Inspect Canonical

Easily check the canonical tag of a page

What is Inspect Canonical?

'Inspect Canonical' is a Chrome extension that facilitates the detection of canonical tags in webpages. It provides an effortless way to identify the canonical source of any URL you visit, checking if canonical tags point to a new destination without the need for you to comb through the source code. It categorizes the inspection outcome as green for self canonical, amber for canonicalized, or red for errors including no index robots meta, multiple canonical tags and more.

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By: https://nickleroy.com

View on Chrome Web Store

Users: 6,000+

Rating: 4.45 (11)

Version: 2.1 (Last updated: 2024-09-06)

Creation date: 2019-03-29

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

activeTab

Size: 30.61K

Email: ni*****@nickleroy.com

URLs: Website

Ranking

# 13583 ▼ 27

Other rankings

#200 in Developer Tools #30 in present keyword 25 #70 in source code keyword 26 ▼ 1 #130 in source keyword 29 #192 in point keyword 21 ▲ 1

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Extension summary

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A lightweight and extremely easy Chrome extension that tells you the canonical source of any URL you are on. No more combing through the source code to understand if/when canonical tags point to a new destination. This extension does all the heavy lifting for you.

This extension will display one of three values. GREEN (self canonical) AMBER (Canonicalized) or RED (error)

Below are the conditions Inspect Canonical tests for, in the order it tests for them:

RED:

Page contains noindex robots meta Message: "Page contains robots 'noindex' tag. Canonical tags are ignored. Click to view source"
No canonical in head but there is one elsewhere Message: "Canonical tag exists but not in <head>. Click to view source"
No canonical tag at all

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Easy to use and works as advertised.
Compact and lightweight design.
Provides clear visual indicators for canonical status.

Cons

Does not work reliably when switching between tabs.
Opens canonical links in new tabs instead of the same tab.
Occasionally shows incorrect status (green icon) despite mismatching URLs.

Most mentioned

Issues with tab switching and accuracy.
Desire for the option to open canonical links in the same tab.

Recent reviews

Sean Harrington, 2024-10-17

not working. just a time waste extension

jim oz, 2022-05-26

I like the tool, but it would be great if you can add 1 more option. When the button is amber, if I click on the icon, it opens the canonical link in a new tab and I would love it to open in the same tab! :)