Canonical Tag Generator

Canonical Tag Generator creates a correctly escaped <link rel="canonical"> tag for the preferred URL of a page, and optionally the hreflang alternate tags for its language versions and an x-default link. A preview shows exactly which URLs the tags point to.

When the same content is reachable at several URLs — with tracking parameters, trailing slashes or printer-friendly versions — a canonical tag tells search engines which one you prefer. Generating it avoids typos and unescaped characters that would make the tag unreliable.

1. Enter the full canonical URL of the page.
2. Optionally add a page title to label the preview.
3. Add hreflang alternates for other language or regional versions if you have them.
4. Tick x-default and enter its URL if you use a fallback page.
5. Review the code and the preview.
6. Copy the code or download it, and paste it into the page's <head>.

• Validates absolute http:// and https:// URLs
• Optional hreflang alternates with language-code checks
• Optional x-default alternate
• HTML-escaped attribute values
• Visual preview of the canonical and alternate URLs
• Copy code or download as .html

• Use the exact, final URL you want indexed, including https:// and the preferred host.
• Add the tag to the <head> only, and use one canonical tag per page.
• Point the canonical at a page that returns 200 and is not blocked by robots.txt.
• With hreflang, list every language version on every version, including itself.
• Keep canonical tags, internal links and sitemaps consistent with each other.