Adding a canonical url to dev.to posts (in basic markdown editor)

TLDR:
add a markdown header: canonical_url: https://your.url.here

Took me some time to find this. The preamble is I'm using the basic markdown editor on dev.to. Or at least I was doing it until now. Somehow wasn't even aware of Rich+Markdown option arriving. Trying it for the first time right now - writing this little blurb.
Anyway - I needed to update some of my older posts with the canonical links that were missing.
Almost all the guides out there showed how to do it in the new editor - through the cog menu at the bottom of the editor.

But I needed to add it to older posts which were edited with basic.
I guessed it would come down to adding a header, but it took me a few googlings to find out which one.
So yes - just add this header:
canonical_url: https://your.url.here
And you're good.

Happy blogging!

Comments

[sahra 💫]

That's really helpful. Thanks😊

[Michael Tharrington]

Hey hey! This is great advice. Thankya so much for writing this guide up! 🙌

Heads up that we have a new tag called #howtodevto that we're using to collect all advice for using DEV under... would you consider adding this tag to your post?

#howtodevto Follow

Guidance, tips, and tricks for using dev.to

I realize you already have 4 tags, so if you'd prefer to keep things as is, then no worries at all!

[Ant(on) Weiss]

Thanks a bunch for the tip, added the hashtag!

[Michael Tharrington]

Sweet! Likewise, thank you for sharing this tip!

[Nathan Tarbert]

This is awesome, I had the wrong syntax for some older articles.

Thanks for the quick guide!