This plugin removes manually entered Yoast SEO Canonical URLs when social media networks such as Facebook crawl any page on your website.
As of April 2026, Remove Yoast Canonical URL for Social is a WordPress seo plugin with 100 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 2.7K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2017. Last updated 3 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time….
When Facebook crawls your site, it uses the Canonical URL and links directly to this in all Facebook posts. This plugin prevents
Facebook from seeing the Custom Canonical URL entered into the Yoast SEO plugin. This means it will always
link to your own website, even if you’ve set the Canonical URL to another site.
| WordPress | 5.0.0+ requiredTested up to 6.1.10 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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