Canonical Link

Adds the canonical link to your site (Learn More).

Activate and then set your permalinks to “Post name” under Settings > Permalinks. That’s it.

Verify that it’s working correctly with the Firefox add-on.

Supports the ability to customize the canonical link for any specific page, post, or even custom post types (including WooCommerce Products and bbPress Topics).

Automatic

• From your WordPress Admin, navigate to: Plugins > Add New
• Search for: Canonical Link
• Install it
• Activate it
• Please see Additional Instructions

Manual

• Download
• Unzip
• Upload to /plugins/ folder
• Activate
• Please see Additional Instructions

Additional Instructions

You will also need to update your permalinks (if you haven’t already), which will give you desirable SEO-friendly and user-friendly URLs anyway:

• From your WordPress Admin, navigate to: Settings > Permalinks
• Under “Common Settings“, select “Post name“
• Click “Save Changes” and you’re done

1.6

• Minor code cleanup

1.5

• Minor cleanup

1.4

• Added support for custom canonical links on single pages and posts

1.3

• Added https support

1.2

• Removed syntax error from code

1.1

• Cleans URLs better, removing query strings (?)

1.0

• New