# Inspect Canonical review (2026): is it any good? > Free Chrome extension that checks a page's canonical tag at a glance Checked Oct 23, 2026 ยท graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA. Inspect Canonical is a small free Chrome extension from Nick LeRoy Consulting that reports on the canonical tag of the page you are on. It shows one of three statuses: green when the page points to itself, amber when it points to another URL, and red for problems such as a noindex tag, a missing or duplicated canonical, or one placed outside the head. - **Category:** SEO Browser Extensions - **Made by:** Nick LeRoy Consulting LLC - **Website:** https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/inspect-canonical/glkngfenfpegejlggjfcmdobodjlfann - **Runs on:** Browser extension - **Who should skip it:** Too light for on-page checks, as titles, headings and other tags need another extension. - **Facts last checked:** Oct 23, 2026 ## Pricing As of Oct 23, 2026, Inspect Canonical is free to use. - **Pricing model:** Free - **Free plan:** Free to install from the Chrome Web Store, which lists no in-app purchases for it. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | All seven canonical checks with color-coded status, free from the Chrome Web Store. | Read from https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/inspect-canonical/glkngfenfpegejlggjfcmdobodjlfann on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Inspect Canonical before buying. ## Key features - **Color-coded status:** Green means the canonical points to the current URL, amber that it points elsewhere, and red that something is wrong. - **Seven checks in order:** Tests for a noindex robots tag, a canonical outside the head, no canonical, several canonicals, a missing href, a different URL, then a correct self-reference. - **Noindex conflicts:** Flags pages carrying a robots noindex tag, since the listing notes canonical tags are then ignored. - **One click to the source:** Each message links to the page source, or to the canonical URL when the tag points to another page. ## Good for - SEOs checking canonicals while browsing a site - Spotting pages that point their canonical somewhere unexpected - Developers confirming canonical tags after a template change ## Worth knowing - It checks the canonical tag and noindex only; titles, headings and other tags need another tool. - It reports on the page in front of you and does not crawl a site. - It is listed for Chrome only. - The developer has not identified itself as a trader, so EU consumer rights do not apply, as the store listing notes. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.8 out of 4**, graded Oct 23, 2026. Inspect Canonical runs seven checks on the canonical tag of the page you're on and shows green, amber or red, catching noindex conflicts, missing or doubled tags and ones outside the head, for free. That's the whole tool: titles, headings and other tags need another extension, it doesn't crawl a site, and it's Chrome only. - **Value for money: A.** Free from the Chrome Web Store, which lists no in-app purchases, from Nick LeRoy Consulting. - **Free plan and trial: A.** Free outright: all seven checks and the colour-coded status, with no account and nothing to upgrade to. - **Features: D.** One narrow function: the canonical tag and noindex, tested in seven steps with a link to the source or the canonical URL. Titles, headings and every other tag need another tool. - **Ease of use: B.** No rating on record, but nothing to set up: the icon turns green, amber or red on the page you open. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Chrome only, so computers only, with no integrations. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from its Chrome Web Store listing on 23 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among SEO browser extensions - Inspect Canonical's GPA of 2.8 is higher than 4 of the 34 other SEO browser extensions we grade, and level with 12. - It stands best on free plan and trial (A, above 5 of 34) and worst on features (D, above 0). - Inspect Canonical has no paid plan. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/seo-extensions ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** Inspect Canonical is free, so making your own would save you nothing. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 18 of the 34 other SEO browser extensions grade higher. - You could make: Schema markup: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: A crawler that checks every page of a site. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Site audit, Schema markup ## Alternatives - [Detailed SEO Extension](https://toolgpa.com/tools/detailed-seo-extension): Free Chrome and Firefox extension for one-click on-page SEO checks. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/detailed-seo-extension-vs-inspect-canonical) - [SEO META in 1 CLICK](https://toolgpa.com/tools/seo-meta-in-1-click): Free Chrome extension that lists a page's meta tags and headings. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/inspect-canonical-vs-seo-meta-in-1-click) - [META SEO inspector](https://toolgpa.com/tools/meta-seo-inspector): Free Chrome extension that lays out a page's hidden metadata. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/inspect-canonical-vs-meta-seo-inspector) - [Robots Exclusion Checker](https://toolgpa.com/tools/robots-exclusion-checker): Free Chrome extension that flags robots rules blocking a page. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/inspect-canonical-vs-robots-exclusion-checker) - [SEO Pro Extension](https://toolgpa.com/tools/seo-pro-extension): Free Chrome and Firefox extension for on-page SEO checks. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/inspect-canonical-vs-seo-pro-extension) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 23, 2026: - https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/inspect-canonical/glkngfenfpegejlggjfcmdobodjlfann Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/inspect-canonical Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).