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AuditySEO

<p>AuditySEO Canonical Manager gives you complete, granular control over the canonical URL of every page on your WordPress site: posts, pages, custom post type entries, taxonomy terms, archive pages, and even the pagination pages WordPress generates automatically.</p>
<p>Missing or incorrect canonical tags are one of the most common technical SEO problems on WordPress sites. They let search engines index duplicate versions of the same content, split your ranking signals across multiple URLs, and waste crawl budget on pages that should never compete for the same keywords. AuditySEO Canonical Manager fixes this at the source, so every URL on your site points search engines to the page you actually want ranked.</p>
<h4>Free features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Lists pages, posts, custom post types, terms and archives in a dedicated <strong>AuditySEO Canonicals</strong> admin screen.</li>
<li>Shows the default canonical URL that WordPress (or your SEO plugin) would output for each item.</li>
<li>Detects content pagination created with the <code></code> tag.</li>
<li>Detects pagination of the posts page (<code>page_for_posts</code>) based on the number of published posts and <code>posts_per_page</code>.</li>
<li>Detects pagination of taxonomy term and archive listings.</li>
<li>Lets you set a custom canonical URL per item and per pagination page.</li>
<li>Applies your overrides through the canonical filters of WordPress core, Rank Math and Yoast SEO.</li>
<li>Rewrites the <code><link rel="canonical"></code> tag in the final HTML output as a fallback for themes, caches and plugins that print a canonical outside of those filters.</li>
<li>Imports and exports canonical overrides via CSV, with a dry-run preview before bulk changes are applied.</li>
<li>Validates canonical URLs when you save them (HTTP status, redirects, noindex, external domain) without blocking the save, and flags the affected item with the reason until it is fixed.</li>
<li>Filters the editor by status, override state and pagination.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Pro features</h4>
<p>Upgrade to AuditySEO Canonical Manager Pro to unlock:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>History & restore</strong> – every change to a canonical override is recorded with the user and date, and can be rolled back with one click.</li>
<li><strong>Automatic canonical fixes</strong>, applied site-wide:
<ul>
<li>Replace pagination canonicals that point to page 1 with each page’s own self-referencing URL.</li>
<li>Strip tracking parameters (utm_*, gclid, fbclid, msclkid, and more).</li>
<li>Strip display-variant parameters (print, amp, output, format, replytocom, and more).</li>
<li>Force the canonical to always match the requested URL exactly, including its query string.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p>The free version is fully functional on its own and does not require the Pro upgrade to manage canonical overrides, detect pagination, validate URLs or import/export CSV files.</p>

AuditySEO Canonical Manager

Full control over canonical URLs for posts, pages, CPTs, taxonomy terms, archives and paginated pages, with validation, history and auto-fixes.

Md Saddam Hossain Shakil

<h4>External Services</h4>
<p>This plugin relies on external services for features that require server-side processing which cannot be performed locally within WordPress.</p>
<p><strong>ContentTrace API (api.contenttrace.app)</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Purpose: Web scanning, similarity analysis, and takedown report generation.</li>
<li>Why external: These features require large-scale web crawling, CPU-intensive content comparison algorithms, and structured legal document generation that cannot run within a WordPress installation.</li>
<li>Data sent: Your site domain (for identification), post content excerpts (for similarity comparison), and URLs (for analysis). Content is processed in memory and immediately discarded.</li>
<li>Privacy Policy: <a href="https://contenttrace.app/privacy.html" rel="nofollow ugc">https://contenttrace.app/privacy.html</a></li>
<li>Terms of Service: <a href="https://contenttrace.app/terms.html" rel="nofollow ugc">https://contenttrace.app/terms.html</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Archive.org Wayback Machine (web.archive.org)</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Purpose: Creating timestamped snapshots of your published posts as proof of original authorship.</li>
<li>Why external: Archive.org provides independently verifiable, timestamped archives that serve as legal evidence of publication date. This cannot be replicated locally.</li>
<li>Data sent: The public URL of your post.</li>
<li>Terms of Use: <a href="https://archive.org/about/terms.php" rel="nofollow ugc">https://archive.org/about/terms.php</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Google Search (via browser)</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Purpose: One-click manual search for your content fingerprints or titles.</li>
<li>Data sent: Opens a search in the user’s own browser. No server-side requests are made by the plugin.</li>
</ul>
<h4>About ContentTrace</h4>
<p>ContentTrace helps WordPress content creators protect their work from theft by embedding invisible tracking tokens and providing tools to detect unauthorized copies.</p>
<p>All plugin features are fully functional for all users. The external API service may apply usage limits based on your service tier.</p>
<h4>Core Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Invisible Token Injection</strong> – Unique fingerprints embedded in every post</li>
<li><strong>Token Dashboard</strong> – View all protected posts and their tokens</li>
<li><strong>Quick Google Search</strong> – One-click search to find potential copies</li>
<li><strong>Archive.org Integration</strong> – Create timestamped proof of publication</li>
<li><strong>Smart Compare (URL & Text)</strong> – Compare your content with suspected copies</li>
<li><strong>Takedown Notice Generator</strong> – DMCA/EU/International notices via API</li>
<li><strong>CSV Export</strong> – Export all tokens for backup</li>
<li><strong>Category Exclusion</strong> – Skip token injection for specific categories</li>
<li><strong>Token Styling Options</strong> – Customize how visible tokens appear</li>
<li><strong>RSS Feed Protection</strong> – Add tokens to feed content</li>
<li><strong>Contact Information Storage</strong> – Pre-fill takedown notice details</li>
</ul>
<h4>How It Works</h4>
<ol>
<li><strong>Protect</strong> – ContentTrace adds unique invisible tokens to your posts</li>
<li><strong>Detect</strong> – Use manual search or API scanning to find copies</li>
<li><strong>Prove</strong> – Archive.org snapshots prove you published first</li>
<li><strong>Act</strong> – Generate takedown notices to remove stolen content</li>
</ol>
<h4>Privacy</h4>
<ul>
<li>Tokens are stored locally in your WordPress database</li>
<li>Content sent for analysis is processed and immediately discarded</li>
<li>No personal data is stored on external servers beyond basic usage tracking</li>
<li>Archive.org submissions use the public Wayback Machine service</li>
</ul>


ContentTrace

Protect your WordPress content with invisible fingerprints and dual detection technology. Find who copied your posts and prove ownership.

AuditySEO Canonical Manager vs ContentTrace