How to Fix Common Canonical Issues. There are two main ways to fix canonical issues on a website: by implementing 301 redirects, and/or by adding canonical tags to your site's pages to tell Google which of several similar pages is preferred. The right option depends on the canonical issue you're trying to resolve.

A canonical URL is the URL of the best representative page from a group of duplicate pages, according to Google. For example, if you have two URLs for the same page (such as example.com? dress=1234 and example.com/dresses/1234 ), Google chooses one as canonical.

How Can I Set the Canonical URL For My WordPress Website? The easiest and fastest way to set the canonical URL is to use a WordPress SEO plugin like Yoast SEO or RankMath. If you are using Yoast SEO, for posts, pages, and custom post types, you can edit the canonical URL in the advanced tab of the Yoast SEO metabox.

Incorrect canonical elements Check your HTML with your browser's developer tools to see if so. If your site is indicating an unexpected canonical URL preference, perhaps through incorrect use of rel="canonical" or a 3xx redirect, contact your CMS provider and report this error to them.