Hidden Orphan Page
Detects crawled pages absent from every sitemap AND linked from nowhere
Detects crawled pages that are absent from every sitemap and have no inbound internal links — a hidden page is a common injected-page signal.
| Rule ID | integrity/orphan-page |
| Category | Site Integrity |
| Scope | Site-wide |
| Severity | warning |
| Weight | 6/10 |
How it differs from links/orphan-pages
The SEO rule links/orphan-pages flags pages with fewer than N inbound internal links — a discoverability concern. This integrity rule is about hidden pages: zero inbound links and absent from the sitemap, which is exactly how injected phishing or spam pages stay invisible to the site owner while remaining live to anyone with the URL.
A lone hidden page is reported as info. It escalates to a failure only when the hidden page also carries page-level compromise signals — the correlation gating that keeps false positives down.
Solution
A reachable page that is in no sitemap and linked from nowhere on your site is invisible to you but live to anyone with the URL — exactly how injected phishing/spam pages hide. Confirm you created the page; if not, treat the site as compromised: remove it, audit recently modified files, and review server logs. Legitimate hidden pages (e.g. unlisted landing pages) should at least be in your sitemap if you want them found.
Options
| Option | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
minPages | 3 | Minimum crawled pages before hidden-page analysis runs |
[rules."integrity/orphan-page"]
minPages = 3Enable / Disable
Disable this rule
[rules]
disable = ["integrity/orphan-page"]Disable all Site Integrity rules
[rules]
disable = ["integrity/*"]Enable only this rule
[rules]
enable = ["integrity/orphan-page"]
disable = ["*"]