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Articles should have appropriate internal and external links based on length
Rule IDcontent/article-links
CategoryContent
ScopePer-page
Severitywarning
Weight4/10

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Solution

Add relevant internal links to other pages on your site and cite authoritative external sources. Short articles (under 800 words) need at least 1 of each, medium (800-1500) need 2 of each, long (over 1500) need 3 internal and 2 external.

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Options

This rule supports the following configuration options:
OptionTypeDefaultDescription
short_max_wordsunknownundefined
long_min_wordsunknownundefined
short_min_internalunknownundefined
medium_min_internalunknownundefined
long_min_internalunknownundefined
short_min_externalunknownundefined
medium_min_externalunknownundefined
long_min_externalunknownundefined

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Configuration Example

squirrel.toml
[rules."content/article-links"]
short_max_words = undefined
long_min_words = undefined
short_min_internal = undefined
medium_min_internal = undefined
long_min_internal = undefined
short_min_external = undefined
medium_min_external = undefined
long_min_external = undefined

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Enable / Disable

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Disable this rule

squirrel.toml
[rules]
disable = ["content/article-links"]

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Disable all Content rules

squirrel.toml
[rules]
disable = ["content/*"]

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Enable only this rule

squirrel.toml
[rules]
enable = ["content/article-links"]
disable = ["*"]