{{canonicalLink}} helper
Generates link element with URL to the canonical version of the specific page.
Syntax:
{{canonicalLink}}
This helper has no additional params.
Example output:
<link rel="canonical" href="https://example.com/page-slug/">
The {{canonicalLink}} helper should be used in the <head> section of the website.
Canonical links are used to recognise the base URL for a group of pages with the same content, but available under different URLs. It is a simple way to avoid duplicate content which can affect your website SEO. You can also set a custom canonical URL under post settings.
This helper do the following operations:
If the subpage is set to be not indexed - it returns empty value as canonical URLs are unnecessary when the page is set to noindex.
For other cases it returns the current URL or URL overrided under post settings.