SeoCanonical

GitHub - magesuite/seo-canonical

This extension adds an extra setting to output canonical link meta tags for category and product pages. Canonical URLs prevent duplication of content and increase SEO.

 

Installation

This module is part of MageSuite metapackage

 

Installation if metapackage is not used:

composer require "creativestyle/magesuite-seo-canonical" ^1.0.0

Admin settings

Admin settings can be found under Stores -> Configuration -> MageSuite -> SEO tab.

 

 

Settings:

Name

Value

Comment

Name

Value

Comment

Canonical Tag For Other Pages

 Yes/No 

Enables canonical tag for pages which Magento doesn't support out of the box like CMS ones. Read more.
You can enable this tag for category and product pages under Stores→Configuration→Catalog→Catalog.

 

Backend

Backend documentation in progress

 

Given url is formatted and set in <link> element on page

vendor/creativestyle/magesuite-seo-canonical/view/frontend/templates/canonical.phtml
<?php $canonicalUrl = $block->getCanonicalUrl(); if ($canonicalUrl): ?> <link rel="canonical" href="<?= $canonicalUrl; ?>"> <?php endif;

 

vendor/creativestyle/magesuite-seo-canonical/Block/Canonical.php:25
class Canonical extends \Magento\Framework\View\Element\Template { protected $_template = 'MageSuite_SeoCanonical::canonical.phtml'; ..... public function getCanonicalUrl() { return $this->canonicalUrl->getCanonicalUrl(); } }

 

vendor/creativestyle/magesuite-seo-canonical/Service/CanonicalUrl.php:33

 

 

Frontend

Frontend template for canonical URLs is located under Creativestyle_SeoCanonicalExtension::canonical.phtml It uses getCanonicalUrl() in order to display a canonical url.