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Check that content loads without JavaScript

Check that content loads without JavaScript

VerdictMoves the needle (JavaScript frameworks) / Irrelevant (standard WordPress)

CategoryCrawling

Last reviewedNovember 7, 2026

The problem

Content that depends on JavaScript may not be seen or indexed in time.

Steps

  1. Use the URL Inspection tool to view the rendered page.
  2. Check that the main content and links appear in the HTML.
  3. Use server-side rendering where they do not.

Evidence

Google renders JavaScript, but in a separate step that can be delayed. Content and links present in the initial HTML do not depend on it.

Verdict

Moves the needle on sites built with JavaScript frameworks. Irrelevant on a standard WordPress site.

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Dan Keller writes repoSEO and its sister site AEOplays, which reviews AEO plays the same way. Before that he edited King Digest, a newsletter on search, marketing and AI, until he got tired of passing on tactics nobody had checked. He reviews each SEO play against what Google documents and what holds up in practice, and says so when the evidence isn’t there yet.