Audit & Analysis · Free tool

Hreflang Checker — Audit International SEO Tags

Free hreflang checker: audit language and region tags on any page, find invalid codes, missing x-default and return-link issues for international SEO.

Step by step

How to use the Hreflang Checker

01Enter the page url
02Click "Run Hreflang Checker" — it's free and instant
03Review your results on screen and download the PDF/Excel report

What is the Hreflang Checker?

Hreflang annotations tell search engines which language or regional version of a page to show each user — for example English for India (en-IN) versus English for the UK (en-GB), or Hindi (hi). This tool reads the hreflang links on any URL and validates the language and region codes and the presence of x-default and a self-reference.

Why it matters for SEO

Without correct hreflang, Google may show the wrong version of your page — a US price page to Indian visitors, or English to Hindi searchers — and may treat translated pages as duplicates. Hreflang errors are easy to make and silent, so a validator saves a lot of lost international traffic.

How to read your Hreflang Checker results

Each language version should list every other version, including itself. Codes must be ISO 639-1 languages (en, hi) optionally followed by ISO 3166-1 regions (IN, GB). An x-default entry tells search engines which page to use when no version matches the user.

Expert tips

Use en-IN, not en-in or en_IN in sitemaps — format matters.
Every version must link back to the others (return links).
Add x-default pointing at a language selector or global page.
Keep hreflang URLs canonical and indexable.

Limitations

Checks only the single URL you enter, as our server fetches it. It does not crawl the whole site, run JavaScript, or see pages behind a login.

Why use our Hreflang Checker?

Completely free — use Hreflang Checker as many times as you want
No login or registration needed to see results
Download the report as PDF or Excel with a free account
Works on any device — desktop, tablet or mobile

Frequently asked questions

An HTML or sitemap annotation, rel="alternate" hreflang="…", that tells search engines which language or region a page targets.

No. Hreflang is only needed when you have equivalent pages in multiple languages or for multiple regions.

A fallback hreflang value telling search engines which page to show users whose language or region does not match any version.

Bing relies more on the content-language meta tag and other signals, but correct hreflang does no harm.

Yes. Hreflang Checker is 100% free with unlimited usage. You can run it as often as you like without paying anything.

No login is required to use Hreflang Checker and see your results. You only need a free account if you want to download reports as PDF/Excel or save your history.