How to check cached versions of your URLs?

This guide will help you check what your cached pages look like. While the functions used are available in other browsers as well, we used Google Chrome for this demonstration.

There are two methods available to check how your pages are cached.

Method #1 - Viewing Cached HTML via Prerender’s Dashboard:

1. Open your Prerender Dashboard and navigate to the Cache Manager menu.
2. If you have multiple domains, select the one the URL belongs to.
3. Select the URL from the list or use the search bar to find it.
4. Tick the checkbox next to the URL on the left side.
5. Click on the three dots at the bottom-center of the screen.
6. Click on the "View Cached HTML" but

Method #2 - Viewing Cached HTML via Internet browser:

1. Open your website: Navigate to the URL you want to test.

2. Access Developer Tools:

   • Windows: Press Ctrl + Shift + J
   • Mac: Press Option + ⌘ + J

3. Show Network Conditions:

   • Windows: Press Ctrl + Shift + P
   • Mac: Press Command + Shift + P
   • Type "Show Network Conditions" and select it

1. Modify User Agent:
   • In the Network Conditions tab, find "User Agent"
   • Uncheck "Use browser default"
   • Select "Googlebot" from the dropdown list
     (Note: If you've modified the allow list in your Prerender config, choose a bot that's allowed)

Final step: Reload your site, then you will see the cached HTML content.

What this means: You should see "x-prerender-requestid" in the response headers under the Network tab.

You are not viewing the cached HTML content by Prerender if you do not see "x-prerender-requestid" there.