Title: AuditySEO Canonical Manager
Author: AuditySEO
Published: June 17, 2026
Last modified: June 17, 2026
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# AuditySEO Canonical Manager
By [AuditySEO](https://profiles.wordpress.org/cibsolutions/)
[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/audityseo-canonical-manager.1.0.1.zip)
* [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/audityseo-canonical-manager/#description)
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* [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/audityseo-canonical-manager/#installation)
* [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/audityseo-canonical-manager/#developers)
[Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/audityseo-canonical-manager/)
## Description
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.
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.
#### Free features
* Lists pages, posts, custom post types, terms and archives in a dedicated **AuditySEO
Canonicals** admin screen.
* Shows the default canonical URL that WordPress (or your SEO plugin) would output
for each item.
* Detects content pagination created with the `` tag.
* Detects pagination of the posts page (`page_for_posts`) based on the number of
published posts and `posts_per_page`.
* Detects pagination of taxonomy term and archive listings.
* Lets you set a custom canonical URL per item and per pagination page.
* Applies your overrides through the canonical filters of WordPress core, Rank
Math and Yoast SEO.
* Rewrites the `` tag in the final HTML output as a fallback
for themes, caches and plugins that print a canonical outside of those filters.
* Imports and exports canonical overrides via CSV, with a dry-run preview before
bulk changes are applied.
* 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.
* Filters the editor by status, override state and pagination.
#### Pro features
Upgrade to AuditySEO Canonical Manager Pro to unlock:
* **History & restore** – every change to a canonical override is recorded with
the user and date, and can be rolled back with one click.
* **Automatic canonical fixes**, applied site-wide:
- Replace pagination canonicals that point to page 1 with each page’s own self-
referencing URL.
- Strip tracking parameters (utm_*, gclid, fbclid, msclkid, and more).
- Strip display-variant parameters (print, amp, output, format, replytocom,
and more).
- Force the canonical to always match the requested URL exactly, including its
query string.
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.
## Installation
1. Upload the `audityseo-canonical-manager` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory,
or install the plugin through the **Plugins Add New** screen in WordPress.
2. Activate the plugin through the **Plugins** screen in WordPress.
3. Open the **AuditySEO Canonical Manager** menu item to browse your content and set
canonical overrides.
4. Use the **Import/Export** tab to back up or bulk-edit canonicals via CSV.
## FAQ
### Does this plugin work with Yoast SEO or Rank Math?
Yes. AuditySEO Canonical Manager hooks into the canonical filters of WordPress core,
Rank Math and Yoast SEO, and also rewrites the canonical tag in the final HTML as
a fallback so your overrides are always respected, regardless of which SEO plugin
you use.
### Do I need the Pro version to use this plugin?
No. The Canonical Editor and CSV Import/Export are fully free and functional on
their own. The Pro version adds change history with rollback and automatic site-
wide canonical fixes, and is clearly marked inside the plugin.
### Will saving an invalid canonical break my site?
No. The plugin validates the URL (HTTP status, redirects, noindex, external domain)
and shows a warning on the affected item, but it never blocks you from saving.
### Where is canonical data stored, and what happens when I uninstall?
Per-item overrides are stored in post meta and term meta. Archive overrides, settings
and history are stored in the options table. All of this data is removed automatically
when the plugin is uninstalled.
### Does this plugin connect to any external service?
The plugin uses the Freemius SDK to manage the optional Pro upgrade, licensing and
update notifications. This is only used for account, license and update related
features and follows the [Freemius privacy policy](https://freemius.com/privacy/).
No content from your site is sent anywhere as part of the canonical editing features
themselves.
## Reviews
There are no reviews for this plugin.
## Contributors & Developers
“AuditySEO Canonical Manager” is open source software. The following people have
contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
* [ AuditySEO ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/cibsolutions/)
* [ Freemius ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/freemius/)
“AuditySEO Canonical Manager” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/audityseo-canonical-manager/contributors)
for their contributions.
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### Interested in development?
[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/audityseo-canonical-manager/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/audityseo-canonical-manager/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/audityseo-canonical-manager/)
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## Changelog
#### 1.0.1
* Changed: Renamed the plugin to AuditySEO Canonical Manager and updated the text
domain, slug references, class names, constants, hooks, options, handles and
CSS prefixes to use the audityseo_cm / AuditySEO_Canonical_Manager prefix.
* Changed: Updated the WordPress admin menu position from 3 to 50 to avoid placing
the plugin above core admin menu items.
* Changed: Replaced the WordPress.org directory-style icon filename with assets/
logo.png and configured Freemius to use that local logo in its screens.
* Fixed: Moved inline admin menu badge CSS from direct style output to WordPress
enqueue APIs.
* Fixed: Improved sanitization for submitted canonical override arrays, entity
payloads, validation notices, saved issue records, CSV import preview data and
upload temp file handling.
* Fixed: Isolated premium-only history, rollback and automatic canonical settings
logic behind Freemius premium-only processing, while keeping non-functional Pro
placeholders, badges and upgrade notices visible in the free build.
* Fixed: Prevented the free placeholders for History & Restore and Settings from
rendering functional forms or real premium data.
#### 1.0.0
* Fix: the Account/Pricing/Contact menu items could remain hidden after activating
a premium license; a stuck license-activation flag is now cleared automatically.
* Removed the internal debug logging system and debug HTML comment from the canonical
tag output.
#### 0.1.0
* Initial release: canonical editor, pagination detection, CSV import/export, save-
time validation, history & restore, and automatic canonical fixes.
## Meta
* Version **1.0.1**
* Last updated **12 hours ago**
* Active installations **Fewer than 10**
* WordPress version ** 7.0 or higher **
* Tested up to **7.0**
* PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
* Languages
* [Czech](https://cs.wordpress.org/plugins/audityseo-canonical-manager/) and [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/audityseo-canonical-manager/).
* [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/audityseo-canonical-manager)
* Tags
* [canonical](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/canonical/)[duplicate content](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/duplicate-content/)
[pagination](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/pagination/)[redirects](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/redirects/)
[seo](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/seo/)
* [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/audityseo-canonical-manager/advanced/)
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## Contributors
* [ AuditySEO ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/cibsolutions/)
* [ Freemius ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/freemius/)
## Support
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