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Checks for proper character encoding declaration
Rule IDcore/charset
CategoryCore SEO
ScopePer-page
Severitywarning
Weight5/10

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Solution

Add <meta charset="UTF-8"> as the first element in your <head> section. This tells browsers how to interpret the text on your page. UTF-8 is the standard encoding that supports all languages and special characters. Placing it first ensures browsers know the encoding before parsing any other content.

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Enable / Disable

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Disable this rule

squirrel.toml
[rules]
disable = ["core/charset"]

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Disable all Core SEO rules

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

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Enable only this rule

squirrel.toml
[rules]
enable = ["core/charset"]
disable = ["*"]