Title: Canonical Pages Author: Painless Analytics Published: April 19, 2025 Last modified: Désémber 16, 2025 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/canonical-pages/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=3277007) ![](https://ps.w.org/canonical-pages/assets/icon.svg?rev=3277007) # Canonical Pages By [Painless Analytics](https://profiles.wordpress.org/painlessanalytics/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/canonical-pages.1.0.1.zip) * [Details](https://su.wordpress.org/plugins/canonical-pages/#description) * [Reviews](https://su.wordpress.org/plugins/canonical-pages/#reviews) * [Installation](https://su.wordpress.org/plugins/canonical-pages/#installation) * [Development](https://su.wordpress.org/plugins/canonical-pages/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/canonical-pages/) ## Description Quickly enable, customize, or disable the canonical meta tag on your pages. Yoast SEO, Rank Math, and All in One SEO plugins are supported. ### Additional Info This plugin allows you to quickly enable, customize, or disable the `rel="canonical"` meta tag in your posts and pages. A canonical URL is the preferred version of a webpage that search engines like Google should prioritize over other duplicate or similar URLs. It helps prevent duplicate content in searches and ensures that search engines index and rank the most important page. ### Features * Enable or Disable if page includes the `rel="canonical"` meta tag * Set a custom Canonical URL * Configure the Canonical URL for the _blog home page_ ### Supported SEO Plugins The following plugins work with this plugin: – Yoast SEO – Rank Math SEO – All in one SEO SEO – Slim SEO Don’t see your favorite SEO plugin? [Please let us know.](https://www.painlessanalytics.com/contact-us/) ### Contributors Angelo Mandato, Founder and CTO of [Painless Analytics](https://www.painlessanalytics.com)– Plugin author ## Screenshots * [[ * Canonical options during page editing ## Installation #### Automatic Plugin Installation Install using the [built-in plugin installer](https://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Screens#Add_New_Plugins): 1. Go to Plugins > Add New. 2. Type in “Canonical Pages” in _Search_ Plugins box. 3. Find “Canonical Pages” in the search results. 4. Click _Install Now_ to install the WordPress Plugin. 5. Click Activate to activate it. #### Manual Plugin Installation 1. Download this plugin to your computer. 2. Extract the plugin zip file (or compressed folder). 3. With your FTP program, upload the plugin folder to the wp-content/plugins folder in your WordPress directory online. 4. Go to Plugins screen and find “Canonical Pages” plugin in the list. 5. Click Activate to activate it. ## FAQ ### Is this compatible with the Yoast SEO plugin? Yes, you can disable or specify a custom Canonical URL ### Is this compatible with the Rank Math SEO plugin? Yes, you can disable or specify a custom Canonical URL ### Is this compatible with the All in one SEO plugin? Yes ### Is this compatible with the Slim SEO plugin? Yes ### Is this plugin necessary if I have an SEO plugin? It may not be necessary if you are accustomed to the functionality built into your SEO plugin. ### Which SEO plugins are not supported at this time? Currently SEOPres, SEO Simple Pack, SmartCrawl WordPress SEO, and Squirrly SEO are not supported. ### If I set a custom Canonical URL with this plugin, does it override the SEO plugin Canonical URL? Yes, for the SEO plugins supported. Please see the list of supported SEO plugins. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Canonical Pages” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Painless Analytics ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/painlessanalytics/) * [ Angelo Mandato ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/amandato/) [Translate “Canonical Pages” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/canonical-pages) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/canonical-pages/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/canonical-pages/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/canonical-pages/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/canonical-pages/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0.1 Released on 2025-12-16 Plugin tested with WordPress 6.9. #### 1.0 Released on 2025-04-19 Official release of plugin #### 0.0.4 Released on 2025-04-18 Setup plugin on GitHub and action to publish on WordPress.org #### 0.0.3 Released on 2025-04-12 Issues addressed for wordpress.org submission review process #### 0.0.2 Released on 2025-04-07 Bug fixes and added CHANGELOG.md #### 0.0.1 Released on 2025-04-07 Initial release of Canonical Pages plugin #### Full Version History Please see the changelog on Github. ## Meta * Version **1.0.1** * Last updated **4 months ago** * Active installations **90+** * WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.9.4** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/canonical-pages/) * Tags * [canonical](https://su.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/canonical/)[canonical url](https://su.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/canonical-url/) [canonicalization](https://su.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/canonicalization/)[seo](https://su.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/seo/) [urls](https://su.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/urls/) * [Advanced View](https://su.wordpress.org/plugins/canonical-pages/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/canonical-pages/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/canonical-pages/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Painless Analytics ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/painlessanalytics/) * [ Angelo Mandato ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/amandato/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/canonical-pages/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](https://www.painlessanalytics.com)