wp-content/plugins/lodestone/lodestone.php
Lodestone
Canonical URLs you can actually see, and an audit that finds the ones fighting each other.
== Description ==
Three plugins on a typical site each set a canonical tag and the last one wins, which is rarely the right one. Lodestone shows you which is producing the canonical for any URL, lets you override per post, and audits the whole site for conflicts.
The audit finds the cases that quietly cost you: canonical chains, canonicals pointing at redirects, paginated archives all claiming page one, and cross-domain canonicals on a multisite that were copied from a template.
It sets nothing by default. On activation it reports what your site currently does, and you decide what to change.
== Screenshots ==
Numbered the way they ship in /assets/. Click any one to see it full width.
== Installation ==
- Install and activate the plugin.
- Read the activation report. It describes what is happening now, not what should be.
- Run the audit under Tools → Canonicals.
It coexists with SEO plugins by design, and will tell you which one is winning on each URL.
== Frequently asked questions ==
Will it conflict with my SEO plugin?
It is built to sit alongside one. The point is to show you what your SEO plugin is doing.
Paginated archives?
Each page canonicals to itself, which is current guidance and the opposite of what several popular plugins still do.
== Changelog ==
= 1.3.1 =
- Fixed: the audit followed canonical chains only one hop, so a three-link chain reported as clean.
= 1.3.0 =
- Cross-domain canonical detection for multisite networks.