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prerender/laravel-prerender
===========================

Laravel middleware for prerendering JavaScript-rendered pages via Prerender.io

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prerender-laravel
=================

[](#prerender-laravel)

Laravel middleware for [Prerender.io](https://prerender.io). Intercepts requests from bots and crawlers and serves prerendered HTML, so your JavaScript-rendered app is fully indexable by search engines and social media scrapers.

Compatible with **Laravel 11+** and **PHP 8.2+**.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require prerender/laravel-prerender
```

Publish the config file:

```
php artisan vendor:publish --tag=prerender-config
```

Setup
-----

[](#setup)

Add your token to `.env`:

```
PRERENDER_TOKEN=your-token
```

The middleware registers itself automatically via the service provider.

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

KeyEnv varDefaultDescription`enable``PRERENDER_ENABLE``true`Disable entirely (e.g. local dev)`prerender_url``PRERENDER_SERVICE_URL``https://service.prerender.io`Service URL (override for self-hosted)`prerender_token``PRERENDER_TOKEN``null`Your Prerender.io token`prerender_soft_http_codes``PRERENDER_SOFT_HTTP_STATUS_CODES``true`Pass 3xx/404 codes through as-is`full_url``PRERENDER_FULL_URL``false`Send full URL including query string`timeout``PRERENDER_TIMEOUT``0`Guzzle timeout in seconds (0 = none)### Whitelist / Blacklist

[](#whitelist--blacklist)

Only prerender URLs matching the whitelist (empty = all URLs pass):

```
'whitelist' => ['/blog/*', '/product/*'],
```

Never prerender URLs matching the blacklist (static assets are blacklisted by default):

```
'blacklist' => ['*.js', '*.css', '/admin/*'],
```

Patterns support `*` wildcards. Blacklist patterns are matched with the query string stripped, so `*.woff2` also matches `/font.woff2?v=3`.

How it works
------------

[](#how-it-works)

Requests are prerendered when **all** of the following are true:

- The HTTP method is `GET`
- The `User-Agent` matches a known bot/crawler (Googlebot, Bingbot, Twitterbot, GPTBot, ClaudeBot, etc.)
    — OR the URL contains `_escaped_fragment_`
    — OR the `X-BUFFERBOT` header is present
- The URI is not blacklisted (static assets are excluded by default)
- The URI matches the whitelist (if configured)

If the Prerender service is unreachable, the middleware falls back gracefully.

License
-------

[](#license)

MIT

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 21% of packages

Maintenance65

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity3

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity13

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 66.7% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b28b3e58a26b523927c904276cd779b300e14dce7b299b2e360d8ff42f9c799d?d=identicon)[laslo-prerender](/maintainers/laslo-prerender)

---

Top Contributors

[![marcin-prerender](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/253324589?v=4)](https://github.com/marcin-prerender "marcin-prerender (2 commits)")[![Lasalot](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/61053418?v=4)](https://github.com/Lasalot "Lasalot (1 commits)")

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/prerender-laravel-prerender/health.svg)

```
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```

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