Introduction
Fix duplicate content penalties in 5 minutes
Your Joomla site is probably showing Google the same page at 5 different URLs right now. Google sees this as duplicate content, splits your ranking power across all of them, and your pages sink in search results. System - Link Canonical automatically tells Google which URL is the real one for every page on your site. Your rankings consolidate, your search visibility improves, and you never think about it again.
This Works (And We Can Prove It)
The GSC graph above is real...except for the graffiti pepper. We saw 50% fewer canonical errors in just 2 months.
Real Sites - Real Results
- richeyweb.com and carry-texas.com have been running it for months, and have seen a steady reduction in canonical link errors.
- Downloaded thousands of times
How It Works
When someone visits your site, the plugin adds an invisible tag to your page that says "this is the official URL for this content." Search engines read that tag and know which version to rank. Real visitors never see anything different, but Google stops treating your URLs as duplicates and starts giving you full credit for your content.
Why this matters: Without canonical tags, your ranking signals get split across multiple URL variations. Instead of all your link equity going to one powerful page, it gets diluted across five different versions of the same content - and none of them rank as well as they should.
Features
- Automatic protection - Works the moment you install it. No configuration required (but you can customize if you want).
- Works with what you already use - Compatible with Joomla core components (articles, contacts, tags, search) and popular extensions like K2.
- Handles your blog posts and listings - Multi-page content gets smart pagination tags so Google indexes everything properly.
- Stops spam attacks - Malicious links with junk parameters (like ?spam=123) can't create duplicate content anymore.
- Lightning fast - The entire plugin is 76KB - smaller than most images. Adds zero noticeable load time.
- Free forever - No trial period, no premium version, no catch.
- Implements RFC 6596
- Implements RFC 5988
- Generates early signals in HTTP Headers - (both RFC 6596 and 5988)
System - Link Canonical
- Version:
- 5.3.2
- Developer:
- Michael Richey
- Last updated:
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Feb 04 2026
1 day ago - Date added:
- Aug 22 2025
- License:
- GPLv2 or later
- Type:
- Free download
- Includes:
- p
- Compatibility:
- J4 J5 J6
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