Compare Chrome extensions: Canonical Url Detector vs Canonical Url Open

Stats Canonical Url Detector Canonical Url Detector Canonical Url Open Canonical Url Open
User count 1,511+ 240
Average rating 4.33 4.00
Rating count 6 4
Last updated 2022-01-12 2022-09-13
Size 26.62K 53.49K
Version 2.1.3 1.29
Short description
If the page has Canonical URL, you can click to switch the URL in address bar. A push on a button will open Web page URL for full browsers (for personal computers) with a new tab.
Full summary

The extension icon becomes active when the page has Canonical URL, and click it to change URL in the address bar to Canonical URL without reloading the page. Click again to return to the original URL. It works in the same way when the URL contains extra parameters. Please use it, for example, when you share a page.

A push on a button will open Web page URL for full browsers (for personal computers) with a new tab.


As internal specification, it tries to open a new tab by the following methods.

(1)canonical Page (canonical) URL to which priority is given in the Web page of two or more same contents is specified. It operates, only when the sauce of a Web page has the following specification. Example:<link rel="canonical" href="http://www.????.com/index.html">

(2)Open Graph Protocol Url (OGC) Legitimate URL of the Web page is specified. It operates, only when the sauce of a Web page has the following specification. Example:<meta property="og:url" content="http://www.????.com/index.html">

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