto/portrait-mode-fotografie/_ * In Chrome I get a broken redirect to the Hungarian version. For this above mentioned link only Hungarian and English are reported to be broken but for another link(/ photo/destination-wedding-photography/) all 3 languages are reported and for the third link only the English version (/photo/travel-photos/). Of course most links are fine, I have troubles with only these 3 links (wedding, portrait, travel). * Thanks for your help in advance. * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/qtranslate-slug/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/qtranslate-slug/) Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 24 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirection-problem-broken-links/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirection-problem-broken-links/page/2/?output_format=md) * Plugin Author [Pedro Carvalho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pedroghandi/) * (@pedroghandi) * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirection-problem-broken-links/#post-6881423) * Hi weigertj, thanks for the bug report! * i can’t figure why those specific links are being wrongly redirected. * if you create a new post, does it have the same problem? are those old links? * Thread Starter [weigertj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/weigertj/) * (@weigertj) * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirection-problem-broken-links/#post-6881424) * Hi Pedro, I have this problem with 3 old links but not all old links show this phenomenon. I don’t have this problem with a page created recently. * I deleted a problematic page and recreated it with the same values. Unfortunately it shows the same thing. I don’t know whether this comes up as a real problem at browsing, or not. However, broken link checkers show it. * Thanks, anyway! * Plugin Author [Pedro Carvalho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pedroghandi/) * (@pedroghandi) * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirection-problem-broken-links/#post-6881425) * i see… it’s a puzzle 😐 * [gurumance](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gurumance/) * (@gurumance) * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirection-problem-broken-links/#post-6881442) * I still have this problem, and this is big issue if one wants their site to be recognized by google. The problem you described is like mine i think everyone has this problem, problem is wordpress and there has to be solution why cause wordpress add the hreflang link /da /de /mk /fr in front of the link and you get 404 error weigertj you can test and see that the same thing happen if you use google search engine you write * your niche and sitename in search bar * you get the links to your posts before hittin one of them open your site in a new tab and change the language to be different than the one you searched your niche on google get back to search tab and hit the link you will get 404 error cause the new link will open with latest hreflang language you handpicked. * Plugin Author [Pedro Carvalho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pedroghandi/) * (@pedroghandi) * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirection-problem-broken-links/#post-6881443) * Hi everyone! * yep, that’s a big issue for me too, but i don’t think is related to hreflang. * 1. user visits the site – qtranslate-x sets cookie for lang “mk” * 2. user clicks in a link to a different language ( google, in facebook etc ) – site.com/de/slug-de * 3. error because it tries to find site.com/mk/slug-de * Solutions? * 1- reset the cookie. * 2- parse the cookie first, then redirect. <– how? * any ideias? * [gurumance](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gurumance/) * (@gurumance) * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirection-problem-broken-links/#post-6881444) * I give one clue .htaccess but how i don’t know 😛 Pedro i said it was fixed few months ago but after few more tests i noticed i was wrong. * Somehow we need to tell wordpress that if one hits /fr/postname he need to get to the link /fr/postname not get redirected to /com/postname in different language * Plugin Author [Pedro Carvalho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pedroghandi/) * (@pedroghandi) * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirection-problem-broken-links/#post-6881445) * yes, I was wrong too 🙂 * well, if we don’t redirect, people that want to change language can’t do that. * [gurumance](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gurumance/) * (@gurumance) * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirection-problem-broken-links/#post-6881446) * i have site where i can test all of it without worry that something will go bad so if any ideas need testing i am here to try n help * Thread Starter [weigertj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/weigertj/) * (@weigertj) * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirection-problem-broken-links/#post-6881447) * Hello gurumance, * I also checked the google search behavior and I have the same phenomenon. I am not sure about this but may this be related to this problem? * [http://qtranslate-x.com/support/index.php?PHPSESSID=r42ovsu9h0uiqvooim4l1hu8t7&topic=239.0](http://qtranslate-x.com/support/index.php?PHPSESSID=r42ovsu9h0uiqvooim4l1hu8t7&topic=239.0) * May this be a theme-related problem? By the way, I also heard that qTranslate- X wants to integrate slug translation but it’s not working, yet. * Plugin Author [Pedro Carvalho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pedroghandi/) * (@pedroghandi) * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirection-problem-broken-links/#post-6881448) * Hi! So, I was working on this issue, and I was able to fix it!! * Please, can you both test the latest code on github? * [https://github.com/not-only-code/qtranslate-slug](https://github.com/not-only-code/qtranslate-slug) * i really appreciate it 🙂 * terms are still not translating right, but custom posts, pages and posts are. * There’s one difference now: if the user was on the main language and clicked on a link to a secondary link, the page will show in the secondary language. * later on, I’ll make sure it stays in the main language. * There’s no problem if the user was on secondary language and clicked on a link in main language. it will show the link in the secondary language. * let me know how if its fixed for you! * p. * Thread Starter [weigertj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/weigertj/) * (@weigertj) * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirection-problem-broken-links/#post-6881449) * Hi Pedro Carvalho, * I quickly tested it on a few pages, but it didn’t work for me. Only the main English site was fine, all the Hungarian and German pages gave me 404 error ( the proper link was displayed in the main browser – and it wasn’t redirected). I also tested it with a Free Broken Link Checker and it showed me the broken pages. After I restored the original file, I had to clear the browser cache. * [gurumance](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gurumance/) * (@gurumance) * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirection-problem-broken-links/#post-6881450) * i tested it on test site and it seems to work there but in order to test more i need to update it on the second site but i don’t know the safest way to update i tried deleting and updating the plugin but that way i lost all post tag category slug translations so i had to restore from backup * [gurumance](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gurumance/) * (@gurumance) * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirection-problem-broken-links/#post-6881457) * If it helps i removed language Widget and used added language changer to menu( q-translate-x). Tested several links and something strange happened link opens on the language requested wordpress add the slash /fr/englishslug but no 404 error it opens the link in french language for this example if i change language with language switcher from menu it changes to for example english without /en/ to englishslug then if i go back to french language via language switcher link opens with /fr/frenchslug – that was just for testing but before(when the language switcher was in widgets) i used to get page not found …. * hope it helps 🙂 * Plugin Author [Pedro Carvalho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pedroghandi/) * (@pedroghandi) * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirection-problem-broken-links/#post-6881458) * Hi weigertj, gurumance, thank you so much for testing and sorry for the troubles you got 😐 * i guess i need to work a little more on this problem. * stay in touch, p, * Thread Starter [weigertj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/weigertj/) * (@weigertj) * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirection-problem-broken-links/#post-6881459) * Hi Pedro, * you are welcome! Good luck with it! 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