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Do you need a country code for subfolders?
You don’t need country codes to identify different languages; subfolders or subdomains will work perfectly fine. You can even name them something more local, rather than using country-based identifiers. How many different languages are you targeting?
When to use subfolders or subdomains for multilingual sites?
Take a look at the site for the European union and the drop-down in the corner for language selection. Clicking a different language changes the subfolder of the site. When you have that many languages, it’s often easiest to use ccTLDs. There are two reasons for this.
How to correctly setup your Seo for different language and countries?
The next option at your disposal is to use subdirectories on the main site with a generic TLD. This can be really helpful if you want to target countries, languages, or both. This is the method I use for my international pages.
When to use subfolders or subdomains in Seo?
Subdomains are typically viewed as different websites. www.blog.example.com and www.store.example.com would, typically, be considered different websites. This means they will have different SEO values, different backlink profiles, and so forth.
Is there a different domain per language option?
The different domain per language option, as it name suggests, will let you enter a different domain per language. You can enter a completely independent domain or a sub-domain (WPML default value). You can see more information on language setup in the Languages section of the Getting Started Guide.
How to assign subdomains to different languages in WordPress?
WordPress standalone installation: WPML and other translation plugins can serve different languages from different subdomains. WordPress Multisite: WordPress multisite architecture takes care of this URL structure perfectly and allows you to assign a subdomain for each new language you are creating.