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The third-party Prerender.io service for advanced prerendering is now available as an extension for all Netlify customers.

Previously, you needed a Netlify Pro plan or higher to set up Prerender.io with Netlify’s legacy in-app prerendering feature.

Prerender.io offers advanced configuration options and the Prerender.io dashboard. Learn more about the Prerender.io extension from the extension details page.

If you previously set up Prerender.io using Netlify’s legacy in-app prerendering feature, you need to update your configuration to continue using it this year. Learn more about your next steps and how to check if you need to update your configuration.

To check if your project still needs prerendering, see our prerendering needs checker documentation.

Configuration updates required for existing users

If you have a Netlify Pro plan and you set up the Prerender.io service with Netlify’s legacy prerendering feature (most likely before January 6, 2026), you’ll need to update your configuration to continue using it this year.

To check if your project is using Netlify’s legacy in-app prerendering feature, go to Project configuration > Build & deploy > Post processing > Prerendering from your Netlify project dashboard to see if the legacy prerendering feature is enabled.

Updates are required because Prerender.io no longer relies on Netlify’s legacy in-app prerendering feature, which is being deprecated and will stop working later this year.

Follow our migration steps to update your configuration before these key dates:

Date	Impacted plans
February 17, 2026	The feature will be disabled for customers on Personal or Pro plans (legacy or credit-based)
March 17, 2026	The feature will be disabled for Enterprise and all other specialized plans.

Learn more about this migration process in this migration post.

You can also reach out to Netlify Support for help.

The Prerender extension is now generally available (GA) for all Netlify users. The legacy prerendering feature is now deprecated with limited support.

Once set up, this extension automatically serves pre-rendered HTML to crawlers, agents, and preview services, while regular site visitors continue to receive your standard JavaScript application.

Prerendering ensures your app’s content is discoverable to AI agents, SEO crawlers, and preview services, such as for social media previews.

Prerendering is designed for apps that use JavaScript to generate page content instead of serving most or all content in HTML, such as for single-page applications (SPAs) built with frameworks like React, Vue, or Angular.

For a deeper dive on prerendering and the new extension, check out our latest blog post.

Does my project need prerendering?

Not sure if your web project needs prerendering?

Find out using our prerendering checker tool and your project URL.

Set up the Prerender extension

To try out the Prerender extension, install it from the Netlify extensions library.

If you have the legacy prerendering feature enabled, disable it in your site’s settings.

Learn more about setting up this extension from our Prerender extension documentation.

Deprecating the legacy prerendering feature

The legacy built-in prerendering feature is now deprecated and will gradually shut down and stop working.

Here is the deprecation timeline:

Date	Impacted plans
January 20, 2026	The feature will be disabled for customers on Free plans (either legacy or credit-based) or the legacy Starter plan.
February 17, 2026	The feature will be disabled for customers on the Personal plan or the Pro plans (legacy or credit-based)
March 17, 2026	The feature will be disabled for Enterprise and all other specialized plans.

Note: Some customers on paid plans have a customized setup in which the legacy feature acted as a proxy to external prerendering vendors. Please reach out to Netlify Support for help on your next options.

Simplify authentication and authorization for your sites and apps with the Auth0 extension. The Auth0 extension lets you connect your Netlify team and its apps to Auth0 from the Netlify Dashboard.

You can also add authorization to your functions to manage access across multiple services. For an example, check out our docs on creating a function to use Auth0 on the backend.

Learn more about our Auth0 partnership or using the Auth0 extension.

Prisma Postgres is the first serverless database without cold starts, and a modern, type-safe ORM. Install the extension to create a new instance and instantly add enviornment variables to your Netlify account.

Extensions now support custom React components in deploy summaries, replacing the previous support for text-only updates. This lets extension developers build dynamic, interactive UI to extend the deployment process.