How to Create a Multilingual WordPress Site for Hindi and Regional Indian Markets
Over 500 million Indian internet users prefer consuming digital content in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, and regional Indian languages.
1. URL Structure: Subdirectories vs Subdomains
Use clean subdirectories (e.g. meradomain.com/hi/ for Hindi and meradomain.com/ta/ for Tamil) to consolidate domain authority.
2. Automated Hreflang Implementation
Implement accurate <link rel="alternate" hreflang="hi-IN" href="..." /> tags in your HTML headers to instruct Google to display the appropriate localized version to regional searchers.
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