Canonical Tag Checker
Paste a page's HTML to verify its canonical tag is present, absolute, unique, and matches the page's own URL.
Canonical found
https://example.com/page
Issues
No issues found.
Checking happens entirely in your browser — the HTML you paste is never uploaded anywhere.
Processing happens locally in your browser. Nothing you enter is uploaded.
How It Works
Optionally enter the page's own URL, paste its HTML, and review the canonical tag found and any issues.
Example
A page missing <link rel="canonical"> entirely, or with two conflicting canonical tags, is flagged as an error.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What should a canonical tag look like?
- An absolute URL in <link rel="canonical" href="https://..."> inside the page's <head>, matching the page's own preferred URL.
- Does this fetch my page for me?
- No — paste the HTML directly. Nothing is uploaded or fetched from a URL.
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