Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) FAQ

• What is AMP and how can I use it?
• How can I validate an AMP enabled page?
• Can I use WordPress with AMP?

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What is AMP and how can I use it?

Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) are static pages that are rendered very quickly tailored towards mobile users. AMP uses a stricter flavor of HTML in order for mobile browsers to load faster. Please note that a standard web page isn't AMP compatible by default; your web page must be written in compliance with the AMP format.  Domains on Cloudflare CNAME setups cannot utilize AMP Real URL. As a workaround, you can add the following CAA records in your authoritative DNS (the example below assumes that Cloudflare has issued a certificate from Digicert CA):

example.com IN CAA issue "digicert.com; cansignhttpexchanges=yes"
example.com IN CAA issuewild "digicert.com; cansignhttpexchanges=yes"

Helpful background on AMP:

• What is AMP?
• How does AMP work?
• How do I create an AMP page?
• How do I publish an AMP enabled article?

Things to remember:

• Validate your AMP page
• Make sure that your AMP page is discoverable
• AMP will only appear for external links

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How can I validate an AMP enabled page?

Accelerated Mobile Pages require a particular structure to enable AMP features. If you'd like to know about creating an AMP enabled page, you can find out more at AMP Project's - Create your first AMP page.

Validate your existing AMP enabled pages in one of three ways:

• Using AMPProject.org Validation - Enter your URL through an AMP validator to look for warnings and/or errors: Validate your AMP page

• Using Chrome Developer Tools - Validate your AMP enabled pages through Chrome Developer Tools:

1. Open your AMP page in your browser
2. Append "#development=1" to the URL, for example, http://localhost:8000/amp.html#development=1.
3. Open the Chrome DevTools console and check for validation errors.

• Using Browser Extensions - AMP validator browser extensions are available for Chrome and Opera.

Learn more about all of these tools and how to fix certain validation errors at AMP Project validation options.

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Can I use WordPress with AMP?

Yes! Accelerated Mobile Pages are designed to speed up external AMP enabled articles on your Cloudflare enabled site. If you have a WordPress site and would like to make it AMP enabled, the WordPress AMP Plugin will do this automatically.

Once you've installed the plugin, test the functionality by adding ?amp=1 to the end of your WordPress URL (For example: https://example.com/2016/01/01/amp-on/?amp=1).